🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 16, 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
WD5GEK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 21, 2026.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 21, 2026
Previous holder: THOMAS M EDWARDS
Held WD5GEK Aug 25, 1987 → Sep 20, 2024
· first licensed Aug 25, 1987 as WD5GEK
· 1 license · FRN 0002418374 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD5GEK, before the FCC's online records
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 Oct 31, 2000 → Apr 17, 2003 · 6 discs WD5GEK
· General · issued May 2, 2000, expires Sep 20, 2004
THOMAS M. EDWARDS
3030 COUNTY ROAD 337, BERTRAM, TX 78605
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → May 2, 2000 · 11 discs WD5GEK
· General · issued Sep 20, 1994, expires Sep 20, 2004
THOMAS M. EDWARDS
RT 3 BOX 127C, BERTRAM, TX 78605
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD5GEK
· General · issued Aug 25, 1987, expires Aug 25, 1997
THOMAS M EDWARDS
120 W GREENCASTLE DR, GRANITE SHOALS, TX 78654
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as WD5GEK
THOMAS M EDWARDS
3030 COUNTY ROAD 337, BERTRAM, TX 78605
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 → 1997 · 2 editions WD5GEK · class G
Thomas M Edwards Rt 3 Box 127-C, Bertram, TX 76605 1996 p.958, 1997 p.986
1990 → 1994 · 3 editions WD5GEK · class G
Thomas M Edwards 120 Wgreencastle Dr, A Eldera J Vordenbaum, 15607 Diana Ln, Houston, TX 77062 Winter 1990 p.676, Winter 1991 p.727, 1994 p.860
1982 → 1987 · 4 editions WD5GEK · class G
Thomas M Edwards Rfd L ·box 335, Marble Falls, TX 78654 Winter 1982 p.598, Winter 1983 p.616, Winter 1984 p.639, Winter 1987 p.644
1981 · 1 edition WD5GEK · class G
Thomas M Edwards Rfd 1-Box 335, Marble Falls, TX 78654 1981 p.510
1980 · 1 edition WD5GEK · class G
Thomas M Edwards Rfd 1-Box 33s, Marble Falls, TX 78654 Winter 1980 p.578
None → 1979 · 3 editions WD5GEK · class G
Thomas M Edwards Rfd 1-Box 335, Marble Falls., TX 78654 None p.540, Winter 1978 p.503, Winter 1979 p.543
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD5GEK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD5GEK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.