N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 9:45 am CDT · next update today 7:15 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

K5SMG HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 28, 2026.

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 Jul 28, 2026

Previous holder: JOHN C TARVIN JR

Held K5SMG Jul 27, 2004 → Jul 27, 2024 · first licensed Jul 27, 2004 as K5SMG · 1 license · FRN 0010265312

K5SMG Expired Advanced Jul 27, 2004 → Jul 27, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
JOHN C TARVIN JR

Address
14480 SHADOWLANE CT
MORGAN HILL, CA 95037
37.1318, -121.6812 (ZIP center) · Grid CM97dd · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0010265312

Last granted
May 16, 2014

Effective
May 16, 2014

Last action
Jul 28, 2026
FCC actions (3)
- Jul 28, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- May 16, 2014 — License renewed LIREN
- Jul 27, 2004 — License renewed LIREN

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 K5SMG
JOHN C TARVIN JR
14480 SHADOWLANE CT, MORGAN HILL, CA 95037
37.1318, -121.6812 (ZIP center) · Grid CM97dd · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Others requesting K5SMG

1 application listed K5SMG as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Aug 7, 2026	Aug 25, 2026	KM7HGJ · Alexandria M Summers · East Helena, MT	10	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K5SMG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K5SMG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.