N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT
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

WB5YFW HAM 📻 GMRS

📻
Also a GMRS licensee
WRWZ494
Active until Apr 15, 2033 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family
Amateur Extra class licensed since 2000 (26 yrs) WB5YFW since 2022 · previously WB6YFW Buffalo Gap, TX grid EM02cg GMRS WRWZ494 32 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Aug 9, 2032. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Aug 10, 2034.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

📝 WB5YFW has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Jul 21, 2022 · what was requested

Currently held by LOUIS R JANIS · 2 holders on record

Current holder: LOUIS R JANIS

Held WB5YFW Aug 9, 2022 → present · first licensed Apr 18, 2000 as WB6YFW · 2 licenses · FRN 0001986132

Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Previous holder: HENRY G VOELKEL

Held WB5YFW Sep 19, 1996 → Sep 19, 2006 · first licensed Sep 19, 1996 as WB5YFW · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Vanity applications filed by WB5YFW

Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.

Filed · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Jul 21, 2022
Granted Aug 9, 2022
0010138656
 WB6YFW · LOUIS R JANIS · Amateur Extra
227 Buffalo Run, Buffalo Gap, TX 79508
32.2832, -99.8233 (street) · Grid EM02cg · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
1.WB5YFW ✓ granted
2.K5YFW available
3.KC5YFW available
4.KB5YFW available
 Granted
got WB5YFW

Others requesting WB5YFW

1 application listed WB5YFW as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #Status
Jul 21, 2022 Aug 8, 2022 WB6YFW · LOUIS R JANIS · Buffalo Gap, TX 1Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB5YFW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB5YFW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

📻 GMRS repeaters within 50 miles

4 on the air or of unknown status, closest first · map these & export for a GMRS radio →

MilesChannelOutputTone inOwnerLocationAccessStatus
4RP20462.675— WRND785 Potosi, TX ClosedOn the air
16RP15462.550167.9 WRQA615 Eula, TX · Weather Station KTXCLYDE13 WU OpenOn the air
18RP18462.625151.4 WRQA615 Clyde, TX · Light on High Tower ClosedOn the air
22RP15462.550141.3 WQJZ921 Santa Anna, TX · West end Santa Anna Mountain OpenOn the air

Repeaters within 50 miles

32 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, closest first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
0.2 N5ABI Buffalo Gap Coro
N5ABI
 146.8400 -0.6 TSQL 146.2 FM (analog) — Buffalo Gap, TX
9.0 KD5YCY Abilene
KD5YCY
 444.0000 +5 TONE 167.9 FM (analog) — Abilene, TX
9.4 WX5TX Abilene
WX5TX AllStar
 442.5000 +5 TONE 156.7 FM (analog) AllStar 690204 — Abilene, TX
10.2 KE5LGG Potosi
KE5LGG
 443.1000 +5 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) — Potosi, TX
12.1 N5TEQ Abilene
N5TEQ
 444.2500 +5 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) — Abilene, TX
12.2 KG5MMT Abilene
KG5MMT BM
 443.9625 +5 CC14 DMR BrandMeister 311060 — Abilene, TX
12.2 KG5MMT Abilene
KG5MMT
 444.1750 +5 none D-STAR (DMR,DV) — Abilene, TX
12.6 KI5ZS Abilene
KI5ZS EchoLink
 145.4900 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) EchoLink 1 — Abilene, TX
12.6 KB5GAR Abilene
KB5GAR
 444.7500 +5 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) — Abilene, TX
12.6 N5TEQ Abilene
N5TEQ
 927.0375 -25 TONE 141.3 FM (analog) — Abilene, TX
12.8 W5SLG Abilene
W5SLG BM
 442.4000 +5 CC4 DMR BrandMeister 313512 — Abilene, TX
12.8 KG5MMU Abilene
KG5MMU
 444.5000 +5 none D-STAR — Abilene, TX
12.8 KG5MUP Abilene
KG5MUP
 444.1750 +5 none D-STAR — Abilene, TX
13.7 WA5JDM Dudley
WA5JDM BM
 439.0000 -5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3184417 — Dudley, TX
14.3 KC5OLO Abilene
KC5OLO
 146.7600 -0.6 TSQL 146.2 FM (analog) — Abilene, TX
22.2 W5JSC Hempstead
W5JSC
 147.0400 +0.6 TSQL 156.7 FM (analog) — Hempstead, TX
22.2 WN5ROC Paris
WN5ROC
 444.2750 +5 none D-STAR — Paris, TX
22.2 K5TRA Fredericksburg
K5TRA AllStar
 927.0250 -25 DCS 532 FM (analog) AllStar 40603 — Fredericksburg, TX
26.2 W5WCJ Baird
W5WCJ
 147.3000 +0.6 TONE 110.9 FM (analog) — Baird, TX
26.3 KB5WB Baird
KB5WB
 443.8500 +5 TSQL 156.7 FM (analog) — Baird, TX
31.2 KE5YF Sweetwater
KE5YF
 444.7750 +5 TONE 162.2 FM (analog) — Sweetwater, TX
36.4 KC5NOX Sweetwater
KC5NOX EchoLink
 145.2500 -0.6 TONE 162.2 FM (analog) EchoLink 1 — Sweetwater, TX
36.4 W5NCA Sweetwater
W5NCA
 146.6800 -0.6 TONE 162.2 FM (analog) — Sweetwater, TX
36.4 KC5NOX Sweetwater
KC5NOX
 927.1125 -25 DCS 432 FM (analog) — Sweetwater, TX
38.3 no call listed Ballinger
Texas
 146.8000 -0.6 TSQL 123.0 FM (analog) — Ballinger, TX
43.1 KA9DNO Cross Plains
KA9DNO
 444.6500 +5 TSQL 77.0 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Cross Plains, TX
43.2 N5TEQ Albany
N5TEQ
 444.9000 +5 TONE 114.8 FM (analog) — Albany, TX
47.2 KC5EZZ Robert Lee
KC5EZZ
 147.3400 +0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) — Robert Lee, TX
4.8 KC5OLO offline Abilene CG Mtn
KC5OLO
 146.9600 -0.6 TSQL 146.2 FM (analog) — Abilene, TX
36.4 KA5JBD offline Sweetwater
KA5JBD
 147.0800 +0.6 TONE 162.2 FM (analog) — Sweetwater, TX
36.4 KD5TKR offline San Angelo
KD5TKR Mixed
 441.3000 +5 CC1 DMR Mixed — San Angelo, TX
38.2 W5YP offline Ballinger
W5YP
 147.3200 +0.6 none FM (analog) — Ballinger, TX