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W5QIA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 18, 2006.
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 18, 2006
Previous holder: MORTIMER D CAIN
Held W5QIA May 15, 1984 → May 17, 2004
· first licensed May 15, 1984 as W5QIA
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1950 as W5QIA, before the FCC's online records
W5QIAExpiredAdvancedMay 15, 1984 → May 17, 2004 (expired)
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 Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs W5QIA
· Advanced · issued May 17, 1994, expires May 17, 2004
MORTIMER D. CAIN
2245 PICKETT AVE, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs W5QIA
· Advanced · issued May 15, 1984, expires May 15, 1994
MORTIMER D CAIN
2245 PICKETT AVE, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as W5QIA
MORTIMER D CAIN
2245 PICKETT AVE, BATON ROUGE, LA 70808
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.
1988 → 1991 · 3 editions W5QIA · class A
Mortimer D Cain 2245 Pickett Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Winter 1988 p.714, Winter 1990 p.735, Winter 1991 p.792
1984 → 1987 · 2 editions W5QIA · class A
Mortimer D Cain 1145 Pickett Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Winter 1984 p.687, Winter 1987 p.692
1983 · 1 edition W5QIA · class A
Dale E Le Doux 3437 Coolidge St, Lake Charles, LA 70605 Winter 1983 p.663
1982 · 1 edition W5QIA · class A
Mortimer 0 Cain 2245 Pick~ Ave, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Winter 1982 p.641
1979 → 1981 · 2 editions W5QIA · class A
Mortimer D. Cain 2245 Pickett Av, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 Winter 1979 p.579, 1981 p.550
1977 · 1 edition W5QIA · class T
Adalin C Voorhees 300 Lytle St, Cincinnati 45102 Oh Winter 1977 p.596
1976 · 1 edition W5QIA
William F Craig 807 Pierce St, Camden 71701 Ar Winter 1976 p.364
1974 → 1975 · 2 editions W5QIA · class A
A Meri Ve Cain 2245 Pickett Av 1974 p.331, Winter 1975 p.355
1973 · 1 edition W5QIA
William F Craig 807 Pierce St, Camden 71701 Ar Winter 1973 p.358
1969 → 1972 · 5 editions W5QIA · class A
Mortimer D. Cain 2245 Pickett Av, Baton Rouge La Summer 1969 p.346, Spring 1970 p.350, Winter 1971 p.354, Fall 1971 p.355, Winter 1972 p.358
1965 · 1 edition W5QIA
Mortimer O. Cajn 2245 Pickett Av, Baton Rouge La Summer 1965 p.326
1962 · 1 edition W5QIA
Mortimer D. Cain 2245 Pickett Av, Baton Rouge La Fall 1962 p.322
1960 · 1 edition W5QIA
Mortimer De Cain 2245 Pickett Av, Baton Rouge La Winter 1960 p.317
1957 → 1959 · 3 editions W5QIA
Mortimer D. Cain 2245 Pickett Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA Fall 1957 p.268, Summer 1958 p.267, Spring 1959 p.276
1956 · 1 edition W5QIA
Mortimer D. Cain 2245 Pick~tt Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA Spring 1956 p.212
1950 → 1955 · 4 editions W5QIA
M Ortim Er D. Cain 2245 Pickett Avenue, Baton Rouge, LA Summer 1950 p.132, Spring 1951 p.161, Fall 1952 p.171, Fall 1955 p.221
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5QIA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5QIA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.