N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 12, 2026) · next update today 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

W5BF HAM

Amateur Extra class licensed since 1986 (40 yrs) Mc Gehee, AR Grid EM43ho 11 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Mar 14, 2026. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Mar 15, 2028.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Currently held by WILLIAM E LA FARRA · 1 holder on record

Current holder: WILLIAM E LA FARRA

Held W5BF Nov 4, 1986 → present · first licensed Nov 4, 1986 as W5BF · 1 license · FRN 0014583488
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as W5BF, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
W5BF 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.

Others Requesting W5BF

1 application listed W5BF as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W5BFResult
Feb 3, 2017 Feb 21, 2017 KG5LCB · GENE E CARNICOM · Bulverde, TX 1Dismissed Application dismissed

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5BF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5BF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

11 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, most active first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
25.3 N5SEA Offline Moticello CAP
N5SEA
 444.7750 +5 DCS 023 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Moticello, AR
25.3 N5SEA Monticello CAP
N5SEA
 146.8350 -0.6 DCS 023 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Monticello, AR
25.9 N5SEA Ladelle Fire
N5SEA
 444.5750 +5 TSQL 127.3 FM (analog) — Ladelle, AR
26.1 AD5OH Montongo Old
AD5OH
 442.5625 +5 none FM (analog) — Montongo, AR
35.4 W5DI Star City C&L
W5DI
 146.6700 -0.6 TSQL 114.8 FM (analog) — Star City, AR
35.8 N5SEA Hamburg SB barn
N5SEA AllStar
 146.6400 -0.6 DCS 023 FM (analog) AllStar 465021 — Hamburg, AR
43.5 KJ5ALU Kilbourne
KJ5ALU BM
 439.0000 -5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3198927 — Kilbourne, LA
45.7 N5SEA Crossett ACMC
N5SEA BM
 444.9750 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 312557 — Crossett, AR
45.7 N5SEA Crossett A.C.M.C
N5SEA AllStar
 444.8250 +5 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) AllStar 62872 BrandMeister 315085 AllStar 465020 — Crossett, AR
45.8 W5GIF Crossett
W5GIF WIRES-X
 146.6100 -0.6 DG-ID 00-00 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 72719 — Crossett, AR
45.8 N5SEA Crossett ACMC
N5SEA WIRES-X
 146.6100 -0.6 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 82719 — Crossett, AR