N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 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

W5RFU HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 30, 2007.

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

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jun 30, 2007

Previous holder: ARVIL B COLLINS

Held W5RFU May 15, 1997 → Jun 29, 2005 · first licensed May 15, 1997 as W5RFU · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W5RFU Expired Advanced May 15, 1997 → Jun 29, 2005 (expired)

Licensee
ARVIL B COLLINS

Address
5181 BUFFALO CREEK DR
EL PASO, TX 79938-8230
31.8455, -106.0197 (ZIP center) · Grid DM61xu · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Last granted
May 15, 1997

Effective
May 15, 1997

Last action
Jul 1, 2007
FCC actions (1)
- Jul 1, 2007 — License expired LIEXP

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 W5RFU
ARVIL B COLLINS
5181 BUFFALO CREEK DR, EL PASO, TX 79938-8230
31.8455, -106.0197 (ZIP center) · Grid DM61xu · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting W5RFU

1 application listed W5RFU as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Mar 18, 2024	Apr 5, 2024	KJ5FBO · Russell Warrington · Guthrie, OK	4	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5RFU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5RFU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.