N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update today 8:30 am CDT
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

W6CAR HAM 📻 GMRS

📻
Also a GMRS licensee
WRAB866WPTW390
Active until Oct 4, 2027 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family
Amateur Extra class licensed since 2003 (23 yrs) Bigfork, MT grid DN28xb LoTW user GMRS WRAB866 30 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Apr 28, 2029. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Apr 29, 2031.

📬 QSL: LoTW user · last upload Jan 1, 2023 · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

📝 W6CAR has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Feb 5, 2026 · what was requested

Currently held by Chris A Raanes · 1 holder on record

Current holder: Chris A Raanes

Held W6CAR May 22, 2003 → present · first licensed May 22, 2003 as W6CAR · 1 license · FRN 0003547973

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

Vanity applications filed by W6CAR

Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.

Filed · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Feb 5, 2026
Award date was Feb 23, 2026
0011897891
 W6CAR · Chris A Raanes · Amateur Extra
50 Bear Gulch Dr, Portola Valley, CA 94028-7905
37.3749, -122.2127 (ZIP center) · Grid CM87vi · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
1.W7CR held
 Dismissed
Filed Jul 6, 2021
Award date was Jul 24, 2021
0009609750
 W6CAR · Chris A Raanes · Amateur Extra
50 Bear Gulch Dr, Portola Valley, CA 94028-7905
37.3749, -122.2127 (ZIP center) · Grid CM87vi · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
1.K6CR held
 Dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6CAR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6CAR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

📻 GMRS repeaters within 50 miles

1 on the air or of unknown status, closest first · map these & export for a GMRS radio →

MilesChannelOutputTone inOwnerLocationAccessStatus
15RP22462.725100.0 WRED350 Kalispell, MT · Lone Pine OpenOn the air

Repeaters within 50 miles

30 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, closest first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
0.1 KK7BYQ Bigfork Harbor
KK7BYQ
 446.8750 -5 none D-STAR — Bigfork, MT
0.1 NW7RG Bigfork
NW7RG AllStar
 146.7400 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 27779 — Bigfork, MT
1.7 KE7MT Bigfork
KE7MT BM
 441.8500 +5 CC7 DMR BrandMeister 312980 — Bigfork, MT
1.7 NE7AL Bigfork
NE7AL BM
 442.6250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 313297 — Bigfork, MT
3.5 NE7AL Bigfork
NE7AL AllStar
 444.9250 +5 TONE 123.0 FM (analog) AllStar 28677 IRLP 7362 — Bigfork, MT
5.3 W7UFX Bigfork
W7UFX AllStar
 433.2500 simplex TONE 123.0 FM (analog) AllStar 55956 — Bigfork, MT
5.5 NE7AL Bigfork
NE7AL AllStar
 444.3250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 312695 BrandMeister 313019 AllStar 28678 — Bigfork, MT
5.5 NE7AL Bigfork
NE7AL BM
 444.1500 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 313019 BrandMeister 311991 — Bigfork, MT
6.8 N7LT Somers
N7LT IRLP
 446.8000 simplex TONE 100.0 FM (analog) IRLP 3692 — Somers, MT
13.8 N7LT Lakeside Blackta
N7LT
 147.2200 +0.6 TONE 123.0 FM (analog) — Lakeside, MT
13.8 N7LT Lakeside Blackta
N7LT
 444.9000 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Lakeside, MT
14.0 W7ZKA Lakeside Blackta
W7ZKA
 146.8600 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Lakeside, MT
15.1 AA7FR Kalispell
AA7FR IRLP
 432.4300 simplex TSQL 141.3 FM (analog) IRLP 7551 — Kalispell, MT
15.9 K7LYY Kalispell Buffal
K7LYY IRLP
 446.4000 simplex TONE 100.0 FM (analog) IRLP 7430 — Kalispell, MT
15.9 K7LYY Kalispell Buffal
K7LYY BM
 146.7600 -0.6 DCS 152 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) BrandMeister 313195 — Kalispell, MT
20.0 KD0CST Kalispell
KD0CST IRLP
 146.4000 simplex TONE 118.8 FM (analog) IRLP 7884 IRLP 3005 — Kalispell, MT
23.8 WA7VNP Whitefish Sandy
WA7VNP
 443.7750 +5 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) — Whitefish, MT
26.3 W7YP Colu Teakettle M
W7YP
 145.2500 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Columbia Falls, MT
26.3 W7YP Colu W Entrance
W7YP EchoLink
 447.5000 -5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) EchoLink 990395 BrandMeister 312489 — Columbia Falls, MT
26.8 WA7VNP Whitefish
WA7VNP
 444.8750 +5 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Whitefish, MT
26.8 WA7VNP Whitefish
WA7VNP
 444.9750 +5 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) — Whitefish, MT
26.9 K7TDV Whitefish
K7TDV BM
 439.5600 in 433.5600 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3174660 — Whitefish, MT
33.1 KO8N Whitefish Big
KO8N
 145.2700 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Whitefish, MT
36.7 W1KGK Hot Springs Oliv
W1KGK
 147.1200 +0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Hot Springs, MT
39.1 WR7DW Olney Werner Pk
WR7DW
 147.2600 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Olney, MT
39.1 WR7DW Olney Werner Pk
WR7DW
 444.6500 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Olney, MT
42.1 K7LBY Kalispell Meadow
K7LBY
 145.3100 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) — Kalispell, MT
13.8 K7LYY offline Kalispell Blackt
K7LYY
 147.1800 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Kalispell, MT
20.4 K6KUS offline Columbia Falls
K6KUS IRLP
 146.9000 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) IRLP 3982 — Columbia Falls, MT
36.7 W1KGK offline Plains
W1KGK
 449.0000 +5 CC? DMR — Plains, MT