N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 12, 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)

W5TK HAM

Amateur Extra class licensed since 1986 (40 yrs) W5TK since 1999 · previously W3WB Winnfield, LA Grid EM31pv 17 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Apr 21, 2029. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Apr 22, 2031.

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

Currently held by WOODY D BILYEU · 1 holder on record

Current holder: WOODY D BILYEU

Held W5TK Apr 21, 1999 → present · first licensed Jul 1, 1986 as N5BHO · 2 licenses · FRN 0018652206
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as N5BHO, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Earlier Holders

W5TK in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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.
W5TK 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.

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5TK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5TK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

17 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
24.4 N5AEX Natchitoches
N5AEX
 146.8800 -0.6 TSQL 173.8 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) 🗓 2 nets 2 nets · 158 check-ins · 60 stations Natchitoches, LA
47.9 N5AEX Alexandria
N5AEX EchoLink
 147.3300 +0.6 TONE 173.8 FM (analog) (C4FM,FM) EchoLink 169091 🗓 2 nets 2 nets · 158 check-ins · 60 stations Alexandria, LA
36.7 KC5DR West Monroe
KC5DR AllStar
 146.9700 -0.6 TSQL 127.3 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) AllStar 47577 🗓 1 net 1 net · 6 check-ins · 6 stations West Monroe, LA
47.0 KC5DR Calhoun
KC5DR WIRES-X
 444.7000 +5 TSQL 127.3 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) WIRES-X 40967 🗓 1 net 1 net · 6 check-ins · 6 stations Calhoun, LA
4.1 WB5NIN Winnfield Red Hl
WB5NIN
 147.0600 +0.6 TONE 173.8 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Winnfield, LA
23.7 WB5NIN Jonesboro Wtr
WB5NIN
 146.7900 -0.6 none FM (analog) — Jonesboro, LA
23.7 WB5NIN Jonesboro
WB5NIN
 444.8000 +5 TSQL 173.8 FM (analog) — Jonesboro, LA
36.7 WB5LHS Monroe
WB5LHS
 442.7000 +5 TSQL 156.7 FM (analog) — Monroe, LA
37.0 W5KLF Pineville
W5KLF BM
 434.7550 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3135270 — Pineville, LA
38.5 KE5OPP Coushatta
KE5OPP AllStar
 145.2700 -0.6 none FM (analog) AllStar 51995 EchoLink 524621 WIRES-X 52462 — Coushatta, LA
41.5 N5RD Bryceland
N5RD
 147.3000 +0.6 TSQL 186.2 FM (analog) — Bryceland, LA
42.1 KC5ZJY Pineville
KC5ZJY
 145.1500 -0.6 none D-STAR — Pineville, LA
43.3 WC5K Ruston
WC5K
 147.1200 +0.6 TSQL 94.8 FM (analog) — Ruston, LA
43.3 W5HGT Offline Ruston
W5HGT
 145.1900 -0.6 TONE 94.8 FM (analog) — Ruston, LA
43.3 KF5PIE Offline Alexandria
KF5PIE
 147.2100 +0.6 none D-STAR — Alexandria, LA
44.3 N5APB Ruston
N5APB
 145.1400 -0.6 none D-STAR — Ruston, LA
49.2 N5MNY Many
N5MNY
 146.8050 -0.6 none D-STAR — Many, LA