N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 9:42 am CDT (FCC files through Sep 30, 2026) · next update today 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

AB5LW HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 28, 2015.

2x2 call: only Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Apr 28, 2015

Previous holder: JOHNNIE R DOWNS

Held AB5LW Mar 18, 2003 → Apr 27, 2013 · first licensed Mar 18, 2003 as AB5LW · 1 license · FRN 0008623621

AB5LW Expired Amateur Extra Mar 18, 2003 → Apr 27, 2013 (expired)

Licensee
JOHNNIE R DOWNS

Address
606 WEST AVE G
TEMPLE, TX 76504
31.1423, -97.3746 (ZIP center) · Grid EM11hd · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0008623621

Previous call
N5BBB (General)

Last granted
Mar 18, 2003

Effective
Mar 18, 2003

Last action
Apr 28, 2015
FCC actions (2)
- Apr 28, 2015 — License expired LIEXP
- Mar 18, 2003 — 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 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as AB5LW
JOHNNIE R DOWNS
606 WEST AVE G, TEMPLE, TX 76504
31.1423, -97.3746 (ZIP center) · Grid EM11hd · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting AB5LW

3 applications listed AB5LW as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Feb 3, 2023	Feb 21, 2023	KI5ZMT · Randall J Landry · Ponchatoula, LA	7	Granted
Nov 14, 2016	Dec 2, 2016	KG5KBY · Lynnea K Wright · Traskwood, AR	4	Granted
Sep 17, 2012	Oct 5, 2012	AF5FY · LEO A WROBEL · OVILLA, TX	5	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AB5LW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AB5LW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.