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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)
W5FYI HAM
Amateur Extra classlicensed since 1988 (38 yrs)W5FYI since 1988 · previously KD5DLMayhill, NMGrid DM72fv42 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Oct 12, 2027. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Oct 13, 2029.
📝 W5FYI has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Sep 24, 2007 · what was requested
Currently held by CLAUDE H STEWART
· 2 holders on record
Current holder: CLAUDE H STEWART
Held W5FYI Jul 5, 1988 → present
· first licensed Jul 5, 1988 as W5FYI
· 2 licenses · FRN 0002286375 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1939 as W5FYI, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: Mayhill, NM → Yukon, OK
KD5DLCanceledAmateur ExtraApr 7, 1992 → Oct 12, 2007 (canceled)
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.
Seen Apr 27, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 3 discs KD5DL
· Amateur Extra · issued Feb 20, 2002, expires Apr 7, 2012
· previously KA5JYD
CLAUDE H STEWART
PO BOX 181, DUNCAN, OK 73534
Seen Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs W5FYI
· Amateur Extra · issued May 18, 1998, expires May 18, 2008
OTIS W. STEWART
5 SAMMY SNEAD ST; PO BOX 1457, HILLTOP LAKES, TX 77871
Seen Mar 9, 1998 → Nov 1, 2001 · 8 discs KD5DL
· Amateur Extra · issued Apr 7, 1992, expires Apr 7, 2002
· previously KA5JYD(Advanced)
CLAUDE H. STEWART
PO BOX 181, DUNCAN, OK 73534
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs KD5DL
· Amateur Extra · issued Apr 7, 1992, expires Apr 7, 2002
· previously KA5JYD(Advanced)
CLAUDE H STEWART
POB 181, DUNCAN, OK 73534
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs W5FYI
· Amateur Extra · issued Jul 5, 1988, expires Jul 5, 1998
OTIS W STEWART
BOX 1457, HILLTOP LAKES, TX 77871
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Sep 27, 2026 → Oct 4, 2026 · 2 snapshots · as W5FYI
CLAUDE H STEWART
2998 US Highway 82, Mayhill, NM 88339-9215
Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Sep 25, 2025 · 11 snapshots · as W5FYI
CLAUDE H STEWART
146 Rainbow Dr. #4660, Livingston, TX 77399-1046
Previous holder: OTIS W STEWART
Held W5FYI Jul 5, 1988 → May 12, 2007
· first licensed Jul 5, 1988 as W5FYI
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1939 as W5FYI, before the FCC's online records
W5FYICanceledAmateur ExtraJul 5, 1988 → May 12, 2007 (canceled)
Licensee
OTIS W STEWART
Address
PO Box 1457 5 SAMMY SNEAD ST HILLTOP LAKES, TX 77871
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.
Seen Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs W5FYI
· Amateur Extra · issued May 18, 1998, expires May 18, 2008
OTIS W. STEWART
5 SAMMY SNEAD ST; PO BOX 1457, HILLTOP LAKES, TX 77871
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs W5FYI
· Amateur Extra · issued Jul 5, 1988, expires Jul 5, 1998
OTIS W STEWART
BOX 1457, HILLTOP LAKES, TX 77871
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 W5FYI
OTIS W STEWART
PO Box 1457 5 SAMMY SNEAD ST, HILLTOP LAKES, TX 77871
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.
1995 · 1 edition W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stmrl Box 1457 Akes , TX 77871 1995 p.949
1994 · 1 edition W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart Box 1457. Hilltop Lakes, TX 77871 1994 p.859
1993 · 1 edition W5FYI · class G
Marcel L Valois Pob 48b Covington, LA 70434 1993 p.811
1991 · 1 edition W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart Box 1457, Hilltop Lakes, TX 77871 Winter 1991 p.725
1990 · 1 edition W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart Bo• 1457, Hilltop Lakes, TX 77871 Winter 1990 p.675
1989 · 1 edition W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart Box 1457, Hilltop Lakes Lx 77871 Wbsfzo A Robert A Margrave Jr, Rt 3 Box 3454, Brazoria Winter 1989 p.671
1988 · 1 edition W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart 1416 Mt Carmel Dr, Waco, TX 76710 Winter 1988 p.665
1986 → 1987 · 2 editions W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart 14lb Mt Carmel Dr, Waco, TX 76710 Winter 1986 p.633, Winter 1987 p.643
1985 · 1 edition W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart 1416 Mt Carmel Dr, Waco, TX 76710 Winter 1985 p.636
1984 · 1 edition W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart 241& Mt Carmel Dr, Waco, TX 76710 Winter 1984 p.639
1979 → 1983 · 5 editions W5FYI · class E
Otis W Stewart 2416 Mt Carmel Dr, Waco, TX 76710 Winter 1979 p.542, Winter 1980 p.576, 1981 p.508, Winter 1982 p.597, Winter 1983 p.615
1959 · 1 edition W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart 3809 N, 21-A St, Waco Texas Spring 1959 p.255
1957 → 1958 · 2 editions W5FYI
O T I S W . Stewart 3809 North 21-A Street, Waco, TX Fall 1957 p.250, Summer 1958 p.244
1956 · 1 edition W5FYI
Louis R. Compton 612 W. College Street, Nashville, AR Spring 1956 p.200
1955 · 1 edition W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart 3809 North 21-A Street, Waco, TX Fall 1955 p.208
1953 → 1954 · 3 editions W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart 3116 Harvard Street, Lubbock, TX Fall 1953 p.165, Spring 1954 p.173, Fall 1954 p.169
1950 → 1951 · 2 editions W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart Caa Intermediate A Irp Ort, Salt Flat, TX Summer 1950 p.118, Spring 1951 p.147
1949 · 1 edition W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart Rfd 3, Box 186, Waco Summer 1949 p.115
1948 · 1 edition W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart Rfd 3, Waco, TX Fall 1948 p.130
1941 · 1 edition W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart 1625 N, 19 St.abilene.tex. Spring 1941 p.77
1941 · 1 edition W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart 1625 N, 19 St .. Ah1lene, Ex. Winter 1941 p.90
1940 · 1 edition W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart 1625 N, 19 St.abilene.tex. Spring 1940 p.85
1939 · 1 edition W5FYI
Otis W. Stewart 1625 N, 19 St., Ab1lene, TX Spring 1939 p.72
Vanity Applications Filed by W5FYI
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.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5FYI in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5FYI beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.