N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 16, 2026) · next update today 7:15 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

KE5SAO HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 15, 2011.
2x3 call: any licensee 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 Apr 15, 2011

Previous holder: Joseph V Bednar

Held KE5SAO Jan 14, 2008 → Apr 14, 2009 · first licensed Jun 30, 1987 as W5UMC · 2 licenses · FRN 0017325234
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1952 as W5UMC, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KE5SAO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KE5SAO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.