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Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-12

W5BP callsign genealogy

Currently held by SMIRL, ORVILLE L

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 W5BP's current licensee, walking backwards.

  1. W1ENactive· E
    HUNT, JEFFREY DUTgranted 2019-03-15
  2. KJ7DCQcancelled· E
    HUNT, JEFFREY DUTgranted 2019-01-30cancelled 2019-03-15

Successor callsigns

Callsigns held now by people who previously held W5BP.

No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.

All historical holders

Every license row we've seen with the callsign W5BP, oldest first.

  • SMIRL, ORVILLE L AR
    1996-01-31 → cancelled 2003-01-01
  • BECKER, NATHAN T NM
    2005-02-01 → cancelled 2017-02-02
  • Ellis, William T LA
    2017-02-22 active
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