N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 12, 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

WL7U HAM

Amateur Extra class licensed since 1991 (35 yrs) WL7U since 1997 · previously KL7WB Alpena, MI Grid EN85ff 11 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Mar 10, 2027. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Mar 11, 2029.

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

Currently held by MICHAEL J BENNETT · 1 holder on record

Current holder: ALASKA WEAK SIGNAL VHF UHF CLUB

Held WL7U Mar 10, 1997 → present · first licensed Jul 30, 1991 as AL7JM · 2 licenses · FRN 0015900277
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB7EUG, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Earlier Holders

WL7U in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
WL7U in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WL7U in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WL7U beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

11 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, most active 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
12.2 KD8AFY alpena Near Co
KD8AFY EchoLink
 446.0250 simplex TONE 123.0 FM (analog) EchoLink 203422 — alpena, MI
12.7 N8BIT Offline Alpena
N8BIT
 442.4750 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Alpena, MI
15.5 K8PA Alpena Manning
K8PA EchoLink
 146.7600 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) EchoLink 571911 — Alpena, MI
19.4 WB8TQZ Rogers City
WB8TQZ
 147.0200 +0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Rogers City, MI
36.5 WB8ZIR Barton City
WB8ZIR
 145.4900 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Barton City, MI
38.4 W8JJR Lincoln Lost Lk
W8JJR Mi5
 442.0125 +5 CC1 DMR Mi5 — Lincoln, MI
41.5 W8SZ Harrisville
W8SZ
 147.0400 +0.6 TSQL 123.0 FM (analog) — Harrisville, MI
45.5 N9KOP Mio
N9KOP AllStar
 146.7000 -0.6 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) AllStar 55672 EchoLink 780166 — Mio, MI
45.5 W8CMN Mio
W8CMN Mi5
 444.7000 +5 CC1 DMR Mi5 — Mio, MI
47.6 AD8DP Lewiston
AD8DP WIRES-X
 146.8000 -0.6 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 43148 — Lewiston, MI
48.6 W8CCE Cheboygan
W8CCE AllStar
 146.7400 -0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) AllStar 567751 — Cheboygan, MI