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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)
WB5GKV HAM
✅ Never issued — WB5GKV 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 WB5GKV ever being issued.
WB5GKV 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 WB5GKV · class G
Edwin L Smith Jr Llj Beauparc Or, Akron, OH 44313 1997 p.1711
1987 · 1 edition WB5GKV · class G
Edwin L Smith Jr 113 Beauparc Or, Akron, OH 44313 Winter 1987 p.1057
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WB5GKV · class T
Jack L Garoutte Rfd 2·box 92, Sand Spmps, OK 74083 Winter 1979 p.36, Winter 1980 p.579
1978 · 1 edition WB5GKV · class A
William W Frede 1422 Audubon Dr, Columbus:, IN 47201 Winter 1978 p.891
1975 → 1977 · 3 editions WB5GKV · class T
Jack L Garoutte Rfd 2-Box 92 Winter 1975 p.331, Winter 1976 p.337, Winter 1977 p.364
1971 · 1 edition WB5GKV · class G
Edwin L Smith Jr 280 Kenridge Rd, Akron Winter 1971 p.515