Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-12
K5RIS callsign genealogy
Currently held by MEINECKE, BILL
The FCC publishes a previous_call_sign on
every amateur license — a self-link to the licensee's prior callsign.
Following those links produces the chain below.
Previous callsigns
Older callsigns held by K5RIS's current licensee, walking backwards.
- MEINECKE, BILLTXgranted 1994-11-04cancelled 2001-02-21
Successor callsigns
Callsigns held now by people who previously held K5RIS.
No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.
All historical holders
Every license row we've seen with the callsign K5RIS, oldest first.
- MEINECKE, BOB TX1997-08-21 → cancelled 1998-10-31
- MEINECKE, BILL TX2021-02-12 active