Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-12
KB5RUS callsign genealogy
Currently held by BENNINGFIELD, DAVID R
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 KB5RUS's current licensee, walking backwards.
- HARDMAN, RUSSELL WTXgranted 2005-05-24cancelled 2005-06-14
Successor callsigns
Callsigns held now by people who previously held KB5RUS.
No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.
All historical holders
Every license row we've seen with the callsign KB5RUS, oldest first.
- BENNINGFIELD, DAVID R TX1992-12-01 → cancelled 2004-12-02
- Hardman, Russell W TX2015-12-04 active