N9TPB FCC License Search
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K5KAF HAM

General class licensed since 1988 (38 yrs) K5KAF since 1988 · previously KF5CFE Pittsboro, MS Grid EM53hw 41 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Apr 18, 2035. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Apr 19, 2037.

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

📝 K5KAF has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Mar 31, 2015 · what was requested

Currently held by MICHAEL G RUSSELL · 2 holders on record

Current holder: MICHAEL G RUSSELL

Held K5KAF Feb 23, 1988 → present · first licensed Feb 23, 1988 as K5KAF · 2 licenses · FRN 0018963413
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1962 as K5KAF, 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: WILLIAM B RUSSELL

Held K5KAF Feb 23, 1988 → Nov 16, 2014 · first licensed Feb 23, 1988 as K5KAF · 1 license · FRN 0016972176
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1962 as K5KAF, 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.
K5KAF 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.

Vanity Applications Filed by K5KAF

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 · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Mar 31, 2015
Granted Apr 12, 2025
0006733065
 KF5CFE · MICHAEL G RUSSELL · General
123 RUSSELL DR, PITTSBORO, MS 38951
33.9403, -89.3394 (street) · Grid EM53hw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.K5KAF ✓ Granted
 Granted
got K5KAF

Others Requesting K5KAF

2 applications listed K5KAF as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #K5KAFResult
Feb 8, 2017 Feb 26, 2017 KG5RGR · KEVIN A FREDEKIND · ALBUQUERQUE, NM 4Not granted They got W5KAF (choice 1)
Mar 31, 2015 Apr 18, 2015 KF5CFE · MICHAEL G RUSSELL · PITTSBORO, MS 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K5KAF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K5KAF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

41 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, most active first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
14.6 KD5NDU Water Valley Hwy
KD5NDU WIRES-X
 448.4000 -5 TSQL 107.2 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) WIRES-X 84102 — Water Valley, MS
17.6 KG5JDS Oxford
KG5JDS BM
 444.4250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314649 — Oxford, MS
19.5 N5VGK houston
N5VGK BM
 444.1750 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 315026 — houston, MS
19.7 KD5YBU Houston
KD5YBU
 146.8950 -0.6 TONE 141.3 FM (analog) — Houston, MS
22.2 KD5NDU Water Valley
KD5NDU AllStar
 147.2700 +0.6 TSQL 107.2 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) AllStar 556970 EchoLink 312120 AllStar 55697 BrandMeister 311434 — Water Valley, MS
22.4 KG5JDS Pontotoc Wtr
KG5JDS BM
 146.8350 -0.6 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314627 — Pontotoc, MS
25.7 W5BAM Offline Grenada GS Rd
W5BAM EchoLink
 147.0000 -0.6 TSQL 107.2 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) EchoLink 185304 WIRES-X 58650 — Grenada, MS
28.6 K5TUP Pontotoc Wtr
K5TUP
 147.2400 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Pontotoc, MS
28.6 KG5JDS Pontotoc
KG5JDS BM
 147.3800 +0.6 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314627 — Pontotoc, MS
28.6 KG5JDS Pontotoc
KG5JDS BM
 440.5750 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314649 — Pontotoc, MS
30.1 KI5CMA Oxford Thacker
KI5CMA BM
 444.4250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 310462 — Oxford, MS
30.6 KC5KLW Oxford
KC5KLW BM
 444.9875 in 894.9745 CC1 DMR BrandMeister — Oxford, MS
30.6 KC5KLW Oxford
KC5KLW BM
 145.4700 in 290.3400 CC1 DMR BrandMeister — Oxford, MS
30.6 N5VGK OXFORD
N5VGK
 444.4250 +5 CC1 DMR — OXFORD, MS
31.2 W5LAF Oxford
W5LAF
 147.3300 +0.6 TONE 107.2 FM (analog) — Oxford, MS
31.2 W5LAF Oxford
W5LAF
 444.3500 +5 TONE 107.2 FM (analog) — Oxford, MS
34.1 K5DY Maben Fire
K5DY
 147.3150 +0.6 none FM (analog) (FM,DMR) — Maben, MS
34.1 K5DY Maben Fire
K5DY BM
 444.3250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314124 — Maben, MS
40.0 WB5VYH Offline Abbeville
WB5VYH
 145.4700 -0.6 TONE 107.2 FM (analog) — Abbeville, MS
40.5 K5VD Holcomb
K5VD AllStar
 53.1700 -0.5 TONE 107.2 FM (analog) AllStar 69885 — Holcomb, MS
41.6 AB5OR Tupelo
AB5OR BM
 145.4900 -0.6 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 311284 — Tupelo, MS
41.6 KE5LUX Tupelo
KE5LUX
 444.9500 +5 none D-STAR — Tupelo, MS
42.5 N5VGK Tupelo
N5VGK BM
 145.4900 -0.6 TONE 141.3 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) BrandMeister 315048 — Tupelo, MS
42.5 W5NEM Tupelo
W5NEM
 147.0750 +0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Tupelo, MS
42.5 N5VGK Tupelo
N5VGK BM
 444.9500 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 310974 — Tupelo, MS
42.7 KD5FRY West Point
KD5FRY
 147.1800 +0.6 TSQL 110.9 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — West Point, MS
42.7 KD5FRY West Point
KD5FRY BM
 441.9000 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 313189 — West Point, MS
43.1 KM5WX Batesville
KM5WX
 146.6100 -0.6 TSQL 107.2 FM (analog) — Batesville, MS
43.3 NA5MS Offline New Albany Fairg
NA5MS
 146.6700 -0.6 TONE 131.8 FM (analog) — New Albany, MS
43.8 KJ5V Starkville
KJ5V BM
 440.5500 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 312807 — Starkville, MS
43.9 AD5HM Starkville
AD5HM
 440.5500 +5 CC1 DMR — Starkville, MS
44.6 WB5TZN Ackerman
WB5TZN
 147.1200 +0.6 TSQL 136.5 FM (analog) — Ackerman, MS
44.9 N5VGK Fulton
N5VGK BM
 147.3000 +0.6 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314980 — Fulton, MS
45.2 K5DY Starkville
K5DY EchoLink
 146.7300 -0.6 TONE 110.9 FM (analog) EchoLink 932472 — Starkville, MS
45.2 W5YD Starkville
W5YD AllStar
 146.8050 -0.6 TSQL 79.7 FM (analog) AllStar 67020 EchoLink 234200 — Starkville, MS
45.2 K5DY Offline Starkville
K5DY
 444.7500 +5 TONE 136.5 FM (analog) — Starkville, MS
46.3 WB5TZN Offline Aberdeen
WB5TZN
 444.4500 +5 TONE 210.7 FM (analog) — Aberdeen, MS
46.4 WB5TZN Aberdeen
WB5TZN BM
 147.2700 +0.6 TSQL 210.7 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) BrandMeister 314180 — Aberdeen, MS
47.7 KI5CMA Saltillo
KI5CMA BM
 444.8750 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 310596 — Saltillo, MS
47.7 K5LLO Saltillo
K5LLO
 442.5750 +5 none D-STAR — Saltillo, MS
48.9 KB5DWX Amory
KB5DWX
 146.9400 -0.6 TSQL 192.8 FM (analog) — Amory, MS