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KA5WTO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KA5WTO was last held in the 1990s (license expired Oct 7, 1996), 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
KA5WTO 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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs KA5WTO
· Advanced · issued Oct 7, 1986, expires Oct 7, 1996
JOHN R WISEMAN
871 CHUCKWAGON RD, RIO RANCHO, NM 87124
KA5WTO 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.
1995 · 1 edition KA5WTO · class A
John R Wiseman" B71 Chuckwagon Rd Rio Rancho , NM 87124 1995 p.1065
1994 · 1 edition KA5WTO
Scott M Suiter 6102 Pennsylvania Ave, Arlington, TX 76017 1994 p.969
1991 · 1 edition KA5WTO · class A
John R Wiseman 871 Chuckwagon Rd, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Winter 1991 p.820
1990 · 1 edition KA5WTO · class T
Jay C Ban14!tt Rt 1 Bo• 179-V Singletree Rd, Denison, TX 75020 Winter 1990 p.760
1988 · 1 edition KA5WTO · class A
John R Wiseman 871 Chuckwagon Rd, Rio Rancho, NM 87114 Winter 1988 p.742
1987 · 1 edition KA5WTO · class N
Jay C Barnett Rt I Box 279-V, Denison, TX 75020 Winter 1987 p.721
1986 · 1 edition KA5WTO · class N
John R Wiseman B71 Chuckwa~on Rd, Rio Rancho, NM 87114 Winter 1986 p.712