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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)
N5ZBE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 12, 2015.
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 Feb 12, 2015
Previous holder: William V Wingfield
Held N5ZBE Feb 18, 1992 → Feb 11, 2013
· first licensed Feb 18, 1992 as N5ZBE
· 2 licenses · FRN 0008357063 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1994 as N5ZBE, before the FCC's online records
KI5DNWActiveTechnicianMar 7, 2019 → expires Mar 7, 2029
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 Apr 17, 2003 · 1 disc N5ZBE
· Technician · issued Feb 11, 2003, expires Feb 11, 2013
WILLIAM V WINGFIELD
5401 WOODVILLE LN, PEARLAND, TX 77584
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 25, 2002 · 18 discs N5ZBE
· Technician · issued Feb 18, 1992, expires Feb 18, 2002
WILLIAM V. WINGFIELD
STAR ROUTE A BOX 157AA VIDASHAW RD, NEW IBERIA, LA 70560
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 6, 2019 → Oct 4, 2026 · 14 snapshots · as KI5DNW
William V Wingfield
1303 Danielle Lane, Pearland, TX 77581
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.
1996 → 1997 · 2 editions N5ZBE · class T
William V Wingfield 1996 p.1095, 1997 p.1133
1995 · 1 edition N5ZBE
T · R~~awt Va ~~~ri~~-Aa Vidashaw Rd New Iberia, LA 70560 1995 p.1076
1994 · 1 edition N5ZBE · class T
William V Wingfield 1994 p.981
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N5ZBE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N5ZBE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.