Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-12
N5PDA callsign genealogy
Currently held by Pate, David A
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 N5PDA's current licensee, walking backwards.
- Pate, David ALAgranted 2012-06-01cancelled 2013-06-18
Successor callsigns
Callsigns held now by people who previously held N5PDA.
No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.
All historical holders
Every license row we've seen with the callsign N5PDA, oldest first.
- ROBERTSON, JAMES R TX2000-08-03 → cancelled 2012-07-18
- Pate, David A LA2023-05-10 active