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W6RUO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — W6RUO was last held in the 1990s (license expired Oct 27, 2002), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
W6RUO in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs W6RUO
· Advanced · issued Oct 27, 1992, expires Oct 27, 2002
FRANK RAPOZA
1014 N JEFFERSON, CARROLLTON, MO 64633
W6RUO 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.
1997 · 1 edition W6RUO · class A
Frank ~oza 1014 N Jefferson, Carrollton, MO 64633 1997 p.1370
1994 · 1 edition W6RUO · class A
Frank Rapoza 1014 N Jefferson, Carrollton, MO 64633 1994 p.1178
1984 → 1993 · 3 editions W6RUO · class A
Frank Rapoza 259 Cove Dr, Cedar City, UT 84270 Winter 1984 p.850, 1992 p.1022, 1993 p.1118
1983 · 1 edition W6RUO · class G
Frank F Rapoza Pob 297, Newberry Spring, CA 92365 Winter 1983 p.817
1982 · 1 edition W6RUO · class G
Frank F Rapoza Pob 297, Newberry Spring Ca, 92365 Winter 1982 p.798
1981 · 1 edition W6RUO · class G
Frank F Rapoza Pob 297, Newberry Ag 1981 p.701
1980 · 1 edition W6RUO · class G
Frank F Rapoza Box '197, Newberry Springs, CA 92365 Winter 1980 p.762
1976 → 1979 · 4 editions W6RUO · class G
Frank F Rapoza Box 297, Newberry Springs 92365 Winter 1976 p.442, Winter 1977 p.482, Winter 1978 p.662, Winter 1979 p.208
1966 → 1971 · 3 editions W6RUO · class E
John T. Richards 3171 Valencia Av.san Bernardino Spring 1966 p.392, Winter 1971 p.433, Fall 1971 p.433
1963 · 1 edition W6RUO
Matt J. Kovich 2231 Dry Creek Ro, San .jose 24 Summer 1963 p.404
1962 · 1 edition W6RUO
Matt J T K O V L C H T 1 1 5 2 Willow Glen Way San J O S E Fall 1962 p.384
1961 · 1 edition W6RUO
Matt J. Ic.ovich 1152 Willow Glen Way, San Jose Fall 1961 p.406
1961 · 1 edition W6RUO
Matt J. Kovich* 1152 Willow Glen Way# San Jose Spring 1961 p.390
1958 → 1960 · 3 editions W6RUO
Matt J. Kovich 1152 Willow Glen Way, San Jose Summer 1958 p.323, Spring 1959 p.334, Winter 1960 p.389
1957 · 1 edition W6RUO
Matt J . K O V I C H 1152 W I L L O W Glen W A Y, San J O S E Fall 1957 p.317
1952 → 1956 · 6 editions W6RUO
Matt J. Kovich 1152 W Illow Glen Way, San Jose Fall 1952 p.211, Fall 1953 p.218, Spring 1954 p.226, Fall 1954 p.225, Fall 1955 p.271, Spring 1956 p.265
1951 · 1 edition W6RUO
Matt J Kovich, 1152 Willow Glen Way. San Jose. Spring 1951 p.186
1940 → 1950 · 5 editions W6RUO
Matt Kovich 1152 Willow Glen Way, San Spring 1940 p.120, Spring 1941 p.112, Fall 1948 p.159, Summer 1949 p.148, Summer 1950 p.155
None · 1 edition W6RUO · class G
Frank F Rapoza Pob 297, Newberry Spring None p.740