N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 2026) · next update today 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

WA5RED HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 6, 2026.

2x3 call: any licensee 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 Mar 6, 2026

Previous holder: Christopher S Salfelder

Held WA5RED Nov 22, 2013 → Mar 5, 2024 · first licensed Sep 19, 2012 as KF5RZP · 2 licenses · FRN 0022019897

📦 Moved: Huntsville, TX → Driftwood, TX

WA5RED Expired Technician · vanity Nov 22, 2013 → Mar 5, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
Christopher S Salfelder

Address
1850 Elder Hill Rd, Unit O
Driftwood, TX 78619
30.1122, -98.0310 (ZIP center) · Grid EM00xc · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0022019897

Previous call
KF5RZP

Last granted
Nov 22, 2013

Effective
Jan 28, 2021

Last action
Mar 6, 2026
FCC actions (4)
- Mar 6, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- Jan 28, 2021 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 22, 2013 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Nov 22, 2013 — License issued LIISS
KF5RZP Canceled Technician Sep 19, 2012 → Nov 22, 2013 (canceled)

Licensee
Christopher S Salfelder

Address
PO Box 8848
Huntsville, TX 77340
30.6565, -95.5307 (ZIP center) · Grid EM20fp · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0022019897

Last granted
Sep 19, 2012

Effective
Nov 6, 2013

Last action
Nov 22, 2013
FCC actions (4)
- Nov 22, 2013 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 6, 2013 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 19, 2012 — License issued LIISS
- Sep 19, 2012 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Sep 27, 2026 · 12 snapshots · as WA5RED
Christopher S Salfelder
1850 Elder Hill Rd, Unit O, Driftwood, TX 78619
30.1122, -98.0310 (ZIP center) · Grid EM00xc · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Mar 28, 2014 → Sep 27, 2026 · 62 snapshots · as KF5RZP
Christopher S Salfelder
PO Box 8848, Huntsville, TX 77340
30.6565, -95.5307 (ZIP center) · Grid EM20fp · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Feb 18, 2013 → Oct 22, 2013 · 4 snapshots · as KF5RZP
Christopher S Salfelder
2038 Hwy 95 N, Bastrop, TX 78602
30.1325, -97.3295 (ZIP center) · Grid EM10id · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting WA5RED

3 applications listed WA5RED as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Dec 15, 2025	Jan 2, 2026	KJ5LMD · Jeremy D DeYoung · Point, TX	3	Granted
Apr 2, 2024	Apr 20, 2024	KQ4QOC · Joseph D Leger · Berea, KY	2	Dismissed
Nov 4, 2013	Nov 22, 2013	KF5RZP · Christopher S Salfelder · Huntsville, TX	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA5RED in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA5RED beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.