N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 8, 2026) · next update tomorrow 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)

W5BRO HAM 📻 GMRS

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Also a GMRS licensee
WRWJ569
Active until Feb 28, 2033 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family
General class licensed since 2013 (13 yrs) W5BRO since 2013 · previously KF5YZX Capitan, NM Grid DM73hs GMRS WRWJ569 14 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Nov 30, 2033. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Dec 1, 2035.

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

📝 W5BRO has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Nov 12, 2013 · what was requested

Currently held by Thomas A Snyder Jr · 2 holders on record

Current holder: Thomas A Snyder Jr

Held W5BRO Nov 30, 2013 → present · first licensed Nov 7, 2013 as KF5YZX · 2 licenses · FRN 0023051352

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

Previous holder: BRIAN R ORTNER

Held W5BRO Oct 30, 2004 → Apr 18, 2006 · first licensed Feb 3, 1987 as KE0LA · 4 licenses · FRN 0009613415
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1985 as N6LAK, 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.
W5BRO 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.

Vanity Applications Filed by W5BRO

Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.

Filed · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Nov 12, 2013
Granted Sep 16, 2023
0006011434
 KF5YZX · Thomas A Snyder Jr · Technician
PO Box 1283 · Capitan, NM 88316
33.7709, -105.3708 (ZIP center) · Grid DM73hs · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
1.W5BRO ✓ Granted
 Granted
got W5BRO
Filed Mar 30, 2006
Granted Apr 21, 2026
0002553949
 W5BRO · BRIAN R ORTNER · Amateur Extra
5668 FM 1248 S., RUSK, TX 75785
31.7579, -95.1762 (ZIP center) · Grid EM21js · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
1.W5BO ✓ Granted
 Granted
got W5BO

Others Requesting W5BRO

6 applications listed W5BRO as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W5BROResult
Dec 17, 2024 Jan 4, 2025 KD3AHX · Drew Dobbins · Lexington Park, MD 9Not granted They got W5RFQ (choice 15)
Nov 12, 2013 Nov 30, 2013 KF5YZX · Thomas A Snyder Jr · Capitan, NM 1Granted Granted this call
Mar 22, 2011 Apr 9, 2011 KC5YGC · Gerry M Germany · Mineral Wells, TX 16Dismissed Application dismissed
Nov 25, 2009 Dec 13, 2009 KE5CKR · MATTHEW J MARBURY · LEANDER, TX 2Not granted They got KC5FX (choice 1)
Oct 12, 2004 Oct 30, 2004 AD5SP · BRIAN R ORTNER · DALLAS, TX 1Granted Granted this call
May 3, 2000 May 21, 2000 KC5VCG · BRENT D ROBERTS · SAN ANTONIO, TX 3Not granted They got W9BDR (choice 1)

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5BRO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5BRO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

14 repeaters within 50 miles of this ZIP code, 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 · center is the ZIP code (approximate) · 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
11.4 KR5NM Capitan Mtn
KR5NM
 146.6100 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Capitan, NM
13.8 WA5IHL Offline Roswell Capitan
WA5IHL
 146.6600 -0.6 TONE 67.0 FM (analog) — Roswell, NM
25.9 K5RIC Nogal
K5RIC BM
 449.9750 -5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 315269965 — Nogal, NM
31.7 KR5NM Ruidoso Alto
KR5NM
 146.9200 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Ruidoso, NM
32.4 KJ5AXA Ruidoso
KJ5AXA BM
 442.5000 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3209565 — Ruidoso, NM
34.6 W5JXT Buck Mtn
W5JXT BM
 449.4000 -5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 311369 — Buck Mtn, NM, NM
34.7 W5JXT Ruidoso Buck Mtn
W5JXT BM
 444.4000 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 310489 — Ruidoso, NM
34.7 NM5ML Ruidoso Buck Mtn
NM5ML
 444.3750 +5 TONE 67.0 FM (analog) — Ruidoso, NM
34.7 W7FED Ruidoso
W7FED AllStar
 442.2750 +5 TONE 141.3 FM (analog) AllStar 274244 — Ruidoso, NM
34.7 K5RIC Ruidoso Buck Mtn
K5RIC
 443.9250 +5 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) — Ruidoso, NM
35.0 K5RIC Ruidoso Buck Mtn
K5RIC AllStar
 146.9800 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 28082 — Ruidoso, NM
35.0 N5SN Ruidoso
N5SN EchoLink
 443.6000 +5 TONE 85.4 FM (analog) EchoLink 1 — Ruidoso, NM
35.9 KR5NM Ruidoso
KR5NM
 145.4500 -0.6 TONE 151.4 FM (analog) — Ruidoso, NM
40.6 NM5EM Offline Corona Gallinas
NM5EM
 145.1150 -0.6 TONE 141.3 FM (analog) — Corona, NM