N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 11, 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

W6JAR HAM

General class licensed since 2017 (9 yrs) W6JAR since 2026 · previously KM6KBN Paso Robles, CA
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through May 27, 2036. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests May 28, 2038.

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

📝 W6JAR has filed vanity applications before — latest filed May 6, 2026 · what was requested

Currently held by John A Rees · 3 holders on record

Current holder: John A Rees

Held W6JAR May 27, 2026 → present · first licensed Apr 24, 2017 as KM6KBN · 2 licenses · FRN 0023764665

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

Previous holder: Jorge Rios Sr.

Held W6JAR Oct 19, 2018 → Sep 6, 2019 · first licensed May 1, 1990 as KK6KD · 3 licenses · FRN 0001981737

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: RICHARD A ARVIDSON

Held W6JAR Jun 24, 1996 → Jun 24, 2016 · first licensed Aug 5, 1986 as KE7TE · 1 license · FRN 0014922900
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1934 as W6JAR, 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.
W6JAR 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.

Vanity Applications Filed by W6JAR

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 May 6, 2026
Granted May 27, 2026
0012024165
 KM6KBN · John A Rees · Technician
PO Box 868 · Paso Robles, CA 93447
1.W6JAR ✓ Granted
 Granted
got W6JAR
Filed Aug 19, 2019
Granted Jun 30, 2010
0008769392
 W6JAR · Jorge A Rios Sr. · Advanced
560 E Street, CHULA VISTA, CA 91910
32.6417, -117.0917 (street) · Grid DM12kp · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
1.KK6KD ✓ Granted
 Granted
got KK6KD

Others Requesting W6JAR

2 applications listed W6JAR as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W6JARResult
May 6, 2026 May 24, 2026 KM6KBN · John A Rees · Paso Robles, CA 1Granted Granted this call
Oct 1, 2018 Oct 19, 2018 KK6KD · Jorge Rios Sr. · CHULA VISTA, CA 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6JAR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6JAR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.