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

W5VAD HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 15, 2008.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. 1 pending application already lists it (first filed Sep 30, 2026) — see requests.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jun 15, 2008

Previous holder: FRANCIS G SIMONS

Held W5VAD Jun 14, 1996 → Jun 14, 2006 · first licensed Jun 14, 1996 as W5VAD · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W5VAD Expired Amateur Extra Jun 14, 1996 → Jun 14, 2006 (expired)

Licensee
FRANCIS G SIMONS

Address
706 W SEVIER
BENTON, AR 72015
34.4860, -92.5851 (ZIP center) · Grid EM34ql · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Last granted
Jun 14, 1996

Effective
Jun 14, 1996

Last action
Jun 17, 2008
FCC actions (1)
- Jun 17, 2008 — 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 W5VAD
FRANCIS G SIMONS
706 W SEVIER, BENTON, AR 72015
34.4860, -92.5851 (ZIP center) · Grid EM34ql · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting W5VAD

2 applications listed W5VAD as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 30, 2026	Oct 18, 2026 (on or after)	KJ5RVK · Viswanath Adapa · McKinney, TX	2	Pending
Jul 6, 2020	Jul 24, 2020	KD5VAD · George A Young · Spring, TX	14	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5VAD in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5VAD beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.