🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update today 9:45 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
AA5JW HAM
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Not available yet — opens for vanity requests
May 9, 2028 , two years after the license was canceled (May 8, 2026).
2x2 call: only Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL:
LoTW user · last upload May 8, 2026
· not eQSL AG
· QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held
· 2 holders on record
Previous holder: James M Wheeler
Held AA5JW Oct 15, 2021 → May 8, 2026
· first licensed Sep 30, 2011 as KF5MXG
· 3 licenses · FRN 0015387517
W5PL
Active
Amateur Extra · vanity
May 8, 2026 → expires May 8, 2036
Licensee James M Wheeler
Address 7026 Raven Cliffs Ln Spring, TX 77379
30.0478, -95.5308 (street) · Grid
EM20fb · CQ 4 · ITU 7 ·
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FRN 0015387517
Previous call AA5JW (General)
Last granted May 8, 2026
Effective May 8, 2026
Last action May 8, 2026
FCC actions (2)
May 8, 2026 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT May 8, 2026 — License issued LIISS
AA5JW
Canceled
Amateur Extra · vanity
Oct 15, 2021 → May 8, 2026 (canceled)
Licensee James M Wheeler
Address 7026 Raven Cliffs Ln Spring, TX 77379
30.0478, -95.5308 (street) · Grid
EM20fb · CQ 4 · ITU 7 ·
map ↗
FRN 0015387517
Previous call KF5MXG (General)
Last granted Oct 15, 2021
Effective Oct 15, 2021
Last action May 8, 2026
FCC actions (3)
May 8, 2026 — License canceled LICAN Oct 15, 2021 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Oct 15, 2021 — License issued LIISS
KF5MXG
Canceled
Amateur Extra
Sep 30, 2011 → Oct 15, 2021 (canceled)
Licensee James M Wheeler
Address 7026 Raven Cliffs Ln Spring, TX 77379
30.0478, -95.5308 (street) · Grid
EM20fb · CQ 4 · ITU 7 ·
map ↗
FRN 0015387517
Last granted Sep 28, 2021
Effective Sep 28, 2021
Last action Oct 15, 2021
FCC actions (6)
Oct 15, 2021 — License canceled LICAN Sep 28, 2021 — License renewed LIREN Apr 20, 2012 — License modified LIMOD Mar 1, 2012 — License modified LIMOD Sep 30, 2011 — License issued LIISS Sep 30, 2011 — 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 Oct 17, 2011 → Oct 4, 2026 · 61 snapshots · as KF5MXG
James M Wheeler
7026 Raven Cliffs Ln, Spring, TX 77379
30.0478, -95.5308 (street) · Grid
EM20fb · CQ 4 · ITU 7 ·
map ↗
Previous holder: CARL E ALBRECHT
Held AA5JW Oct 2, 2008 → Dec 31, 2018
· first licensed Oct 2, 2008 as AA5JW
· 1 license · FRN 0002532042
AA5JW
Expired
Amateur Extra
Oct 2, 2008 → Dec 31, 2018 (expired)
Licensee CARL E ALBRECHT
Address 11711 BOLERO CT STAFFORD, TX 77477-1409
29.6243, -95.5680 (ZIP center) · Grid
EL29fo · CQ 4 · ITU 7 ·
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FRN 0002532042
Last granted Oct 2, 2008
Effective Oct 2, 2008
Last action Jan 1, 2021
FCC actions (2)
Jan 1, 2021 — License expired LIEXP Oct 2, 2008 — License renewed LIREN
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 AA5JW
CARL E ALBRECHT
11711 BOLERO CT, STAFFORD, TX 77477-1409
29.6243, -95.5680 (ZIP center) · Grid
EL29fo · CQ 4 · ITU 7 ·
map ↗
Others requesting AA5JW
1 application listed AA5JW as a choice, newest first.
Filed Award Applicant Choice # Status
Sep 27, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
KF5MXG · James M Wheeler · Spring, TX
1 Granted
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AA5JW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AA5JW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.
Data: FCC Universal Licensing System (amateur & GMRS), NetLogger and more · site status
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