N9TPB FCC License Search

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W5MGS HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 19, 2014.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since May 19, 2014

Previous holder: MATTHEW G SPARKS

Held W5MGS May 21, 2011 → May 18, 2012 · first licensed May 3, 2011 as KF5KXG · 3 licenses · FRN 0020808192

K5BE Expired Amateur Extra · vanity May 18, 2012 → May 18, 2022 (expired)

Licensee
MATTHEW G SPARKS

Address
7101 SONOMA VALLEY DR
FRISCO, TX 75035
33.1663, -96.7756 (ZIP center) · Grid EM13od · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0020808192

Previous call
W5MGS (General)

Last granted
May 18, 2012

Effective
May 18, 2012

Last action
May 21, 2024
FCC actions (3)
- May 21, 2024 — License expired LIEXP
- May 18, 2012 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- May 18, 2012 — License issued LIISS
W5MGS Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity May 21, 2011 → May 18, 2012 (canceled)

Licensee
MATTHEW G SPARKS

Address
7101 SONOMA VALLEY DR
FRISCO, TX 75035
33.1663, -96.7756 (ZIP center) · Grid EM13od · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0020808192

Previous call
KF5KXG (General)

Last granted
May 21, 2011

Effective
Aug 26, 2011

Last action
May 18, 2012
FCC actions (4)
- May 18, 2012 — License canceled LICAN
- Aug 26, 2011 — License modified LIMOD
- May 21, 2011 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- May 21, 2011 — License issued LIISS
KF5KXG Canceled General May 3, 2011 → May 21, 2011 (canceled)

Licensee
Matthew G Sparks

Address
7101 Sonoma Valley Dr
Frisco, TX 75035
33.1663, -96.7756 (ZIP center) · Grid EM13od · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0020808192

Last granted
May 3, 2011

Effective
May 3, 2011

Last action
May 21, 2011
FCC actions (3)
- May 21, 2011 — License canceled LICAN
- May 3, 2011 — License issued LIISS
- May 3, 2011 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

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

Seen Oct 17, 2011 → Sep 27, 2026 · 133 snapshots · as KF5KXG
Matthew G Sparks
7101 Sonoma Valley Dr, Frisco, TX 75035
33.1663, -96.7756 (ZIP center) · Grid EM13od · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting W5MGS

1 application listed W5MGS as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
May 3, 2011	May 21, 2011	KF5KXG · Matthew G Sparks · Frisco, TX	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5MGS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5MGS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.