N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 9:42 am CDT (FCC files through Sep 30, 2026) · next update tomorrow 9:15 am CDT

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W6ILM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 14, 2014.

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 Mar 14, 2014

Previous holder: Ian L McLean

Held W6ILM Aug 26, 2008 → Mar 13, 2012 · first licensed Jul 22, 2008 as KI6SCS · 3 licenses · FRN 0017936667

📦 Moved: Lake Bluff, IL → La Jolla, CA

W2FY Active Amateur Extra · vanity Mar 13, 2012 → expires Mar 13, 2032

Licensee
Ian L McLean

Address
Attn: Ian L McLean
5226 La Jolla Blvd
La Jolla, CA 92037-8109
32.8080, -117.2629 (street) · Grid DM12it · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0017936667

Previous call
W6ILM (General)

Last granted
Mar 1, 2022

Effective
Mar 1, 2022

Last action
Mar 1, 2022
FCC actions (4)
- Mar 1, 2022 — License renewed LIREN
- Sep 5, 2012 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Mar 13, 2012 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 13, 2012 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Half Moon Bay, CA → Lake Bluff, IL

W6ILM Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Aug 26, 2008 → Mar 13, 2012 (canceled)

Licensee
Ian L McLean

Address
Attn: Ian L McLean
240 E. Prospect Ave
Lake Bluff, IL 60044-2521
42.2881, -87.8601 (ZIP center) · Grid EN62bg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0017936667

Previous call
KI6SCS (General)

Last granted
Aug 26, 2008

Effective
Nov 5, 2010

Last action
Mar 13, 2012
FCC actions (6)
- Mar 13, 2012 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 5, 2010 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 3, 2008 — License modified LIMOD
- Oct 20, 2008 — License modified LIMOD
- Aug 26, 2008 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Aug 26, 2008 — License issued LIISS
KI6SCS Canceled Technician Jul 22, 2008 → Aug 26, 2008 (canceled)

Licensee
Ian L McLean

Address
320 Myrtle St
Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
37.4557, -122.4080 (ZIP center) · Grid CM87tk · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0017936667

Last granted
Jul 22, 2008

Effective
Jul 22, 2008

Last action
Aug 26, 2008
FCC actions (3)
- Aug 26, 2008 — License canceled LICAN
- Jul 22, 2008 — License issued LIISS
- Jul 22, 2008 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

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

Seen Feb 18, 2013 → Sep 27, 2026 · 41 snapshots · as W2FY
Ian L McLean
Attn: Ian L McLean
5226 La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla, CA 92037-8109
32.8080, -117.2629 (street) · Grid DM12it · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Oct 17, 2011 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W6ILM
Ian L McLean
Attn: Ian L McLean
240 E. Prospect Ave, Lake Bluff, IL 60044-2521
42.2881, -87.8601 (ZIP center) · Grid EN62bg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as KI6SCS
Ian L McLean
320 Myrtle St, Half Moon Bay, CA 94019
37.4557, -122.4080 (ZIP center) · Grid CM87tk · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Others requesting W6ILM

3 applications listed W6ILM as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Apr 15, 2022	May 3, 2022	KN6TTQ · William Shocknesse · ROCKLIN, CA	2	Granted
May 20, 2013	Jun 7, 2013	N6FTT · DANIEL S PATZ · LOS ALAMITOS, CA	14	Granted
Aug 7, 2008	Aug 25, 2008	KI6SCS · Ian L McLean · Half Moon Bay, CA	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6ILM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6ILM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.