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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)
WB5GVL HAM
✅ Never issued — WB5GVL 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 WB5GVL ever being issued.
WB5GVL 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.
1980 · 1 edition WB5GVL · class E
Robert R Zinn Mail Returned, Qth Wanted By Callbook Winter 1980 p.581
1979 · 1 edition WB5GVL · class E
Malford C Edwards Jr 1703 Redd St, Austin, TX 78745 Winter 1979 p.546
1972 → 1978 · 6 editions WB5GVL · class E
Robert R Zinn 19 Spring Lk Dr, Wichita Falls 76302 Tx Winter 1972 p.339, Winter 1973 p.339, 1974 p.309, Winter 1975 p.332, Winter 1977 p.364, Winter 1978 p.506