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

KG5EW HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 28, 1999.

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 Oct 28, 1999

Previous holder: MICHAEL R BUFKIN

Held KG5EW Aug 14, 1995 → Oct 27, 1997 · first licensed Aug 14, 1995 as KG5EW · 3 licenses · FRN 0002407625

W5IEI Active General · vanity Jan 7, 2006 → expires Jan 7, 2036

Licensee
MICHAEL R BUFKIN

Address
142 COUNTY ROAD 327
BRECKENRIDGE, TX 76424-6314
32.7810, -98.9055 (street) · Grid EM02ns · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0002407625

Previous call
KD5WBJ

Last granted
Nov 27, 2025

Effective
Dec 1, 2025

Last action
Dec 1, 2025
FCC actions (6)
- Dec 1, 2025 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 27, 2025 — License renewed LIREN
- Sep 6, 2017 — License renewed LIREN
- Aug 8, 2006 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 7, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jan 7, 2006 — License issued LIISS
KD5WBJ Canceled General Apr 9, 2003 → Jan 7, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
Michael R Bufkin

Address
305 W 3rd
Breckenridge, TX 76424
32.8012, -98.8870 (ZIP center) · Grid EM02nt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0002407625

Last granted
Apr 9, 2003

Effective
Apr 9, 2003

Last action
Jan 7, 2006
FCC actions (2)
- Jan 7, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Apr 9, 2003 — License issued LIISS
KG5EW Expired Advanced Aug 14, 1995 → Oct 27, 1997 (expired)

Licensee
MICHAEL R BUFKIN

Address
305 W 3RD
BRECKENRIDGE, TX 76424
32.8012, -98.8870 (ZIP center) · Grid EM02nt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0002407625

Last granted
Aug 14, 1995

Effective
Aug 14, 1995

Last action
Oct 28, 1999
FCC actions (1)
- Oct 28, 1999 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

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

Seen Sep 27, 2026 · 1 snapshot · as W5IEI
MICHAEL R BUFKIN
142 COUNTY ROAD 327, BRECKENRIDGE, TX 76424-6314
32.7810, -98.9055 (street) · Grid EM02ns · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 94 snapshots · as KG5EW
MICHAEL R BUFKIN
305 W 3RD, BRECKENRIDGE, TX 76424
32.8012, -98.8870 (ZIP center) · Grid EM02nt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 25, 2025 · 45 snapshots · as W5IEI
MICHAEL R BUFKIN
142 CR 327, BRECKENRIDGE, TX 76424
32.8012, -98.8870 (ZIP center) · Grid EM02nt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting KG5EW

1 application listed KG5EW as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 16, 2021	Oct 4, 2021	KG5LLP · Harold L Newman Jr · Southaven, MS	17	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KG5EW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KG5EW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.