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W6FNJ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 17, 2026.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 17, 2026
Previous holder: RENE A GIRERD
Held W6FNJ Nov 2, 1984 → Sep 16, 2024
· first licensed Nov 2, 1984 as W6FNJ
· 1 license · FRN 0001968890 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1949 as W6FNJ, before the FCC's online records
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 31, 2000 → Apr 17, 2003 · 6 discs W6FNJ
· Amateur Extra · issued May 20, 2000, expires Sep 16, 2004
RENE A. GIRERD
200 IRIS WAY, PALO ALTO, CA 94303-3039
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → May 2, 2000 · 11 discs W6FNJ
· Advanced · issued Sep 16, 1994, expires Sep 16, 2004
RENE A. GIRERD
200 IRIS WAY, PALO ALTO, CA 94303-3039
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs W6FNJ
· Advanced · issued Nov 2, 1984, expires Nov 2, 1994
RENE A GIRERD
200 IRIS WAY, PALO ALTO, CA 94303
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as W6FNJ
RENE A GIRERD
200 IRIS WAY, PALO ALTO, CA 94303-3039
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.
1996 · 1 edition W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Girerd 100 Iris Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 1996 p.1172
1992 → 1994 · 2 editions W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Girerd 200 Iris Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 1992 p.913, 1994 p.1047
1991 · 1 edition W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Girerd 100 Iris Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Winter 1991 p.883
1990 · 1 edition W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Guerd 200 Ins Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Winter 1990 p.822
1988 · 1 edition W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Girerd 100 1 Ris Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Winter 1988 p.799
1987 · 1 edition W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Girerd 100 Iris Way, Palo Alto Ca 94joj Winter 1987 p.780
1981 → 1983 · 2 editions W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Girerd 200 Iris Way, Palo Alto 1981 p.628, Winter 1983 p.740
None · 1 edition W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Girerd 200 Iris Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303 None p.663
None · 1 edition W6FNJ · class A
Rene A Girerd 935 Timothy Ln, Menlo Park None p.366
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6FNJ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6FNJ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.