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

W5BSO HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 12, 2010.

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 Mar 12, 2010

Previous holder: WILLIAM B ESTES

Held W5BSO Mar 11, 1998 → Mar 11, 2008 · first licensed Mar 11, 1998 as W5BSO · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W5BSO Expired General Mar 11, 1998 → Mar 11, 2008 (expired)

Licensee
WILLIAM B ESTES

Address
313 FOX DR
DEL RIO, TX 78840
29.7298, -100.9260 (ZIP center) · Grid DL99mr · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Last granted
Mar 11, 1998

Effective
Mar 11, 1998

Last action
Mar 12, 2010
FCC actions (1)
- Mar 12, 2010 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W5BSO
WILLIAM B ESTES
313 FOX DR, DEL RIO, TX 78840
29.7298, -100.9260 (ZIP center) · Grid DL99mr · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting W5BSO

2 applications listed W5BSO as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Nov 1, 2021	Nov 19, 2021	KI5SIP · William D Houston · Spring, TX	2	Granted
Mar 27, 2018	Apr 14, 2018	KG5YYR · Benjamin A Sommers · Houston, TX	3	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5BSO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5BSO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.