N9TPB FCC License Search
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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)

W5UMC HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 15, 2021.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Mar 25, 2009 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Apr 15, 2021

Previous holder: Joseph V Bednar

Held W5UMC Jun 30, 1987 → Apr 14, 2019 · first licensed Jun 30, 1987 as W5UMC · 2 licenses · FRN 0017325234
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1952 as W5UMC, 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.

Previous holder: CHARLES V BEDNAR

Held W5UMC Jun 30, 1987 → Feb 12, 2007 · first licensed Jun 30, 1987 as W5UMC · 1 license · FRN 0002462893
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1952 as W5UMC, 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.
W5UMC 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.

Others Requesting W5UMC

1 application listed W5UMC as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W5UMCResult
Mar 25, 2009 Apr 12, 2009 KE5SAO · Joseph V Bednar · Carrollton, TX 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5UMC in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5UMC beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.