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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)
WB5KWU HAM
✅ Never issued — WB5KWU 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 WB5KWU ever being issued.
WB5KWU 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.
1981 · 1 edition WB5KWU · class T
David G Luchaco 66 Heather Cir E, Macungie Winter 1981 p.333
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WB5KWU · class A
· later AI5I
Fred B Kimble 1702 Hiilhgate Dr, Duncanville, TX 75137 Winter 1979 p.55, Winter 1980 p.598
1977 · 1 edition WB5KWU · class A
Fred B Kimb~ 1702 Highgate Dr, Duncanville 75137 Tx Winter 1977 p.374
1975 → 1976 · 2 editions WB5KWU · class G
Frederick B Kimble 2400 Monterey, Arlington 76010 Tx Winter 1975 p.343, Winter 1976 p.348