N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 9:45 am CDT · next update today 7:15 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

W5WIF HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 2, 1999.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Sep 2, 1999

Previous holder: TWIFORD M SMITH

Held W5WIF Sep 1, 1987 → Sep 1, 1997 · first licensed Sep 1, 1987 as W5WIF · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W5WIF Expired General Sep 1, 1987 → Sep 1, 1997 (expired)

Licensee
TWIFORD M SMITH

Address
414 BERKELEY RD
LAREDO, TX 78041
27.5596, -99.4630 (ZIP center) · Grid EL07gn · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Last granted
Sep 1, 1987

Effective
Sep 1, 1987

Last action
Sep 2, 1999
FCC actions (1)
- Sep 2, 1999 — 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 W5WIF
TWIFORD M SMITH
414 BERKELEY RD, LAREDO, TX 78041
27.5596, -99.4630 (ZIP center) · Grid EL07gn · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting W5WIF

1 application listed W5WIF as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jan 10, 2025	Jan 28, 2025	KB8JTB · RICHARD A SABO · ROSENBERG, TX	12	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5WIF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5WIF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.