N9TPB FCC License Search
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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)

KA6FDW HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 2, 2015.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jul 14, 2003 as choice 1: granted.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Aug 2, 2015

Previous holder: Debra L Chastain

Held KA6FDW Jul 17, 1990 → Aug 1, 2013 · first licensed Jul 17, 1990 as KA6FDW · 3 licenses · FRN 0004008595
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as KA6FDW, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Previous holder: EDWARD C CHASTAIN

Held KA6FDW Jul 17, 1990 → Jul 3, 2003 · first licensed Jul 17, 1990 as KA6FDW · 1 license · FRN 0001914225
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as KA6FDW, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
KA6FDW in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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.

Others Requesting KA6FDW

1 application listed KA6FDW as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #KA6FDWResult
Jul 14, 2003 Aug 1, 2003 KA6OEY · Debra L Chastain · Torrington, CT 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA6FDW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA6FDW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.