N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 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

W5FDS HAM

General class licensed since 2007 (19 yrs) W5FDS since 2022 · previously KE5NPG Buffalo, OK grid EM06fu 14 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Mar 12, 2032. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Mar 13, 2034.

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

📝 W5FDS has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Feb 22, 2022 · what was requested

Currently held by Frank D Spradlin · 1 holder on record

Current holder: Frank D Spradlin

Held W5FDS Mar 12, 2022 → present · first licensed Apr 4, 2007 as KE5NPG · 2 licenses · FRN 0016236408

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

Vanity applications filed by W5FDS

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 Feb 22, 2022
Granted Mar 12, 2022
0009910579
 KE5NPG · Frank D Spradlin · General
Attn: Frank D. Spradlin · PO Box 285 · 390 Lucia Dr., Buffalo, OK 73834
36.8518, -99.5710 (ZIP center) · Grid EM06fu · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
1.W5FDS ✓ granted
 Granted
got W5FDS

Others requesting W5FDS

2 applications listed W5FDS as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #Status
Feb 22, 2022 Mar 12, 2022 KE5NPG · Frank D Spradlin · Buffalo, OK 1Granted
Jan 31, 2001 Feb 18, 2001 KD5MKT · WILLIS MC GHEE JR · MIDWEST CITY, OK 4Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5FDS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5FDS 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, closest 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
19.9 W5AOK Laverne
W5AOK AllStar
 147.1200 +0.6 TSQL 203.5 FM (analog) AllStar 63115 — Laverne, OK
29.7 KI5NHD Mooreland
KI5NHD
 147.0000 +0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Mooreland, OK
29.7 W5AOK Mooreland
W5AOK AllStar
 146.6250 -0.6 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) AllStar 63115 — Mooreland, OK
30.0 W5AOK Woodward
W5AOK
 146.7300 -0.6 TONE 203.5 FM (analog) — Woodward, OK
30.6 W5AOK Woodward
W5AOK AllStar
 442.0500 +5 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) AllStar 63115 — Woodward, OK
30.6 N5DFQ Woodward
N5DFQ WIRES-X
 442.2000 +5 DCS 023 FM (analog) WIRES-X 94009 — Woodward, OK
30.9 WW5EM Woodward
WW5EM
 147.3150 +0.6 none D-STAR — Woodward, OK
30.9 WW5EM Woodward
WW5EM
 444.4750 +5 none D-STAR — Woodward, OK
32.1 W5AOK Woodward
W5AOK BM
 444.8750 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 313883 — Woodward, OK
32.4 N5WO Woodward
N5WO AllStar
 444.9500 +5 DCS 205 FM (analog) AllStar 599080 — Woodward, OK
35.1 W5OKT Mooreland
W5OKT
 444.2750 +5 none D-STAR — Mooreland, OK
35.6 K5GUD Mooreland
K5GUD BM
 442.9250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3173798 — Mooreland, OK
40.6 K5JEG Sharon
K5JEG
 147.3600 +0.6 DCS 205 FM (analog) — Sharon, OK
42.8 K5JEG Sharon
K5JEG BM
 444.1500 +5 CC3 DMR BrandMeister 314041 — Sharon, OK