N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 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

W6DES HAM

⏳ Not available yet — opens for vanity requests Jan 28, 2028, two years after the license was canceled (Jan 27, 2026).
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

📬 QSL: LoTW user · last upload Dec 18, 2020 · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 2 holders on record

Previous holder: David E Swart

Held W6DES Sep 15, 2009 → Jan 27, 2026 · first licensed Jul 13, 2005 as KC6APE · 3 licenses · FRN 0013752894

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

Previous holder: JAMES R BELL

Held W6DES Jul 24, 1997 → Jul 24, 2007 · first licensed Jul 24, 1997 as W6DES · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

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

Others requesting W6DES

1 application listed W6DES as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #Status
Aug 28, 2009 Sep 15, 2009 KC6APE · David E Swart · Cameron Park, CA 1Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6DES in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6DES beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.