N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update today 9:45 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

KD5WU HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 10, 2000.

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 Feb 10, 2000

Previous holder: ALBERT R GEAR

Held KD5WU Feb 9, 1988 → Feb 9, 1998 · first licensed Feb 9, 1988 as KD5WU · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

KD5WU Expired Advanced Feb 9, 1988 → Feb 9, 1998 (expired)

Licensee
ALBERT R GEAR

Address
5805 LOVERS LN
SHREVEPORT, LA 71105
32.4551, -93.7099 (ZIP center) · Grid EM32dk · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Previous call
KA5HLD (General)

Last granted
Feb 9, 1988

Effective
Feb 9, 1988

Last action
Feb 10, 2000
FCC actions (1)
- Feb 10, 2000 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as KD5WU
ALBERT R GEAR
5805 LOVERS LN, SHREVEPORT, LA 71105
32.4551, -93.7099 (ZIP center) · Grid EM32dk · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting KD5WU

1 application listed KD5WU as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Aug 27, 2012	Sep 14, 2012	KE5FRH · William D Underwood · Bethany, OK	5	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KD5WU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KD5WU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.