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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)
WA5VLY HAM
✅ Never issued — WA5VLY 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 WA5VLY ever being issued.
WA5VLY 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.
1997 · 1 edition WA5VLY · class A
William Wlipscomb 6073 Dover Ln, Traverse City 1997 p.1808
1984 → 1987 · 2 editions WA5VLY · class A
William Wlipscomb 3315 Edgewood, Traverse City Winter 1984 p.1104, Winter 1987 p.1120
1975 · 1 edition WA5VLY · class A
William W Lipscomb 30 Meehan Dr, Dayton 45431 Dh Winter 1975 p.555
None → 1974 · 6 editions WA5VLY · class G
Arnold C Tooley 2046 Willow Wisp, Seabrook 77586 Tx None p.342, Summer 1969 p.358, Spring 1970 p.362, Fall 1971 p.366, Winter 1973 p.369, Winter 1974 p.369