N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 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

K5DOW HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 15, 2022.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and 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 Apr 15, 2022

Previous holder: David L Downs Jr

Held K5DOW Sep 6, 2013 → Apr 14, 2020 · first licensed Aug 16, 2013 as KF5WXU · 3 licenses · FRN 0022916472

KL5AC Expired General Sep 6, 2013 → Sep 6, 2023 (expired)

Licensee
David L Downs Jr

Address
2901 W RIVERDELL DR
WASILLA, AK 99654
61.6051, -149.4227 (ZIP center) · Grid BP51go · CQ 1 · ITU 1 · map ↗

FRN
0022916472

Previous call
K5DOW (Technician)

Last granted
Sep 6, 2013

Effective
Apr 14, 2020

Last action
Sep 9, 2025
FCC actions (3)
- Sep 9, 2025 — License expired LIEXP
- Apr 14, 2020 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT
- Apr 14, 2020 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Addison, TX → Wasilla, AK

K5DOW Canceled General · vanity Sep 6, 2013 → Apr 14, 2020 (canceled)

Licensee
David L Downs Jr

Address
2901 W RIVERDELL DR
WASILLA, AK 99654
61.6051, -149.4227 (ZIP center) · Grid BP51go · CQ 1 · ITU 1 · map ↗

FRN
0022916472

Previous call
KF5WXU (Technician)

Last granted
Sep 6, 2013

Effective
Apr 14, 2020

Last action
Apr 14, 2020
FCC actions (6)
- Apr 14, 2020 — License canceled LICAN
- Apr 14, 2020 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Feb 1, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jul 16, 2015 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 6, 2013 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Sep 6, 2013 — License issued LIISS
KF5WXU Canceled General Aug 16, 2013 → Sep 6, 2013 (canceled)

Licensee
DAVID L DOWNS JR

Address
4005 VITRUVIAN WAY APT 127
ADDISON, TX 75001
32.9600, -96.8372 (ZIP center) · Grid EM12nx · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0022916472

Last granted
Aug 16, 2013

Effective
Aug 20, 2013

Last action
Sep 6, 2013
FCC actions (4)
- Sep 6, 2013 — License canceled LICAN
- Aug 20, 2013 — License modified LIMOD
- Aug 16, 2013 — License issued LIISS
- Aug 16, 2013 — 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 Apr 16, 2022 → Oct 4, 2026 · 26 snapshots · as K5DOW
David L Downs Jr
2901 W RIVERDELL DR, WASILLA, AK 99654
61.6051, -149.4227 (ZIP center) · Grid BP51go · CQ 1 · ITU 1 · map ↗
Seen Oct 22, 2013 → Oct 4, 2026 · 45 snapshots · as KF5WXU
DAVID L DOWNS JR
4005 VITRUVIAN WAY APT 127, ADDISON, TX 75001
32.9600, -96.8372 (ZIP center) · Grid EM12nx · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Feb 15, 2017 → May 6, 2019 · 9 snapshots · as K5DOW
David L Downs Jr
7440 Clairborne Cir, Anchorage, AK 99502
61.1637, -149.9966 (ZIP center) · Grid BP51ad · CQ 1 · ITU 1 · map ↗
Seen Aug 2, 2015 → Dec 31, 2016 · 11 snapshots · as K5DOW
David L Downs Jr
4232 Ireland St., The Colony, TX 75056
33.0757, -96.9081 (ZIP center) · Grid EM13nb · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting K5DOW

2 applications listed K5DOW as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jul 1, 2026	Jul 19, 2026	KJ5LMZ · Daren Neyland · Hubbard, TX	6	Granted
Aug 19, 2013	Sep 6, 2013	KF5WXU · David L Downs Jr · Addison, TX	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K5DOW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K5DOW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.