N9TPB FCC License Search
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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)

W5BKY HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — W5BKY was last held in the 1990s (license expired Sep 1, 1997), 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.
Last requested Jul 7, 2005 as choice 2: not granted, that applicant got K5BRK instead.

Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.

Held Before 1999

W5BKY 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.
W5BKY 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 W5BKY

1 application listed W5BKY as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W5BKYResult
Jul 7, 2005 Jul 25, 2005 KE5FHF · Brian R Key · Pipe Creek, TX 2Not granted They got K5BRK (choice 1)