N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT

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

KB5MS HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 31, 2001.

2x2 call: Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Dec 31, 2001

Previous holder: RICHARD A HOPKINS

Held KB5MS Aug 3, 1993 → Dec 30, 1999 · first licensed Aug 3, 1993 as KB5MS · 3 licenses · FRN 0002441400

📦 Moved: Prescott, AZ → Texarkana, AR

W5TXK Active Amateur Extra · vanity May 13, 2003 → expires May 13, 2033

Licensee
RICHARD A HOPKINS

Address
1307 East 42nd Street
Texarkana, AR 71854
33.4638, -94.0290 (street) · Grid EM23xl · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0002441400

Previous call
KK7VJ (Advanced)

Last granted
Feb 14, 2023

Effective
Feb 14, 2023

Last action
Feb 14, 2023
FCC actions (5)
- Feb 14, 2023 — License renewed LIREN
- Nov 5, 2014 — License modified LIMOD
- Apr 3, 2013 — License renewed LIREN
- May 13, 2003 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- May 13, 2003 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Texarkana, AR → Prescott, AZ

KK7VJ Canceled Advanced Aug 3, 1993 → May 13, 2003 (canceled)

Licensee
RICHARD A HOPKINS

Address
1573 Rycosa Lane
Prescott, AZ 86301
34.5981, -112.4202 (ZIP center) · Grid DM34so · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0002441400

Previous call
KB5MS

Last granted
Aug 3, 1993

Effective
Dec 30, 1999

Last action
May 13, 2003
FCC actions (2)
- May 13, 2003 — License canceled LICAN
- Dec 30, 1999 — License issued LIISS
KB5MS Canceled Advanced Aug 3, 1993 → Dec 30, 1999 (canceled)

Licensee
RICHARD A HOPKINS

Address
2417 GRAND AVE
TEXARKANA, AR 75502

FRN
0002441400

Last granted
Aug 3, 1993

Effective
Aug 3, 1993

Last action
Dec 30, 1999
FCC actions (1)
- Dec 30, 1999 — License canceled LICAN

Address history

From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Seen Apr 12, 2013 → Sep 27, 2026 · 39 snapshots · as W5TXK
RICHARD A HOPKINS
1307 East 42nd Street, Texarkana, AR 71854
33.4638, -94.0290 (street) · Grid EM23xl · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as KK7VJ
RICHARD A HOPKINS
1573 Rycosa Lane, Prescott, AZ 86301
34.5981, -112.4202 (ZIP center) · Grid DM34so · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as KB5MS
RICHARD A HOPKINS
2417 GRAND AVE, TEXARKANA, AR 75502
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Apr 6, 2013 · 8 snapshots · as W5TXK
RICHARD A HOPKINS
5309 East Heights Road, Texarkana, AR 71854
33.4449, -93.8948 (ZIP center) · Grid EM33bk · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting KB5MS

4 applications listed KB5MS as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
May 20, 2026	Jun 7, 2026	KJ5EEV · Michael L Streiff · College Station, TX	18	Granted
May 20, 2019	Jun 7, 2019	KA5MJT · MICHAEL F SMITH · PIEDMONT, OK	4	Granted
Nov 18, 2015	Dec 6, 2015	WA5OYU · CHAUNCEY R DUNBAR · Madison, MS	3	Dismissed
Mar 11, 2013	Mar 29, 2013	KK4PGD · Maynard F Smeltzer · Pineville, NC	7	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KB5MS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KB5MS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.