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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)
WD5BU HAM
✅ Never issued — WD5BU 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.
2x2 call: Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
The FCC has no record of WD5BU ever being issued.
WD5BU 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.
1996 · 1 edition WD5BU · class A
Robert Lmarasco 1179 Oldwick Dr, Cincinnati Winter 1996 p.1616
1995 · 1 edition WD5BU · class X
T Jesse L Grant 1190 Rosenfield Dr 1 Flint Ml 48505 1995 p.1566
1980 → 1982 · 2 editions WD5BU · class G
Kenneth D Miller 4711 Crepe Myrtle, Pasadena, TX 77505 Winter 1980 p.549, Winter 1982 p.569
1979 · 1 edition WD5BU · class T
Loyd B H~chinson Rfd I·box 243, Danian Spfings, LA 70726 Winter 1979 p.12