N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 13, 2026) · next update today 8:30 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)

W5IEI HAM

General class licensed since 2003 (23 yrs) First licensed 1987 W5IEI since 2006 · previously KD5WBJ, KG5EW Breckenridge, TX Grid EM02ns 20 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Jan 7, 2036. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Jan 8, 2038.

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

📝 W5IEI has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Sep 26, 2005 · what was requested

Currently held by MICHAEL R BUFKIN · 1 holder on record

Current holder: MICHAEL R BUFKIN

Held W5IEI Jan 7, 2006 → present · first licensed Oct 27, 1987 as KG5EW · 3 licenses · FRN 0002407625
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1988 as N5JCK, 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.
W5IEI 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 W5IEI

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 Sep 26, 2005
Granted Nov 27, 2025
0002328229
 KD5WBJ · Michael R Bufkin · General
Attn: Michael R. Bufkin · 305 W 3rd, Breckenridge, TX 76424
32.8012, -98.8870 (ZIP center) · Grid EM02nt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
1.W5IEI ✓ Granted
2.W5IFR Held by Michael A Eason until May 8, 2036
3.W5EIE Held by John R Buck until Jun 10, 2031
 Granted
got W5IEI

Others Requesting W5IEI

2 applications listed W5IEI as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W5IEIResult
May 30, 2006 Jun 17, 2006 KI4LIQ · Noah S Jaffe · Marietta, GA 7Not granted They got W4IEI (choice 1)
Sep 26, 2005 Oct 14, 2005 KD5WBJ · Michael R Bufkin · Breckenridge, TX 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5IEI in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5IEI beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

20 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, 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 · 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
14.4 KB5WB Caddo
KB5WB
 444.7250 +5 TONE 110.9 FM (analog) — Caddo, TX
23.1 N5TEQ Albany
N5TEQ
 444.9000 +5 TONE 114.8 FM (analog) — Albany, TX
25.2 N5RMA Ranger
N5RMA
 147.0600 +0.6 TONE 131.8 FM (analog) — Ranger, TX
25.2 K6DBR Ranger
K6DBR
 444.9500 +5 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) — Ranger, TX
26.7 K5WHG Eastland
K5WHG AllStar
 444.8750 +5 TSQL 77.0 FM (analog) AllStar 642622 WIRES-X 55547 AllStar 642621 — Eastland, TX
26.7 KA5BNO Eastland
KA5BNO
 145.3500 -0.6 none FM (analog) — Eastland, TX
26.7 KB5WB Eastland
KB5WB AllStar
 442.7250 +5 TONE 114.8 FM (analog) AllStar 507041 AllStar 515092 — Eastland, TX
26.7 KB5WB Eastland Lk Leon
KB5WB AllStar
 444.8000 +5 TONE 156.7 FM (analog) AllStar 690205 — Eastland, TX
29.0 KA5PQK Graham
KA5PQK
 442.4500 +5 TSQL 156.7 FM (analog) — Graham, TX
34.1 K5AL Graham
K5AL AllStar
 441.5000 +5 TSQL 159.8 FM (analog) (C4FM,DMR,FM) AllStar 630565 EchoLink 307094 WIRES-X 08180 WIRES-X 98180 — Graham, TX
34.2 WB5MG Graham Cement
WB5MG
 147.3400 +0.6 TSQL 110.9 FM (analog) — Graham, TX
34.2 WA5GP Graham
WA5GP IRLP
 147.0000 +0.6 TSQL 110.9 FM (analog) (C4FM,FM) IRLP 3969 — Graham, TX
35.3 W5PPC Palo Pinto
W5PPC Dillo-DMR
 145.1900 -0.6 CC1 DMR Dillo-DMR — Palo Pinto, TX
35.6 WZ5TX Palo Pinto
WZ5TX
 145.3100 -0.6 TSQL 123.0 FM (analog) — Palo Pinto, TX
39.0 W5WCJ Baird
W5WCJ
 147.3000 +0.6 TONE 110.9 FM (analog) — Baird, TX
39.1 KB5WB Baird
KB5WB
 443.8500 +5 TSQL 156.7 FM (analog) — Baird, TX
41.9 KI5VHC Olney
KI5VHC
 147.2400 +0.6 TONE 110.9 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Olney, TX
46.1 W5ABF Mineral Wells
W5ABF
 146.6400 -0.6 TSQL 85.4 FM (analog) — Mineral Wells, TX
46.1 W5PPC Brazos
W5PPC
 146.8600 -0.6 TONE 156.7 FM (analog) — Brazos, TX
46.1 K5WHG Mineral Wells
K5WHG AllStar
 444.3500 +5 TSQL 123.0 FM (analog) AllStar 642628 — Mineral Wells, TX