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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)
WA5FIB HAM
✅ Never issued — WA5FIB isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
The FCC has no record of WA5FIB ever being issued.
WA5FIB 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.
1996 · 1 edition WA5FIB · class G
Harold T Ruggles 24 Ontario St Nw, Palm Bar, FL 32907 1996 p.1636
1991 · 1 edition WA5FIB · class G
· later N8KAT
Harold T Ruggles 324 Ontario St Nw, Palm Bay, FL 32907 Winter 1991 p.1214
1981 · 1 edition WA5FIB · class A
Alexander A Schwartz 2630 Welsh Rd Apt B3, = Winter 1981 p.314
1981 · 1 edition WA5FIB · class G
Harold T Ruggles 3551 Paxton Dr, Hilliard, OH 43026 1981 p.855
1978 · 1 edition WA5FIB · class A
Alexander A Schwartz 9650 Ashton Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19114 Winter 1978 p.277
None → 1974 · 2 editions WA5FIB · class C
Harold T Ruggles 3037 Call Rd, Stow, OH 44224 None p.914, 1974 p.487