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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)
KA6QYO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 19, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 19, 2009
Previous holder: R. Michael RICKEY
Held KA6QYO May 29, 1990 → Oct 18, 2007
· first licensed May 29, 1990 as KA6QYO
· 2 licenses · FRN 0001907005 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as KA6QYO, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: Lake Forest, CA → Perris, CA
AF6FBActiveAmateur ExtraOct 18, 2007 → expires May 29, 2030
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 25, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 2 discs KA6QYO
· General · issued Sep 23, 2002, expires May 29, 2010
R MICHAEL M RICKEY
PO BOX 1461, LAKE FOREST, CA 92609-1461
Seen May 2, 2000 → Apr 27, 2002 · 5 discs KA6QYO
· Technician Plus · issued Apr 15, 2000, expires May 29, 2010
R MICHAEL RICKEY .
PO BOX 1461, EL TORO, CA 92630
Seen Mar 9, 1998 → Oct 8, 1999 · 4 discs KA6QYO
· Technician Plus · issued May 29, 1990, expires May 29, 2000
R MICHAEL RICKEY .
PO BOX 1461, EL TORO, CA 92630
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs KA6QYO
· Technician Plus · issued May 29, 1990, expires May 29, 2000
R MICHAEL RICKEY
POB 1461, EL TORO, CA 92630
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs KA6QYO
· Technician · issued May 29, 1990, expires May 29, 2000
R MICHAEL RICKEY
POB 1461, EL TORO, CA 92630
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Apr 27, 2024 → Oct 11, 2026 · 13 snapshots · as AF6FB
R. Michael RICKEY
26840 Patterson St, Perris, CA 92570
Seen May 27, 2010 → Nov 4, 2016 · 23 snapshots · as AF6FB
ROGER M RICKEY
Attn: Michael Rickey PO Box 1461 LAKE FOREST, CA 92609-1461
KA6QYO 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.
1988 → 1989 · 2 editions KA6QYO · class T
R Michael Rickey Pob 1254, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Winter 1988 p.889, Winter 1989 p.893
1985 · 1 edition KA6QYO · class T
R Michael Rickey Pob 1154, Costa Mesa, CA 91616 Winter 1985 p.850
None → 1982 · 2 editions KA6QYO · class N
R Michael Rickey Pob 1254, Costamesa None p.734, Winter 1982 p.793
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA6QYO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA6QYO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.