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

W5ERL HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 30, 2013.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 11, 2001 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jun 30, 2013

Previous holder: Erle C Donaldson

Held W5ERL Jun 29, 2001 → Jun 29, 2011 · first licensed Sep 7, 1993 as KB5DRC · 2 licenses · FRN 0004415667

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.

Earlier Holders

W5ERL 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.

Others Requesting W5ERL

1 application listed W5ERL as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W5ERLResult
Jun 11, 2001 Jun 29, 2001 KB5DRC · Erle C Donaldson · Wynnewood, OK 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5ERL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5ERL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.