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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W6LRN

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 7, 2008.

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 Jan 7, 2008

Previous holder: Merrill M Knopf

Held W6LRN Feb 2, 1998 → Jan 6, 2006 · first licensed Feb 2, 1998 as W6LRN · 2 licenses · FRN 0014014203

WW6AA Active Amateur Extra · vanity Jan 6, 2006 → expires Jan 6, 2036

Licensee
Merrill M Knopf

Address
95 Rivo Alto Canal
Long Beach, CA 90803-4059
33.7557, -118.1232 (street) · Grid DM03ws · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0014014203

Previous call
W6LRN (Advanced)

Last granted
Dec 16, 2025

Effective
Dec 16, 2025

Last action
Dec 16, 2025
FCC actions (5)
- Dec 16, 2025 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 19, 2015 — License renewed LIREN
- Jul 13, 2006 — License modified LIMOD
- Jan 6, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jan 6, 2006 — License issued LIISS
W6LRN Canceled Advanced Feb 2, 1998 → Jan 6, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
MERRILL M KNOPF

Address
95 RIVO ALTO CANAL
LONG BEACH, CA 90803-4059
33.7557, -118.1232 (street) · Grid DM03ws · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0014014203

Last granted
Feb 2, 1998

Effective
Feb 2, 1998

Last action
Jan 6, 2006
FCC actions (2)
- Jan 6, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 15, 2005 — FCC action LTSFRN

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 93 snapshots · as W6LRN
MERRILL M KNOPF
95 RIVO ALTO CANAL, LONG BEACH, CA 90803-4059
33.7557, -118.1232 (street) · Grid DM03ws · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Others requesting W6LRN

1 application listed W6LRN as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
May 23, 2013	Jun 10, 2013	KK6BQT · Lauren R Friedman · Los Angeles, CA	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6LRN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6LRN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.