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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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
KA5BEV HAM
✅ Never issued — KA5BEV isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jul 28, 2003 as choice 3:
not granted, that applicant got W5BEV instead.
The FCC has no record of KA5BEV ever being issued.
KA5BEV 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.
1985 · 1 edition KA5BEV · class T
Buford Kmackey 5104 Tulane, Fort Worth Winter 1985 p.607
1980 → 1984 · 4 editions KA5BEV · class T
Buford K Mackey 5104 Julane, Tarrant, TX 76114 Winter 1980 p.547, 1981 p.481, Winter 1983 p.584, Winter 1984 p.608
Others Requesting KA5BEV
1 application listed KA5BEV as a choice, newest first.