N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT

Ask: HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WI

WE8J HAM

⏳ Not available yet — opens for vanity requests Sep 17, 2027, two years after the license was canceled (Sep 16, 2025).

2x1 call: only Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 2 holders on record

Previous holder: MELVIN D HAYDEN

Held WE8J Jun 14, 2011 → Sep 16, 2025 · first licensed Jun 10, 2009 as KD8LJP · 4 licenses · FRN 0018854463

KZ5SF Active Amateur Extra · vanity Sep 16, 2025 → expires Sep 16, 2035

Licensee
MELVIN D HAYDEN

Address
Attn: Melvin D. Hayden
203 HIGH POINT STREET
SAINT SIMONS ISLAND, GA 31522
31.2011, -81.3765 (street) · Grid EM91he · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0018854463

Previous call
WE8J (General)

Last granted
Sep 16, 2025

Effective
Jun 16, 2026

Last action
Jun 16, 2026
FCC actions (3)
- Jun 16, 2026 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 16, 2025 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Sep 16, 2025 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Springboro, OH → Saint Simons Island, GA

WE8J Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Jun 14, 2011 → Sep 16, 2025 (canceled)

Licensee
MELVIN D HAYDEN

Address
Attn: Melvin D. Hayden
57 MAXWELL AVENUE
SAINT SIMONS ISLAND, GA 31522
31.2573, -81.3420 (ZIP center) · Grid EM91hg · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0018854463

Previous call
WW4MEL (General)

Last granted
Apr 14, 2021

Effective
Apr 14, 2021

Last action
Sep 16, 2025
FCC actions (8)
- Sep 16, 2025 — License canceled LICAN
- Apr 14, 2021 — License renewed LIREN
- Jun 3, 2016 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 25, 2014 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 25, 2014 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 10, 2012 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jun 14, 2011 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jun 14, 2011 — License issued LIISS
WW4MEL Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Aug 1, 2009 → Jun 14, 2011 (canceled)

Licensee
MELVIN D HAYDEN

Address
120 SESAME ST
SPRINGBORO, OH 45066
39.5480, -84.2176 (ZIP center) · Grid EM79vn · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0018854463

Previous call
KD8LJP (General)

Last granted
Aug 1, 2009

Effective
May 20, 2011

Last action
Jun 14, 2011
FCC actions (5)
- Jun 14, 2011 — License canceled LICAN
- May 20, 2011 — License modified LIMOD
- Aug 14, 2009 — License modified LIMOD
- Aug 1, 2009 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Aug 1, 2009 — License issued LIISS
KD8LJP Canceled Technician Jun 10, 2009 → Aug 1, 2009 (canceled)

Licensee
Melvin D Hayden

Address
120 Sesame St
Springboro, OH 45066
39.5480, -84.2176 (ZIP center) · Grid EM79vn · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0018854463

Last granted
Jun 10, 2009

Effective
Jun 10, 2009

Last action
Aug 1, 2009
FCC actions (3)
- Aug 1, 2009 — License canceled LICAN
- Jun 10, 2009 — License issued LIISS
- Jun 10, 2009 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Seen Sep 27, 2026 → Oct 4, 2026 · 2 snapshots · as KZ5SF
MELVIN D HAYDEN
Attn: Melvin D. Hayden
203 HIGH POINT STREET, SAINT SIMONS ISLAND, GA 31522
31.2011, -81.3765 (street) · Grid EM91he · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Jun 30, 2016 → Oct 4, 2026 · 27 snapshots · as WE8J
MELVIN D HAYDEN
Attn: Melvin D. Hayden
57 MAXWELL AVENUE, SAINT SIMONS ISLAND, GA 31522
31.2573, -81.3420 (ZIP center) · Grid EM91hg · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 98 snapshots · as KD8LJP
Melvin D Hayden
120 Sesame St, Springboro, OH 45066
39.5480, -84.2176 (ZIP center) · Grid EM79vn · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Mar 28, 2015 → Mar 16, 2016 · 10 snapshots · as WE8J
MELVIN D HAYDEN
2006 LONGSPUR LANE, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32309
30.5813, -84.1041 (ZIP center) · Grid EM70wn · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Feb 18, 2013 → May 22, 2014 · 6 snapshots · as WE8J
MELVIN D HAYDEN
209 WEST POINT DR, ST SIMONS ISLAND, GA 31522
31.2573, -81.3420 (ZIP center) · Grid EM91hg · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous holder: GEORGE E CUFF

Held WE8J Feb 19, 1998 → Feb 19, 2008 · first licensed Feb 19, 1998 as WE8J · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

WE8J Expired Amateur Extra Feb 19, 1998 → Feb 19, 2008 (expired)

Licensee
GEORGE E CUFF

Address
18230 KIRKSHIRE
BEVERLY HILLS, MI 48025-3147
42.5204, -83.2648 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82im · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Feb 19, 1998

Effective
Feb 19, 1998

Last action
Feb 20, 2010
FCC actions (1)
- Feb 20, 2010 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as WE8J
GEORGE E CUFF
18230 KIRKSHIRE, BEVERLY HILLS, MI 48025-3147
42.5204, -83.2648 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82im · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting WE8J

5 applications listed WE8J as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Mar 1, 2016	Mar 19, 2016	KE8DBI · Corey A Burton · Dayton, OH	2	Dismissed
May 26, 2011	Jun 13, 2011	KD8PXK · JEFF J WEINMANN · MACOMB, MI	1	Dismissed
May 25, 2011	Jun 12, 2011	WW4MEL · MELVIN D HAYDEN · SPRINGBORO, OH	1	Granted
Apr 27, 2010	May 15, 2010	AC8GM · Gregory A Blind · Grosse Pointe, MI	9	Granted
Jan 25, 2010	Feb 12, 2010	AD6GB · JEFFREY P MAXAM · SAN JOSE, CA	24	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WE8J in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WE8J beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.