N9TPB FCC License Search
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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)

K5APA HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 2, 2026.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Sep 13, 2004 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Oct 2, 2026

Previous holder: David L Burgin

Held K5APA Nov 1, 1988 → Oct 1, 2024 · first licensed Nov 1, 1988 as K5APA · 2 licenses · FRN 0010233203
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1957 as K5APA, 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.

Previous holder: Lilburn H Burgin

Held K5APA Nov 1, 1988 → Sep 10, 2002 · first licensed Nov 1, 1988 as K5APA · 2 licenses · FRN 0007397771
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1957 as K5APA, 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.
K5APA 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.

Others Requesting K5APA

1 application listed K5APA as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #K5APAResult
Sep 13, 2004 Oct 1, 2004 KE5ABU · David L Burgin · Morrilton, AR 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K5APA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K5APA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.