N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 5, 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

AB5BV HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 16, 2003.

2x2 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 · 1 holder on record · available since Oct 16, 2003

Previous holder: RUBEN D ORTIZ

Held AB5BV Oct 15, 1991 → Oct 15, 2001 · first licensed Oct 15, 1991 as AB5BV · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

AB5BV Expired Amateur Extra Oct 15, 1991 → Oct 15, 2001 (expired)

Licensee
RUBEN D ORTIZ

Address
1227 RETAMA AVE
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78407
27.8076, -97.4477 (ZIP center) · Grid EL17gt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Previous call
AA5QO (Advanced)

Last granted
Oct 15, 1991

Effective
Oct 15, 1991

Last action
Oct 16, 2003
FCC actions (1)
- Oct 16, 2003 — 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 AB5BV
RUBEN D ORTIZ
1227 RETAMA AVE, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78407
27.8076, -97.4477 (ZIP center) · Grid EL17gt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting AB5BV

1 application listed AB5BV as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Oct 2, 2012	Oct 20, 2012	KF5NEL · WILLIAM M VINING · FAIRVIEW, TX	6	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AB5BV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AB5BV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.