N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 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

N5HIZ HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 28, 2002.

1x3 call: Technician, General, 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 Jun 28, 2002

Previous holder: LOUIS E SPINKS

Held N5HIZ Sep 16, 1999 → Jun 27, 2000 · first licensed as KB3CHH · 5 licenses · FRN 0002468536

K5ZXI Expired Technician · vanity Mar 11, 2003 → Mar 11, 2013 (expired)

Licensee
LOUIS E SPINKS

Address
13321 COUNTRY RIDGE DR
GERMANTOWN, MD 20874
39.1331, -77.3018 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19id · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0002468536

Previous call
K3ZXI

Last granted
Mar 11, 2003

Effective
Mar 11, 2003

Last action
Mar 12, 2015
FCC actions (3)
- Mar 12, 2015 — License expired LIEXP
- Mar 11, 2003 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 11, 2003 — License issued LIISS
K3ZXI Canceled Technician · vanity Jun 27, 2000 → Mar 11, 2003 (canceled)

Licensee
LOUIS E SPINKS

Address
13321 COUNTRY RIDGE DR
GERMANTOWN, MD 20874
39.1331, -77.3018 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19id · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0002468536

Previous call
N5HIZ

Last granted
Jun 27, 2000

Effective
Jun 27, 2000

Last action
Mar 11, 2003
FCC actions (2)
- Mar 11, 2003 — License canceled LICAN
- Jun 27, 2000 — License issued LIISS
N5HIZ Canceled Technician · vanity Sep 16, 1999 → Jun 27, 2000 (canceled)

Licensee
LOUIS E SPINKS

Address
13321 COUNTRY RIDGE DRIVE
GERMANTOWN, MD 20874-1155
39.1331, -77.3018 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19id · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0002468536

Previous call
W3TEX

Last granted
Sep 16, 1999

Effective
Sep 16, 1999

Last action
Jun 27, 2000
FCC actions (2)
- Jun 27, 2000 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 16, 1999 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: , None → Germantown, MD

W3TEX Canceled Technician · vanity Jan 28, 1999 → Sep 16, 1999 (canceled)

Licensee
LOUIS E SPINKS

Address
13321 COUNTRY RIDGE DR
GERMANTOWN, MD 20874-1155
39.1331, -77.3018 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19id · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0002468536

Previous call
KB3CHH

Last granted
Jan 28, 1999

Effective
Jan 28, 1999

Last action
Sep 16, 1999
FCC actions (1)
- Sep 16, 1999 — License canceled LICAN
KB3CHH Canceled Technician → Jan 28, 1999 (canceled)

Licensee
LOUIS E SPINKS

Address

Last granted

Effective

Last action

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as KB3CHH
LOUIS E SPINKS
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 141 snapshots · as W3TEX
LOUIS E SPINKS
13321 COUNTRY RIDGE DR, GERMANTOWN, MD 20874-1155
39.1331, -77.3018 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19id · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as N5HIZ
LOUIS E SPINKS
13321 COUNTRY RIDGE DRIVE, GERMANTOWN, MD 20874-1155
39.1331, -77.3018 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19id · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting N5HIZ

2 applications listed N5HIZ as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Feb 20, 2003	Mar 10, 2003	K3ZXI · LOUIS E SPINKS · GERMANTOWN, MD	2	Granted
Jul 23, 1999	Aug 10, 1999	W3TEX · LOUIS E SPINKS · GERMANTOWN, MD	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N5HIZ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N5HIZ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.