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K6BJO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 19, 2008.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 19, 2008
Previous holder: LESTER E NICHOLS
Held K6BJO Jun 18, 1996 → Jun 18, 2006
· first licensed Jun 18, 1996 as K6BJO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1954 as K6BJO, before the FCC's online records
K6BJOExpiredAmateur Extra · vanityJun 18, 1996 → Jun 18, 2006 (expired)
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Seen Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs K6BJO
· Amateur Extra · issued Jun 18, 1996, expires Jun 18, 2006
· previously AC6UN(Advanced)
LESTER E. NICHOLS
PO BOX 720726, PINON HILLS, CA 92372
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as K6BJO
LESTER E NICHOLS
PO Box 720726 PINON HILLS, CA 92372
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
1987 · 1 edition K6BJO · class A
Lester E Nichols Pob B, Palmdale, CA 93550 Winter 1987 p.745
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions K6BJO · class A
Lester E Nichols Box B, Palmdale, CA 93550 Winter 1980 p.661, Winter 1981 p.664, Winter 1983 p.705
1979 · 1 edition K6BJO
A Lester E Nk:hois Box B, Pakndaie, CA 93550 Winter 1979 p.119
1971 → 1973 · 2 editions K6BJO · class G
Lester E Nichols Box -B, Palmdale Winter 1971 p.378, Winter 1973 p.381
1970 · 1 edition K6BJO · class G
Milford La Fleur 13305 S Buolongrgardena 90247 Spring 1970 p.376
1969 · 1 edition K6BJO · class G
Lester Summer 1969 p.371
1968 · 1 edition K6BJO · class G
Milford La Fleur 13305 S. Budlong, Gardena Summer 1968 p.381
1968 · 1 edition K6BJO · class G
Lester E. Nichols! Box -B Palmdale Spring 1968 p.378
1967 · 1 edition K6BJO · class G
Lester E. Nichols Box -8, Palmdale Fall 1967 p.372
1966 · 1 edition K6BJO
Lester E. Nichols. Box -B Pa.lmoale Spring 1966 p.344
1965 · 1 edition K6BJO
Milford La Fleur 13305 S. Budlong, Gardena Summer 1965 p.342
1964 · 1 edition K6BJO
L E St E R E. Nichols. Box - B . P A L M D A L E Fall 1964 p.334
1963 · 1 edition K6BJO
Lester E. Nichols P 0 Box 117, Palmdale Summer 1963 p.358
1961 → 1962 · 2 editions K6BJO
Lester E. Nichols# P 0 Box 117# Palmdale Spring 1961 p.340, Fall 1962 p.341
1960 · 1 edition K6BJO
Lester E. Nichols P 0 Box L L 7, Palmdale Winter 1960 p.340
1959 · 1 edition K6BJO
Lester E. Nichols* P 0 Box 117* Palmdale Spring 1959 p.294
1954 · 1 edition K6BJO
Lester E. Nichols P. O, Box 509, Santa Ana Fall 1954 p.195
1954 · 1 edition K6BJO
Lester E. Nichols 9181 Lampson Avenue, Garden Grove Spring 1954 p.200
None · 1 edition K6BJO · class A
Lester E Nichols Box B, Palmdale None p.628
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K6BJO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K6BJO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.