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W6QAK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 14, 2006.
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 Nov 14, 2006
Previous holder: CHARLES F ABEL
Held W6QAK Jan 29, 1985 → Nov 13, 2004
· first licensed Jan 29, 1985 as W6QAK
· 1 license · FRN 0012048120 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1959 as W6QAK, before the FCC's online records
W6QAKCanceledAdvancedJan 29, 1985 → Nov 13, 2004 (canceled)
Licensee
CHARLES F ABEL
Address
11588 VIA RANCHO LA VIDA APT A3006 SAN DIEGO, CA 92019
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, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs W6QAK
· Advanced · issued Oct 21, 1994, expires Oct 21, 2004
CHARLES F. ABEL
2615 COVINGTON RD, SAN DIEGO, CA 92104
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs W6QAK
· Advanced · issued Jan 29, 1985, expires Jan 29, 1995
CHARLES F ABEL
2615 COVINGTON RD, SAN DIEGO, CA 92104
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 11, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W6QAK
CHARLES F ABEL
11588 VIA RANCHO LA VIDA APT A3006, SAN DIEGO, CA 92019
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.
1977 → 1982 · 5 editions W6QAK · class A
Charles F Abel 2615 Covington Rd, San Diego 92104 Winter 1977 p.475, Winter 1979 p.199, Winter 1980 p.753, Winter 1981 p.763, Winter 1982 p.788
1975 · 1 edition W6QAK · class A
Charles F Abel 2&15 Co~ngton Rd, San Diego 92104 Winter 1975 p.426
1970 → 1974 · 6 editions W6QAK · class A
Charles F Abel 2615 Covington Ro, San Oieg092104 Spring 1970 p.427, Winter 1971 p.428, Fall 1971 p.428, Winter 1972 p.431, Winter 1973 p.431, 1974 p.400
1969 · 1 edition W6QAK · class G
Charles F . A B E L 2 6 1 5 Covington R D, San Diego Summer 1969 p.419
1968 · 1 edition W6QAK · class G
Charles F. Abel 2615 Covington Ro, San Diego Summer 1968 p.428
1968 · 1 edition W6QAK · class G
Charles F. Abel 261s Covington Ro, San Olego Winter 1968 p.415
1963 → 1967 · 3 editions W6QAK · class G
Charles F . Abel 2615 Covington Rd, San Diego Summer 1963 p.399, Spring 1966 p.386, Fall 1967 p.415
1961 → 1962 · 2 editions W6QAK
Charles F. Abel* 2615 Covington Rd. San Diego Spring 1961 p.386, Fall 1962 p.380
1960 · 1 edition W6QAK
Charles F Abel, 2615 Covington Rd, San Diego Winter 1960 p.386
1959 · 1 edition W6QAK
Charles F. Abel 2615 Covington Rd, San Diego Spring 1959 p.330
1948 → 1951 · 3 editions W6QAK
James W. Rugg 212 No. Lucia, Redondo Beach Fall 1948 p.157, Summer 1950 p.153, Spring 1951 p.185
1941 → 1947 · 4 editions W6QAK
James W. Rugg 1005 Sartori St., Torrance Winter 1941 p.122, Summer 1946 p.116, Fall 1946 p.99, Fall 1947 p.131
1940 · 1 edition W6QAK
James W. Rugg 1551 Curtis, Manhattan 'vti<)dz-Jnstin I •. Hammer, Schilling, Calif. Madre, CA Fall 1940 p.106
1938 → 1940 · 2 editions W6QAK
James W. Rugg 1551 Curtis, Manhattan Winter 1938 p.110, Spring 1940 p.116
None · 1 edition W6QAK · class A
Charles F Abel 2615 Covington Rd, San Diego 92104 None p.400
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6QAK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6QAK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.