N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:16 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 7, 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)

W5TAD HAM

General class licensed since 2009 (17 yrs) W5TAD since 2010 · previously KF5DSL Meridian, MS Grid EM52om 20 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Feb 17, 2030. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Feb 18, 2032.

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

📝 W5TAD has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Jan 28, 2010 · what was requested

Currently held by James T Rigdon · 1 holder on record

Current holder: James T Rigdon

Held W5TAD Feb 17, 2010 → present · first licensed Nov 3, 2009 as KF5DSL · 2 licenses · FRN 0019245885

Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
W5TAD 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 W5TAD

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 Jan 28, 2010
Granted Feb 5, 2020
0004106817
 KF5DSL · James T Rigdon · Technician
10003B Hwy 495, Meridian, MS 39305
32.5285, -88.7717 (street) · Grid EM52om · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.W5TAD ✓ Granted
2.W1TAD Held by TAD J RICHARDSON Sr until Mar 22, 2036
3.W2TAD Held by TOM A DONADIO SR until Mar 23, 2029
4.W3TAD Never issued
5.W7TAD Held by WILLIAM T MORGAN until Oct 22, 2031
6.W8TAD Never issued
 Granted
got W5TAD

Others Requesting W5TAD

3 applications listed W5TAD as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W5TADResult
Oct 12, 2021 Oct 30, 2021 KG5ERB · Edwin E Eubank 677 · Georgetown, TX 13Not granted They got K2TAD (choice 2)
Jan 28, 2010 Feb 15, 2010 KF5DSL · James T Rigdon · Meridian, MS 1Granted Granted this call
Nov 9, 2007 Nov 27, 2007 KE5RHU · Joan M Charette · Wagoner, OK 2Not granted They got W5TAT (choice 1)

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5TAD in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5TAD beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

20 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, most active 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
8.3 KE5AXT Hickory
KE5AXT BM
 438.8000 -5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 320761502 — Hickory, MS
12.0 W5LRG Meridian
W5LRG
 145.4100 -0.6 TSQL 97.4 FM (analog) — Meridian, MS
12.0 W5FQ Meridian
W5FQ
 146.7000 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Meridian, MS
12.0 NO5C Meridian
NO5C
 146.9700 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Meridian, MS
12.0 W5LRG Meridian
W5LRG
 444.5000 +5 TONE 107.2 FM (analog) — Meridian, MS
12.0 KC5ZZH Offline Meridian
KC5ZZH
 146.6550 -0.6 none FM (analog) — Meridian, MS
20.6 K5SZN Offline Union
K5SZN
 147.2400 +0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Union, MS
20.6 K5NDW Union
K5NDW
 146.8350 -0.6 TSQL 77.0 FM (analog) — Union, MS
26.2 N5EPP Philadelphia
N5EPP BM
 147.3300 +0.6 TSQL 77.0 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) BrandMeister 315095 — Philadelphia, MS
29.8 KI5UXN Quitman
KI5UXN
 145.3100 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Quitman, MS
30.3 K4QXT York Siloam
K4QXT
 147.0000 +0.6 TONE 210.7 FM (analog) — York, AL
39.6 W5PPB Edinburg
W5PPB
 145.3300 -0.6 TSQL 77.0 FM (analog) — Edinburg, MS
42.5 KF5SEB Offline Forest
KF5SEB
 145.2400 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) (C4FM,FM) — Forest, MS
44.2 KE4ROA Butler
KE4ROA
 146.8500 -0.6 TONE 210.7 FM (analog) — Butler, AL
44.8 W4RDM Butler
W4RDM AllStar
 443.3250 +5 TSQL 107.2 FM (analog) EchoLink 449883 AllStar 61273 — Butler, AL
46.0 KC5RC Offline Heidelberg
KC5RC
 444.3000 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Heidelberg, MS
46.6 KA7DOG Louisville
KA7DOG BM
 434.7570 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3103815 — Louisville, MS
48.7 W5NRU Bay Springs
W5NRU
 443.6000 +5 TSQL 179.9 FM (analog) — Bay Springs, MS
48.7 KI5IDD Bay Springs Hosp
KI5IDD
 145.4900 -0.6 TONE 136.5 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Bay Springs, MS
48.7 N5CRS Bay Springs Hosp
N5CRS BM
 444.9250 +5 TSQL 179.9 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) BrandMeister 314370 — Bay Springs, MS