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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)
WD5BUO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WD5BUO was last held in the 1990s (license expired Oct 22, 1995), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
WD5BUO in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WD5BUO
· Novice · issued Oct 22, 1985, expires Oct 22, 1995
JOHN R REDWINE
POB 2205, SAN ANGELO, TX 76902
WD5BUO 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.
1997 · 1 edition WD5BUO · class N
John R Redwine Pob 2105, San Angelo, TX 76901 1997 p.952
1996 · 1 edition WD5BUO · class N
John R Redwine Pcb 2205, San Angelo, TX 76901 1996 p.924
1995 · 1 edition WD5BUO · class T
Dan E Wells 1047 14th Street Portsmouth, OH 45661 1995 p.1566
1994 · 1 edition WD5BUO · class N
John R Redwine Pob 2205, San Angelo, TX 76902 1994 p.833
1987 · 1 edition WD5BUO · class N
John R Redwine Pob 110s, San Ange~, TX 76901 Winter 1987 p.620
1981 → 1983 · 2 editions WD5BUO · class N
John R Redwine Pob 939, Tahoka, TX 79373 1981 p.485, Winter 1983 p.588
1979 · 1 edition WD5BUO · class N
Join R Redwne 2028 N 1st, Tahoka, TX 79373 Winter 1979 p.14
None · 1 edition WD5BUO · class N
John R Redwine Pob 939, Tahoka None p.512