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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)
KA5LYR HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 16, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 16, 2008
Previous holder: DON E PITTS
Held KA5LYR Oct 14, 1986 → Jul 15, 2006
· first licensed Oct 14, 1986 as KA5LYR
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1983 as KA5LYR, before the FCC's online records
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.
Seen Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs KA5LYR
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 15, 1996, expires Jul 15, 2006
DON E. PITTS
5 HALE DR RT 1, LOVINGTON, NM 88260
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs KA5LYR
· Technician Plus · issued Oct 14, 1986, expires Oct 14, 1996
DON E PITTS
5 HALE DR RT 1, LOVINGTON, NM 88260
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs KA5LYR
· Technician · issued Oct 14, 1986, expires Oct 14, 1996
DON E PITTS
5 HALE DR RT 1, LOVINGTON, NM 88260
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as KA5LYR
DON E PITTS
5 HALE DR RT 1, LOVINGTON, NM 88260
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.
1991 → 1993 · 3 editions KA5LYR · class T
Don E Pitts 5 Hale Dr Rt I, Lovington, NM 88260 Winter 1991 p.767, 1992 p.790, 1993 p.848
1989 → 1990 · 2 editions KA5LYR · class T
Don E Pitts 5 Hale Or Rt 1, Lovington, NM 88160 Winter 1989 p.706, Winter 1990 p.714
1988 · 1 edition KA5LYR · class T
Don E Pitts 5 Hale Or Rt I, Lovington, NM 88260 Winter 1988 p.696
1987 · 1 edition KA5LYR · class T
Don E Pitts 5 Hale Dr Rt I, Lovington, NM 88160 Winter 1987 p.674
1985 · 1 edition KA5LYR · class T
Don E Pitts 5 Hale Or Rt I, Lovin~on, NM 88160 Winter 1985 p.666
1983 · 1 edition KA5LYR · class T
Don E Pitts 5 Hale Or Rt 1, Lovington, TX 76053 Winter 1983 p.645
1982 · 1 edition KA5LYR · class N
Don Epitts S Hale Dr Rt 1, Lovington Winter 1982 p.628
None · 1 edition KA5LYR · class N
Steven N Finch 322 S Hayford St, Lansin:, MI 48912 None p.944
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA5LYR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA5LYR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.