N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 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

WL7R HAM 📻 GMRS

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Also a GMRS licensee
WRQE714
Active until Apr 22, 2032 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family
Amateur Extra class licensed since 1999 (27 yrs) WL7R since 2020 · previously NL7ER North Pole, AK grid BP64hs LoTW user GMRS WRQE714 18 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Mar 3, 2030. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Mar 4, 2032.

📬 QSL: LoTW user · last upload Jun 21, 2022 · eQSL AG as NL7ER · QRZ · HamQTH

📝 WL7R has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Feb 14, 2020 · what was requested

Currently held by JOHN W KIMMEL · 2 holders on record

Current holder: JOHN W KIMMEL

Held WL7R Mar 3, 2020 → present · first licensed Nov 9, 1999 as NL7ER · 2 licenses · FRN 0002092724

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

Previous holder: ARTHUR C KRAUS

Held WL7R Jan 14, 2008 → Jan 15, 2018 · first licensed Jan 14, 2008 as WL7R · 1 license · FRN 0017325853

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

Vanity applications filed by WL7R

Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.

Filed · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Feb 14, 2020
Granted Mar 3, 2020
0008977993
 NL7ER · JOHN W KIMMEL · Amateur Extra
2107 ISLAND CIRCLE, KODIAK, AK 99615
57.6828, -153.3790 (ZIP center) · Grid BO37hq · CQ 1 · ITU 1 · map ↗
1.WL7R ✓ granted
 Granted
got WL7R

Others requesting WL7R

6 applications listed WL7R as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #Status
Oct 31, 2023 Nov 18, 2023 KK7OOH · Steven R Dosch · Ferndale, WA 11Granted
Feb 14, 2020 Mar 3, 2020 NL7ER · JOHN W KIMMEL · KODIAK, AK 1Granted
Jan 16, 2020 Feb 3, 2020 AG7UZ · Stephen Hedrick · Prescott, AZ 1Dismissed
Jan 15, 2020 Feb 2, 2020 AG7UZ · Stephen Hedrick · Prescott, AZ 1Dismissed
Dec 26, 2018 Jan 13, 2019 W7SOM · John W Cross · Bothell, WA 14Dismissed
Jan 29, 2018 Feb 16, 2018 KG7GJR · Cheryl A Freese · Chehalis, WA 4Dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WL7R in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WL7R beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

📻 GMRS repeaters within 50 miles

1 on the air or of unknown status, closest first · map these & export for a GMRS radio →

MilesChannelOutputTone inOwnerLocationAccessStatus
12RP15462.550123.0 WSLC997 Fairbanks, AK OpenOn the air

Repeaters within 50 miles

18 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, closest first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
6.9 WL7LP North Pole
WL7LP AllStar
 147.2500 +0.6 TONE 123.0 FM (analog) EchoLink 9191 IRLP 7369 AllStar 29265 — North Pole, AK
10.0 KL7ET Fairbanks
KL7ET BM-<->-ASL
 434.3000 +5 CC1 DMR BM-<->-ASL — Fairbanks, AK
10.0 KL7CDA Fairbanks
KL7CDA
 444.4000 +5 none D-STAR — Fairbanks, AK
10.6 KL7KC Fairbanks Eielso
KL7KC
 147.1200 +0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Fairbanks, AK
11.9 AD7VV Fairbanks
AD7VV
 223.1800 +1.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Fairbanks, AK
12.0 KL7KC Fairbanks Univ
KL7KC
 146.9400 -0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Fairbanks, AK
12.3 W9ITU Fairbanks
W9ITU AllStar
 443.3000 +5 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) AllStar 51636 — Fairbanks, AK
12.3 KL7ET Fairbanks
KL7ET AllStar
 443.3000 +5 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) (C4FM,DMR,FM) AllStar 528522 BrandMeister 311485 — Fairbanks, AK
12.4 KL1AC
Listed as online per KL7KC club site.
 Fairbanks Gilmor
KL1AC AllStar
 147.1800 +0.6 TSQL 123.0 FM (analog) AllStar 49575 — Fairbanks, AK
14.8 AL6T Fairbanks
AL6T BM
 439.0000 -5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3114607 — Fairbanks, AK
17.4 KL7CDA Fairbanks
KL7CDA
 147.3750 +0.6 DCS 073 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Fairbanks, AK
22.0 KL7KC Dot Lake
KL7KC
 146.8800 -0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Dot Lake, AK
22.0 KL7KC Fairbanks Ester
KL7KC
 224.8800 -1.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Fairbanks, AK
0.6 AL6F offline North Pole
AL6F
 145.4500 -0.6 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) — North Pole, AK
3.5 K1LH offline North Pole
K1LH IRLP
 446.7000 simplex TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) IRLP 7441 — North Pole, AK
3.5 K1LH offline North Pole
K1LH IRLP
 147.5500 simplex TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) IRLP 7442 — North Pole, AK
12.1 KL7EDK offline Fairbanks
KL7EDK
 147.3000 +0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Fairbanks, AK
40.2 KL7KC offline Delt Canyon Cree
KL7KC
 146.8200 -0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Delta Junction, AK