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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)
KA5WLU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KA5WLU was last held in the 1990s (license expired Dec 17, 1995), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
KA5WLU in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs KA5WLU
· Technician Plus · issued Dec 17, 1985, expires Dec 17, 1995
FREEMAN A BALLARD III
13613 N LEMANS ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70129
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs KA5WLU
· Technician · issued Dec 17, 1985, expires Dec 17, 1995
FREEMAN A BALLARD III
13613 N LEMANS ST, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70129
KA5WLU 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.
1992 · 1 edition KA5WLU · class T
Francis J Nemcik Beal Or, Bloomdale, OH 44817 1992 p.1352
1986 → 1990 · 5 editions KA5WLU · class T
Freeman A Ballard Iii 13613 N Lemans St, A William L Colbert Jr, 5701 Pepper Ridge Rd, Jackson, MS 39211 Winter 1986 p.711, Winter 1987 p.719, Winter 1988 p.741, Winter 1989 p.749, Winter 1990 p.758