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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)
WB5RGW HAM
✅ Never issued — WB5RGW 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 WB5RGW ever being issued.
WB5RGW 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.
1984 · 1 edition WB5RGW · class T
John Whart~y 231 Wwashington St, Nelsonville Winter 1984 p.1089
1983 · 1 edition WB5RGW · class A
Steven R Schroeder 4001 S Anderson, Kennewick, WA 99336 Winter 1983 p.665
1982 · 1 edition WB5RGW · class T
John W Hartley 231 W Washington St, Nelsonville, OH 45764 Winter 1982 p.1015
1978 → 1981 · 4 editions WB5RGW · class A
Steven R Schroeder 1419 Pinecroft, Sugarland Tx, 77478 Winter 1978 p.538, Winter 1979 p.582, Winter 1980 p.615, 1981 p.553
None → 1977 · 2 editions WB5RGW · class A
Steven R Schroeder 4001 S Anderson, Kennewick None p.589, Winter 1977 p.391