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

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

W6JSV HAM

⏳ Not available yet — opens for vanity requests Mar 25, 2028, two years after the license was canceled (Mar 24, 2026).

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

📬 QSL: LoTW user, last upload Feb 18, 2026 · not eQSL AG

Not currently held · 1 holder on record

Previous holder: James S Vana

Held W6JSV Jun 9, 2017 → Mar 24, 2026 · first licensed Nov 2, 2015 as KK6YIY · 3 licenses · FRN 0024977662

W6JY Active Amateur Extra · vanity Mar 24, 2026 → expires Mar 24, 2036

Licensee
James S Vana

Address
1160 Woodrow St
Redwood City, CA 94061
37.4767, -122.2263 (street) · Grid CM87vl · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0024977662

Previous call
W6JSV (General)

Last granted
Mar 24, 2026

Effective
Mar 24, 2026

Last action
Mar 24, 2026
FCC actions (2)
- Mar 24, 2026 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 24, 2026 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Palo Alto, CA → Redwood City, CA

W6JSV Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Jun 9, 2017 → Mar 24, 2026 (canceled)

Licensee
James S Vana

Address
1160 Woodrow St
Redwood City, CA 94061
37.4767, -122.2263 (street) · Grid CM87vl · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0024977662

Previous call
KK6YIY (General)

Last granted
Jun 9, 2017

Effective
Aug 11, 2025

Last action
Mar 24, 2026
FCC actions (5)
- Mar 24, 2026 — License canceled LICAN
- Aug 11, 2025 — License modified LIMOD
- Jul 23, 2024 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jun 9, 2017 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jun 9, 2017 — License issued LIISS
KK6YIY Canceled General Nov 2, 2015 → Jun 9, 2017 (canceled)

Licensee
James S Vana

Address
242 Hawthorne Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94301
37.4442, -122.1499 (ZIP center) · Grid CM87wk · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0024977662

Last granted
Nov 2, 2015

Effective
Nov 2, 2015

Last action
Jun 9, 2017
FCC actions (3)
- Jun 9, 2017 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 2, 2015 — License issued LIISS
- Nov 2, 2015 — 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 Sep 27, 2024 → Sep 27, 2026 · 10 snapshots · as W6JSV
James S Vana
1160 Woodrow St, Redwood City, CA 94061
37.4767, -122.2263 (street) · Grid CM87vl · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Nov 16, 2015 → Sep 27, 2026 · 30 snapshots · as KK6YIY
James S Vana
242 Hawthorne Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
37.4442, -122.1499 (ZIP center) · Grid CM87wk · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Sep 5, 2017 → Jul 1, 2024 · 10 snapshots · as W6JSV
James S Vana
1937 Amalfi Way, Mountain View, CA 94040
37.3803, -122.0852 (ZIP center) · Grid CM87wj · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Others requesting W6JSV

3 applications listed W6JSV as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
May 22, 2017	Jun 9, 2017	KK6YIY · James S Vana · Mountain View, CA	1	Granted
Jul 21, 2016	Aug 8, 2016	KM6EDS · Joseph A Vargas · Lakewood, CA	8	Granted
Feb 22, 2008	Mar 11, 2008	KI6ONB · John S Vissat · San Diego, CA	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6JSV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6JSV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.