N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 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

AB5VV HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 6, 2026.

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 Mar 6, 2026

Previous holder: WILLIAM A FERNS

Held AB5VV Dec 18, 2003 → Mar 5, 2024 · first licensed Dec 18, 2003 as AB5VV · 1 license · FRN 0010041580

AB5VV Expired Amateur Extra Dec 18, 2003 → Mar 5, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
WILLIAM A FERNS

Address
1213 ZUNI
HOBBS, NM 88240-0920
32.6747, -103.4468 (ZIP center) · Grid DM82gq · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0010041580

Previous call
N5SDJ (Advanced)

Last granted
Nov 20, 2013

Effective
Nov 20, 2013

Last action
Mar 6, 2026
FCC actions (3)
- Mar 6, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- Nov 20, 2013 — License renewed LIREN
- Dec 18, 2003 — FCC action LITIN

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 AB5VV
WILLIAM A FERNS
1213 ZUNI, HOBBS, NM 88240-0920
32.6747, -103.4468 (ZIP center) · Grid DM82gq · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting AB5VV

1 application listed AB5VV as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Oct 11, 2017	Oct 29, 2017	AG5NE · Corey B Bradley · Lubbock, TX	8	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AB5VV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AB5VV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.