🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 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
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Also a GMRS licensee
Active until Dec 20, 2035 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family
Technician class
licensed since 2026
K5CEY since 2026 · previously KE9EQW
Janesville, WI
GMRS WSKV923
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Feb 14, 2036. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Feb 15, 2038.
📬 QSL:
no LoTW uploads on record
· not eQSL AG
· QRZ · HamQTH
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K5CEY has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Jan 27, 2026 ·
what was requested
Currently held by Chad Yurske
· 2 holders on record
Current holder: Chad Yurske
Held K5CEY Feb 14, 2026 → present
· first licensed Jan 27, 2026 as KE9EQW
· 2 licenses · FRN 0037763166
K5CEY
Active
Technician · vanity
Feb 14, 2026 → expires Feb 14, 2036
Licensee Chad Yurske
Address PO Box 1460 Janesville, WI 53547-1460
FRN 0037763166
Previous call KE9EQW
Last granted Feb 14, 2026
Effective Feb 14, 2026
Last action Feb 14, 2026
FCC actions (2)
Feb 14, 2026 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Feb 14, 2026 — License issued LIISS
KE9EQW
Canceled
Technician
Jan 27, 2026 → Feb 14, 2026 (canceled)
Licensee Chad Yurske
Address PO Box 1460 Janesville, WI 53547-1460
FRN 0037763166
Last granted Jan 27, 2026
Effective Jan 27, 2026
Last action Feb 14, 2026
FCC actions (3)
Feb 14, 2026 — License canceled LICAN Jan 27, 2026 — License issued LIISS Jan 27, 2026 — 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 Sep 27, 2026 → Oct 4, 2026 · 4 snapshots · as KE9EQW
Chad Yurske
PO Box 1460 Janesville, WI 53547-1460
Previous holder: John P Dillon
Held K5CEY Jul 22, 2003 → Oct 13, 2010
· first licensed Jul 22, 2003 as K5CEY
· 1 license · FRN 0009333329
K5CEY
Canceled
Amateur Extra
Jul 22, 2003 → Oct 13, 2010 (canceled)
Licensee John P Dillon
Address 1125 French St Irving, TX 75061
32.8259, -96.9669 (ZIP center) · Grid
EM12mt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 ·
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FRN 0009333329
Last granted Sep 7, 2005
Effective Sep 7, 2005
Last action Nov 15, 2010
FCC actions (5)
Nov 15, 2010 — Record corrected COR Nov 15, 2010 — Record corrected COR Sep 7, 2005 — License renewed LIREN Jul 22, 2003 — License modified LIMOD Jul 22, 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 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as K5CEY
JOHN P DILLON
1125 FRENCH ST, IRVING, TX 75061
32.8259, -96.9669 (ZIP center) · Grid
EM12mt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 ·
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Vanity applications filed by K5CEY
Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.
Filed · Award Applicant Requested (in order) Status
Filed Jan 27, 2026
Granted Feb 14, 2026
0011885882
KE9EQW · Chad Yurske
· Technician
PO Box 1460 · Janesville, WI 53547-1460
Granted
Others requesting K5CEY
3 applications listed K5CEY as a choice, newest first.
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K5CEY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K5CEY 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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