N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 5, 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

K5GBF HAM

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

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Sep 3, 2021 as choice 7: not granted, that applicant got K5WTB instead.

📬 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: JAMES H PLUNK

Held K5GBF Aug 14, 2002 → Mar 5, 2024 · first licensed Aug 14, 2002 as K5GBF · 1 license · FRN 0007539927

K5GBF Expired Advanced Aug 14, 2002 → Mar 5, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
JAMES H PLUNK

Address
9112 142ND ST
SEMINOLE, FL 33776-2003
27.8496, -82.8258 (ZIP center) · Grid EL87ou · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0007539927

Last granted
Oct 31, 2013

Effective
Oct 31, 2013

Last action
Mar 6, 2026
FCC actions (6)
- Mar 6, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- Oct 31, 2013 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 31, 2007 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Mar 29, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Aug 14, 2002 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Aug 14, 2002 — FCC action LITIN

Address history

From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Seen Mar 28, 2014 → Oct 4, 2026 · 38 snapshots · as K5GBF
JAMES H PLUNK
9112 142ND ST, SEMINOLE, FL 33776-2003
27.8496, -82.8258 (ZIP center) · Grid EL87ou · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 22, 2013 · 9 snapshots · as K5GBF
JAMES H PLUNK
2 BASSINGHAM DRIVE, BELLA VISTA, AR 72715
36.4671, -94.3049 (ZIP center) · Grid EM26ul · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as K5GBF
James H Plunk
159 W 29th Court, Fayetteville, AR 72701
35.9924, -94.0856 (ZIP center) · Grid EM25wx · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting K5GBF

1 application listed K5GBF as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	K5GBF	Result
Sep 3, 2021	Sep 21, 2021	KI5RMP · Michael B Taylor · Riverside, TX	7	Not granted	They got K5WTB (choice 1)

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K5GBF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K5GBF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.