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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)
N5BDQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — N5BDQ was last held in the 1990s (license expired Oct 5, 2003), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
N5BDQ in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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.
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs N5BDQ
· Advanced · issued Oct 5, 1993, expires Oct 5, 2003
ALVIN L HAND
9628 BLUE WING DR, EL PASO, TX 79924
N5BDQ in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
1988 → 1989 · 2 editions N5BDQ · class G
Alvin L Hand 9628 Blue Wing Dr, El Paso, TX 79924 Winter 1988 p.634, Winter 1989 p.639
1987 · 1 edition N5BDQ · class G
Alvin L Hand 9b1b Blue Wing Dr, El Paso, TX 79914 Winter 1987 p.617
1986 · 1 edition N5BDQ
G Al•in L Hand 9028 Blue Wing Dr, El Paso, TX 79924 Winter 1986 p.606
None → 1983 · 5 editions N5BDQ · class G
Alvin L Hand 9817 Titan St, El Paso None p.508, Winter 1980 p.547, 1981 p.480, Winter 1982 p.567, Winter 1983 p.584