N9TPB FCC License Search

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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

Darren E Smith

FRN 0022649081 · first licensed Apr 26, 2013 as KF5VDV · 2 licenses on record

📝 FCC applications (6)

Received	File number	Service	Purpose	Status	Call
Nov 13, 2024	0011327825	HAM	Renewal	Granted	K5MKS
Aug 28, 2017	0007907743	HAM	Administrative update	Granted	K5MKS
Nov 19, 2015	0007034355	HAM	Administrative update	Granted	K5MKS
Dec 22, 2014	0006592365	HAM	Modification	Granted	KF5VDV
Jun 28, 2013	0005838619	HAM	Modification	Granted	KF5VDV
Apr 26, 2013	0005754983	HAM	New license	Granted	KF5VDV

Complete licensing history

📦 Moved: Orange Grove, TX → Chandler, TX

K5MKS Active General · vanity Jan 9, 2015 → expires Jan 9, 2035

Licensee
Darren E Smith

Address
Attn: Darren Smith
7300 County Road 3414
Chandler, TX 75758
32.2336, -95.5534 (street) · Grid EM22ff · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0022649081

Previous call
KF5VDV (Technician)

Last granted
Nov 14, 2024

Effective
Nov 14, 2024

Last action
Nov 14, 2024
FCC actions (5)
- Nov 14, 2024 — License renewed LIREN
- Aug 29, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 20, 2015 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 9, 2015 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jan 9, 2015 — License issued LIISS
KF5VDV Canceled General Apr 26, 2013 → Jan 9, 2015 (canceled)

Licensee
Darren E Smith

Address
154 Anaqua Drive
Orange Grove, TX 78372
28.0096, -98.0988 (ZIP center) · Grid EL08wa · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0022649081

Last granted
Apr 26, 2013

Effective
Jun 28, 2013

Last action
Jan 9, 2015
FCC actions (4)
- Jan 9, 2015 — License canceled LICAN
- Jun 28, 2013 — License modified LIMOD
- Apr 26, 2013 — License issued LIISS
- Apr 26, 2013 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

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

Seen Sep 5, 2017 → Oct 4, 2026 · 20 snapshots · as K5MKS
Darren E Smith
Attn: Darren Smith
7300 County Road 3414, Chandler, TX 75758
32.2336, -95.5534 (street) · Grid EM22ff · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Oct 22, 2013 → Oct 4, 2026 · 45 snapshots · as KF5VDV
Darren E Smith
154 Anaqua Drive, Orange Grove, TX 78372
28.0096, -98.0988 (ZIP center) · Grid EL08wa · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Jan 14, 2016 → May 12, 2017 · 10 snapshots · as K5MKS
Darren E Smith
11087 Westhaven Cir, Flint, TX 75762
32.2183, -95.4134 (ZIP center) · Grid EM22hf · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Repeaters within 50 miles

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Miles	Call	Name	Output	Offset	Tone	Mode	Networks	Activity	Location
3.2	KB9LFZ	Chandler KB9LFZ AllStar	443.2000	+5	TSQL 127.3	FM (analog)	AllStar 28569	—	Chandler, TX
10.1	W5ETX	Edom W5ETX	146.6200	-0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Edom, TX
10.9	K5TYR	Tyler K5TYR	147.0000	in 146.3600	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Tyler, TX
14.6	K5VZC	Ben Wheeler Prim K5VZC	444.9750	+5	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Ben Wheeler, TX
15.6	KE5FGC	Tyler KE5FGC MARC	441.3750	+5	CC1	DMR	DMR-MARC	—	Tyler, TX
15.6	KE5FGC	Tyler KE5FGC Lone-Star	443.5750	+5	CC1	DMR	Lone-Star	—	Tyler, TX
15.6	KI4JLQ	Tyler KI4JLQ	146.0000	+0.6	none	D-STAR		—	Tyler, TX
15.6	KI4JLQ	Tyler KI4JLQ	444.0000	+5	none	D-STAR		—	Tyler, TX
16.8	W5MCT	Tyler W5MCT	443.1000	+5	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog) (FM,C4FM)		—	Tyler, TX
16.8	W5ETX	Tyler Hosp W5ETX AllStar	145.2100	in 144.4600	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)	EchoLink AllStar 47307	—	Tyler, TX
16.8	W5WVH	Tyler W5WVH	145.3700	-0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Tyler, TX
16.8	W5ETX	Tyler W5ETX	224.2000	-1.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Tyler, TX
16.8	K5TYR	Tyler K5TYR AllStar	444.4000	+5	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)	AllStar 48894	—	Tyler, TX
16.8	W5ETX	Tyler W5ETX MARC	444.8500	+5	none	D-STAR (DMR,DV)	DMR-MARC	—	Tyler, TX
16.8	W5ETX	Tyler W5ETX AllStar	927.0125	-25	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)	AllStar 28573	—	Tyler, TX
17.5	W5NFL	Lindale W5NFL	145.6000	simplex	TONE 146.2	FM (analog)		—	Lindale, TX
17.5	W5CDN	Tyler W5CDN AllStar	446.1000	simplex	TONE 91.5	FM (analog)	AllStar 40493	—	Tyler, TX
17.7	W5ETX	Athens W5ETX	442.8500	+5	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Athens, TX
17.7	no call listed Listed as ETECS	Athens Texas	442.8500	+5	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Athens, TX
17.9	K5EPH	Athens K5EPH	147.2200	+0.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Athens, TX
18.8	K5TYR	Tyler K5TYR AllStar	146.9600	in 147.6000	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)	AllStar 48894	—	Tyler, TX
22.0	K5PAL	Palestine K5PAL	147.0800	+0.6	TONE 103.5	FM (analog)		—	Palestine, TX
24.0	KF7TZO	Tyler KF7TZO BM	438.8000	+5	CC1	DMR	BrandMeister 3197094	—	Tyler, TX
24.9	KR5Q	Jacksonville KR5Q	145.4300	-0.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Jacksonville, TX
24.9	K5JVL	Jacksonville K5JVL	146.8000	-0.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Jacksonville, TX
24.9	K5JVL	Jacksonville K5JVL	444.5250	+5	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Jacksonville, TX
24.9	W5JVL	Jacksonville W5JVL	146.8000	-0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Jacksonville, FL
27.0	W5IB	Eustace W5IB	444.4750	+5	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Eustace, TX
28.6	KD5KJZ	Canton KD5KJZ MARC	442.2250	+5	CC1	DMR	DMR-MARC	—	Canton, TX
28.7	K5VZC	CANTON K5VZC	444.8000	+5	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog) (FM,C4FM)		—	CANTON, TX
31.9	no call listed Listed as ETECS	Hawkins Texas	147.2400	+0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Hawkins, TX
31.9	W5ETX	Hawkins W5ETX	147.2400	+0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Hawkins, TX
32.6	K5CCL	Gun Barrel City K5CCL	444.0500	+5	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Gun Barrel City, TX
32.9	WB4WXD	Palestine Texas WB4WXD C-Bridge	444.6000	+5	CC1	DMR	C-Bridge 🗓 2 nets	2 nets · 17 check-ins · 14 stations	Palestine, Texas, TX
32.9	W5DLC	Palestine W5DLC	147.0800	+0.6	TSQL 103.5	FM (analog)		—	Palestine, TX
32.9	W5DLC	Palestine W5DLC	147.1400	+0.6	TSQL 103.5	FM (analog)		—	Palestine, TX
33.0	KR5Q	Palestine KR5Q	145.4900	-0.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Palestine, TX
33.0	KR5Q	Palestine KR5Q	146.7400	-0.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Palestine, TX
33.0	KR5Q	Palestine KR5Q	442.3750	+5	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Palestine, TX
33.0	K5PAL	Palestine NALCOM K5PAL	444.6000	+5	TONE 103.5	FM (analog)		—	Palestine, TX
33.3	KB5VQG	Maydelle KB5VQG	147.0200	+0.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Maydelle, TX
33.7	N5VGQ	Overton N5VGQ	53.1500	-1	none	FM (analog)		—	Overton, TX
33.9	K5CCL	Mabank K5CCL BM	146.8400	-0.6	CC1	DMR	BrandMeister 311306	—	Mabank, TX
34.1	KC5CMB	Canton KC5CMB BM	439.4375	in 430.4375	CC1	DMR	BrandMeister 3179345	—	Canton, TX
35.6	K5CCL	Gun Barrel City K5CCL IRLP	146.9000	-0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)	EchoLink 5900 IRLP 5900	—	Gun Barrel City, TX
36.1	K5PAL	Palestine K5PAL	147.1400	+0.6	TSQL 103.5	FM (analog)		—	Palestine, TX
38.4	W5ETX	Rusk W5ETX	146.9200	-0.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Rusk, TX
38.4	KA5AEP	Rusk KA5AEP	147.0400	+0.6	TONE 110.9	FM (analog)		—	Rusk, TX
39.4	W5ETX	Wills Point W5ETX	443.2500	+5	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Wills Point, TX
39.5	K5RKW	Wills Point K5RKW	145.2700	-0.6	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Wills Point, TX
39.5	K5VZC	Wills Point K5VZC AllStar	147.2000	+0.6	TSQL 156.7	FM (analog)	AllStar 511214 EchoLink 217666 AllStar 482190	—	Wills Point, TX
40.0	W6TUG	Quitman W6TUG	444.0750	+5	TONE 100.0	FM (analog)		—	Quitman, TX
40.3	N5VGQ	Kilgore N5VGQ AllStar	145.4500	-0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog) (FM,C4FM)	AllStar 468048	—	Kilgore, TX
42.0	K5TKR	Kilgore K5TKR BM	147.3000	+0.6	CC1	DMR	BrandMeister 315038	—	Kilgore, TX
42.0	K5TKR	Kilgore K5TKR BM	443.9750	+5	CC1	DMR	BrandMeister 315045	—	Kilgore, TX
42.0	N5YEY	Kilgore N5YEY CBridge-2.	443.9500	+5	CC1	DMR	CBridge-2.0	—	Kilgore, TX
42.2	KK5AU	Wills Point KK5AU	147.2400	+0.6	TSQL 88.5	FM (analog)		—	Wills Point, TX
44.4	no call listed Listed as ETECS	Henderson Texas	146.9200	+0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Henderson, TX
44.6	W5CWT	Henderson W5CWT BM	439.1000	-5	CC1	DMR	BrandMeister 3110714	—	Henderson, TX
45.2	N5VGQ	Kilgore N5VGQ BM	147.3000	+0.6	TSQL 151.4	FM (analog) (C4FM,DMR,FM)	BrandMeister 310016	—	Kilgore, TX
46.0	W5ENT	Emory W5ENT EchoLink	146.9200	-0.6	TSQL 88.5	FM (analog)	EchoLink 567105	—	Emory, TX
46.0	W5ENT	Emory W5ENT AllStar	443.6250	+5	TSQL 151.4	FM (analog)	AllStar 47114	—	Emory, TX
47.0	AI5OX	Fairfield AI5OX EchoLink	145.1100	-0.6	TONE 146.2	FM (analog)	EchoLink 284480	—	Fairfield, TX
47.2	K5LET	Longview E Mtn K5LET	147.3400	+0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)	🗓 1 net	1 net	Longview, TX
47.4	N5RCA	Henderson N5RCA	146.7800	-0.6	TONE 131.8	FM (analog) (C4FM,FM)		—	Henderson, TX
47.6	N5VGQ	Longview E Mtn N5VGQ AllStar	146.6400	-0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)	AllStar 468046	—	Longview, TX
47.7	KF5JUQ	Kaufman KF5JUQ BM	145.2000	-0.6	CC3	DMR	BrandMeister 321779903	—	Kaufman, TX
48.9	WR5L	Point Lk WR5L	146.8000	-0.6	TSQL 141.3	FM (analog)		—	Point, TX
49.1	WB5HGI	Elmo WB5HGI	145.2700	-0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Elmo, TX
49.2	W5IRP	Alto W5IRP	146.9800	-0.6	TONE 141.3	FM (analog)	🗓 1 net	1 net · 10 check-ins · 10 stations	Alto, TX
16.8	KC5MSO offline	Tyler KC5MSO	147.2000	+0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Tyler, TX
18.2	W5ETX offline	Hideaway Golf W5ETX	145.3300	-0.6	TSQL 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Hideaway, TX
18.9	W5ETX offline	Tyler W5ETX	147.1200	in 147.8700	none	D-STAR		—	Tyler, TX
28.3	K5VZC offline	Canton K5VZC	442.2250	+5	CC?	DMR		—	Canton, TX
37.5	W5EEY offline	Edgewood W5EEY	444.2000	+5	TONE 136.5	FM (analog)		—	Edgewood, TX
40.0	W6TUG offline	quitman W6TUG IRLP	147.5700	simplex	TSQL 100.0	FM (analog)	IRLP 3428	—	quitman, TX

Vanity applications

Filed · Award	Applicant	Requested (in order)	Status
Filed Dec 22, 2014 Granted Nov 14, 2024 0006592365	KF5VDV · Darren E Smith · General 154 Anaqua Drive, Orange Grove, TX 78372 28.0096, -98.0988 (ZIP center) · Grid EL08wa · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗	1.K5MKS ✓ granted 2.W5JSS held 3.K5BLT held 4.W5PSK available	Granted got K5MKS