N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 14, 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)

W5ILS HAM

General class licensed since 1985 (41 yrs) W5ILS since 2004 · previously K5OVS Claude, TX Grid DM95hc 29 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Jun 26, 2034. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Jun 27, 2036.

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

📝 W5ILS has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Jun 8, 2004 · what was requested

Currently held by JAMES H FINLEY JR · 1 holder on record

Current holder: JAMES H FINLEY JR

Held W5ILS Jun 26, 2004 → present · first licensed Feb 15, 1985 as K5OVS · 2 licenses · FRN 0011018389
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1963 as K5OVS, 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.
W5ILS 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 W5ILS

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 Jun 8, 2004
Granted Sep 13, 2024
0001768269
 K5OVS · JAMES H FINLEY JR · General
RT 1 BOX 43, CLAUDE, TX 79019
34.9800, -101.3886 (ZIP center) · Grid DM94hx · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
1.W5ILS ✓ Granted
 Granted
got W5ILS

Others Requesting W5ILS

1 application listed W5ILS as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W5ILSResult
Jun 8, 2004 Jun 26, 2004 K5OVS · JAMES H FINLEY JR · CLAUDE, TX 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5ILS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5ILS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

29 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, 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 · 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
22.0 WB5QLI Amarillo
WB5QLI EchoLink
 441.5750 +5 TSQL 77.0 FM (analog) EchoLink 246172 — Amarillo, TX
22.8 N5LTZ Amarillo
N5LTZ
 444.2000 +5 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) 🗓 3 nets 3 nets · 87 check-ins · 32 stations Amarillo, TX
22.9 N5LTZ Wayside
N5LTZ
 444.5750 +5 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) 🗓 3 nets 3 nets · 87 check-ins · 32 stations Wayside, TX
24.9 W5WX Amarillo
W5WX
 147.3400 +0.6 Fusion (C4FM) — Amarillo, TX
25.0 KI5LEK Amarillo
KI5LEK AllStar
 147.4800 simplex TONE 88.5 FM (analog) AllStar 57123 — Amarillo, TX
25.0 N5ZLU Amarillo
N5ZLU
 146.7400 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) — Amarillo, TX
25.1 N5LUL Amarillo
N5LUL
 441.6500 +5 TONE 127.3 FM (analog) — Amarillo, TX
25.1 W5JTC Amarillo
W5JTC WIRES-X
 444.3000 +5 none FM (analog) WIRES-X 21379 — Amarillo, TX
25.1 K5NOC Amarillo
K5NOC BM
 444.9625 +5 CC14 DMR BrandMeister 314890 — Amarillo, TX
25.1 K5NOC Amarillo Down
K5NOC AllStar
 146.4800 simplex none P25 AllStar 63022 — Amarillo, TX
25.1 K5NOC Amarillo
K5NOC AllStar
 441.8500 +5 DCS 023 FM (analog) AllStar 628321 — Amarillo, TX
25.1 KG5NWE Amarillo
KG5NWE
 444.5500 +5 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) — Amarillo, TX
25.7 K5NOC Amarillo
K5NOC AllStar
 441.7000 +5 TONE 123.0 FM (analog) AllStar 628323 — Amarillo, TX
25.9 KE5RHJ Amarillo
KE5RHJ BM
 434.4500 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 318173202 — Amarillo Texas, TX
26.0 KD5ROK Amarillo
KD5ROK AllStar
 145.2500 -0.6 TONE 225.7 FM (analog) AllStar 62832 — Amarillo, TX
29.4 KE5NCA Clarendon
KE5NCA
 444.2750 +5 TONE 127.3 FM (analog) — Clarendon, TX
31.0 W5WX Amarillo
W5WX
 444.4750 +5 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Amarillo, TX
31.4 N5LTZ Canyon
N5LTZ
 443.6500 +5 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) 🗓 3 nets 3 nets · 87 check-ins · 32 stations Canyon, TX
32.5 W5WX Amarillo KVII
W5WX
 146.9400 -0.6 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Amarillo, TX
35.3 W5TSV Pampa
W5TSV
 146.9000 -0.6 none FM (analog) — Pampa, TX
37.2 W5JTC Borger
W5JTC
 147.0000 +0.6 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) — Borger, TX
38.5 K5NOC Borger
K5NOC AllStar
 442.6000 +5 none FM (analog) AllStar 628323 — Borger, TX
38.9 W5JTC Borger
W5JTC
 444.6000 +5 Fusion (C4FM) — Borger, TX
39.2 N5LTZ Pampa
N5LTZ
 444.4000 +5 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) 🗓 3 nets 3 nets · 87 check-ins · 32 stations Pampa, TX
49.7 K5NOC Stinnett
K5NOC BM
 443.4375 +5 CC14 DMR BrandMeister 314840 — Stinnett, TX
50.0 W5JTC Stinnett
W5JTC WIRES-X
 444.8000 +5 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 21379 — Stinnett, TX
25.0 N5LTZ Offline Amarillo
N5LTZ
 146.9200 -0.6 none FM (analog) 🗓 3 nets 3 nets · 87 check-ins · 32 stations Amarillo, TX
25.2 KD5ROK Offline Borger
KD5ROK
 146.1312 +5 CC? DMR — Borger, TX
26.0 KI5OWA Offline Amarillo
KI5OWA EchoLink
 441.2500 +5 none FM (analog) EchoLink 343516 — Amarillo, TX