N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 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

KG5KEF HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 29, 2017.

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 Nov 29, 2017

Previous holder: Robert S Nelson Jr

Held KG5KEF Nov 9, 2015 → Nov 28, 2015 · first licensed Nov 9, 2015 as KG5KEF · 2 licenses · FRN 0012310645

W5IVD Active Amateur Extra · vanity Nov 28, 2015 → expires Nov 28, 2035

Licensee
Robert S Nelson Jr

Address
27454 Snead Dr
Abita Springs, LA 70420
30.5031, -89.9500 (street) · Grid EM50am · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0012310645

Previous call
KG5KEF (General)

Last granted
Sep 20, 2025

Effective
Sep 20, 2025

Last action
Sep 20, 2025
FCC actions (4)
- Sep 20, 2025 — License renewed LIREN
- Jul 11, 2016 — License modified LIMOD
- Nov 28, 2015 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Nov 28, 2015 — License issued LIISS
KG5KEF Canceled General Nov 9, 2015 → Nov 28, 2015 (canceled)

Licensee
Robert S Nelson Jr

Address
27454 Snead Dr
Abita Springs, LA 70420
30.5031, -89.9500 (street) · Grid EM50am · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0012310645

Last granted
Nov 9, 2015

Effective
Nov 9, 2015

Last action
Nov 28, 2015
FCC actions (3)
- Nov 28, 2015 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 9, 2015 — License issued LIISS
- Nov 9, 2015 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

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

Seen Nov 16, 2015 → Oct 4, 2026 · 61 snapshots · as KG5KEF
Robert S Nelson Jr
27454 Snead Dr, Abita Springs, LA 70420
30.5031, -89.9500 (street) · Grid EM50am · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting KG5KEF

1 application listed KG5KEF as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Aug 25, 2017	Sep 12, 2017	KG5URQ · JOHN R LIVELY JR · LITTLE ELM, TX	21	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KG5KEF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KG5KEF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.