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)

W6AKF HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 20, 2022.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested May 13, 2002 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Jun 20, 2022

Previous holder: stephen C mcdermott

Held W6AKF May 31, 2002 → Jun 19, 2020 · first licensed May 18, 1993 as WB6AKF · 3 licenses · FRN 0002022325
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB6AKF, 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: LEE E SPENCER

Held W6AKF May 10, 1988 → May 10, 1998 · first licensed May 10, 1988 as W6AKF · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1948 as W6AKF, 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.
W6AKF 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 W6AKF

1 application listed W6AKF as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W6AKFResult
May 13, 2002 May 31, 2002 WB6AKF · STEPHEN C MC DERMOTT · CHICO, CA 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6AKF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6AKF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.