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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)
KA5BFS HAM
✅ Never issued — KA5BFS 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.
The FCC has no record of KA5BFS ever being issued.
KA5BFS 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.
1988 · 1 edition KA5BFS · class N
Roger W Williams W 171 N 13398 Division Rd Winter 1988 p.1176
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions KA5BFS · class A
· later KY5L
David R Reekie 1bl2 Barbara Ln, Pasadena Tl< 77502 .kcsbh A Daniel E Knous, 2220 Magnolia Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88001 Winter 1982 p.568, Winter 1983 p.584
1981 · 1 edition KA5BFS · class N
Roger W Williams 2437 S 108th St, West Allis, WI 53227 1981 p.938
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions KA5BFS · class G
David R Reekie 1812 Barbara Ln, Pasadena, TX 77502 Winter 1979 p.519, Winter 1980 p.547
None · 1 edition KA5BFS · class N
Carl A Starks 2616 Holland Sylv Rd, Toledo None p.888