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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)
N5GXU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 15, 2026.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 15, 2026
Previous holder: THOMAS C FOWLER JR
Held N5GXU Apr 24, 1984 → Apr 14, 2024
· first licensed Apr 24, 1984 as N5GXU
· 1 license · FRN 0010737989 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WL7AFA, before the FCC's online records
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 May 3, 1994 → Apr 7, 1999 · 10 discs N5GXU
· Technician · issued Apr 5, 1994, expires Apr 5, 2004
· previously WL7AFA
THOMAS C FOWLER JR
2423 SWEET FOREST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78251
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc N5GXU
· Technician · issued Apr 24, 1984, expires Apr 24, 1994
· previously WL7AFA
THOMAS C FOWLER JR
2423 SWEET FOREST, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78251
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Mar 28, 2014 → Oct 4, 2026 · 38 snapshots · as N5GXU
THOMAS C FOWLER JR
5025 Big Bend Trl, Georgetown, TX 78633
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.
1997 · 1 edition N5GXU · class T
Thomas C Fowler Jr 1413 Sweet Forest, San Antonio, TX 78151 1997 p.992
1996 · 1 edition N5GXU
G Oa~ J H Winter 1996 p.1645
1995 · 1 edition N5GXU · class G
Dale J Heberlin~ 175 Anderson Rd Boyne City Ml 49711 1995 p.1596
1986 · 1 edition N5GXU · class T
Thomas C Fowler Jr 2413 Sweet Forest, San Antonio, TX 78151 Winter 1986 p.637
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N5GXU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N5GXU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.