🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 14, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 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)
W5SMN HAM
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Not available yet — opens for vanity requests
Feb 12, 2027 , two years after the license was canceled (Feb 11, 2025).
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Aug 10, 2026 as choice 1:
application dismissed.
📬 QSL:
no LoTW uploads on record
· eQSL AG member
· QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
Previous holder: James L Price
Held W5SMN Nov 2, 2021 → Feb 11, 2025
· first licensed Aug 9, 2018 as KI5BEG
· 4 licenses · FRN 0012625752
AG5WY
Active
Amateur Extra · vanity
Feb 11, 2025 → expires Feb 11, 2035
Licensee James L Price
Address 210 Saint Andrews Dr Ocean Springs, MS 39564
30.3577, -88.7182 (street) · Grid
EM50pi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0012625752
Previous call W5SMN (General)
Last granted Feb 11, 2025
Effective Feb 11, 2025
Last action Feb 11, 2025
FCC actions (2)
Feb 11, 2025 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Feb 11, 2025 — License issued LIISS
W5SMN
Canceled
Amateur Extra · vanity
Nov 2, 2021 → Feb 11, 2025 (canceled)
Licensee Jim L Price
Address 210 Saint Andrews Dr Ocean Springs, MS 39564
30.3577, -88.7182 (street) · Grid
EM50pi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0012625752
Previous call AG5WY (General)
Last granted Nov 2, 2021
Effective Nov 2, 2021
Last action Feb 11, 2025
FCC actions (3)
Feb 11, 2025 — License canceled LICAN Nov 2, 2021 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Nov 2, 2021 — License issued LIISS
AG5WY
Canceled
Amateur Extra
Aug 9, 2018 → Nov 2, 2021 (canceled)
Licensee Jim L Price
Address 210 Saint Andrews Dr Ocean Springs, MS 39564
30.3577, -88.7182 (street) · Grid
EM50pi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0012625752
Previous call KI5BEG (General)
Last granted Aug 9, 2018
Effective Oct 20, 2021
Last action Nov 2, 2021
FCC actions (4)
Nov 2, 2021 — License canceled LICAN Oct 20, 2021 — Administrative update LIAUA Oct 19, 2019 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT Oct 19, 2019 — License issued LIISS
KI5BEG
Canceled
Amateur Extra
Aug 9, 2018 → Oct 19, 2019 (canceled)
Licensee Jim L Price
Address 210 Saint Andrews Dr Ocean Springs, MS 39564
30.3577, -88.7182 (street) · Grid
EM50pi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0012625752
Last granted Aug 9, 2018
Effective Oct 17, 2019
Last action Oct 19, 2019
FCC actions (4)
Oct 19, 2019 — License canceled LICAN Oct 17, 2019 — License modified LIMOD Aug 9, 2018 — License issued LIISS Aug 9, 2018 — 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 Mar 6, 2025 → Oct 11, 2026 · 8 snapshots · as AG5WY
James L Price
210 Saint Andrews Dr, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
30.3577, -88.7182 (street) · Grid
EM50pi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
Seen Sep 3, 2018 → Oct 11, 2026 · 45 snapshots · as KI5BEG
Jim L Price
210 Saint Andrews Dr, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
30.3577, -88.7182 (street) · Grid
EM50pi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
Others Requesting W5SMN
2 applications listed W5SMN as a choice, newest first.
Filed Award Applicant Choice # W5SMN Result
Aug 10, 2026
Aug 28, 2026
KI5MFA · Patrick C Harris · Bella Vista, AR
1 Dismissed
Application dismissed Oct 15, 2021
Nov 2, 2021
AG5WY · Jim L Price · Ocean Springs, MS
1 Granted
Granted this call
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5SMN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5SMN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.
Band All bands
Mode All modes
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Data: FCC Universal Licensing System (amateur & GMRS), NetLogger and more · site status
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