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Ask: HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WI · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
KA6ERV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 3, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 3, 2007
Previous holder: MEL GRAU
Held KA6ERV Jul 12, 1985 → May 2, 2005
· first licensed Jul 12, 1985 as KA6ERV
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as KA6ERV, before the FCC's online records
KA6ERVExpiredTechnician PlusJul 12, 1985 → May 2, 2005 (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 May 12, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 16 discs KA6ERV
· Technician Plus · issued May 2, 1995, expires May 2, 2005
MEL GRAU
215 VIA GENOA, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663
Seen May 12, 1995 · 1 disc KA6ERV
· Club / other · issued Jul 12, 1985, expires Jul 12, 1995
MEL GRAU
215 VIA GENOA, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663
Seen Oct 31, 1994 · 1 disc KA6ERV
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 12, 1985, expires Jul 12, 1995
MEL GRAU
215 VIA GENOA, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs KA6ERV
· Technician · issued Jul 12, 1985, expires Jul 12, 1995
MEL GRAU
215 VIA GENOA, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as KA6ERV
MEL GRAU
215 VIA GENOA, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92663
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.
1994 → 1996 · 2 editions KA6ERV · class P
Mel Grau 215 Via Genoa, Newport Beach, CA 92663 1994 p.1039, 1996 p.1161
1987 · 1 edition KA6ERV · class T
Mel Grau 115 Via Genoa, Newport Beach, CA 91663 Winter 1987 p.773
None → 1983 · 3 editions KA6ERV · class T
Mel Grau 215 Via Genoa, Newport Beach None p.656, Winter 1982 p.715, Winter 1983 p.733
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA6ERV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA6ERV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.