N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 8, 2026) · next update today 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)

W6TRV HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 14, 2017.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Oct 1, 2015 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Nov 14, 2017

Previous holder: Patrick R Obel

Held W6TRV Oct 20, 2015 → Nov 13, 2015 · first licensed Sep 10, 2015 as AI6LK · 4 licenses · FRN 0018923334

📦 Moved: Marina Del Rey, CA → Eagle River, WI

K6VX Active Amateur Extra · vanity Feb 2, 2016 → expires Feb 2, 2036

Licensee
Patrick R Obel

Address
Attn: Patrick R. Obel
PO Box 54521
3934 Brenner Ln
Eagle River, WI 54521
45.9375, -89.1988 (street) · Grid EN55jw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0018923334

Previous call
KB6E

Last granted
Dec 23, 2025

Effective
Dec 23, 2025

Last action
Feb 5, 2026
FCC actions (7)
- Feb 5, 2026 — Record corrected COR
- Feb 5, 2026 — Record corrected COR
- Dec 23, 2025 — License renewed LIREN
- Dec 20, 2025 — License renewed LIREN
- Dec 17, 2025 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Feb 2, 2016 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Feb 2, 2016 — License issued LIISS
KB6E Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Nov 13, 2015 → Feb 2, 2016 (canceled)

Licensee
Patrick R Obel

Address
Attn: Patrick R. Obel
5519 via Donte
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
33.9761, -118.4521 (ZIP center) · Grid DM03sx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0018923334

Previous call
W6TRV

Last granted
Nov 13, 2015

Effective
Nov 13, 2015

Last action
Feb 2, 2016
FCC actions (3)
- Feb 2, 2016 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 13, 2015 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Nov 13, 2015 — License issued LIISS
W6TRV Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Oct 20, 2015 → Nov 13, 2015 (canceled)

Licensee
Patrick R Obel

Address
Attn: Patrick R. Obel
5519 Via Donte
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
33.9761, -118.4521 (ZIP center) · Grid DM03sx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0018923334

Previous call
AI6LK

Last granted
Oct 20, 2015

Effective
Oct 20, 2015

Last action
Nov 13, 2015
FCC actions (3)
- Nov 13, 2015 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 20, 2015 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 20, 2015 — License issued LIISS
AI6LK Canceled Amateur Extra Sep 10, 2015 → Oct 20, 2015 (canceled)

Licensee
Patrick R Obel

Address
Attn: Patrick R. Obel
5519 Via Donte
Marina del Rey, CA 90292
33.9761, -118.4521 (ZIP center) · Grid DM03sx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0018923334

Last granted
Sep 10, 2015

Effective
Sep 30, 2015

Last action
Oct 20, 2015
FCC actions (4)
- Oct 20, 2015 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 30, 2015 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 10, 2015 — License issued LIISS
- Sep 10, 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, 2026 → Oct 4, 2026 · 2 snapshots · as K6VX
Patrick R Obel
Attn: Patrick R. Obel
PO Box 54521
3934 Brenner Ln, Eagle River, WI 54521
45.9375, -89.1988 (street) · Grid EN55jw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 16, 2015 → Oct 4, 2026 · 120 snapshots · as AI6LK
Patrick R Obel
Attn: Patrick R. Obel
5519 Via Donte, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
33.9761, -118.4521 (ZIP center) · Grid DM03sx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Sep 18, 2015 · 1 snapshot · as AI6LK
Patrick R Obel
5519 Via Ponte, Marina del Rey, CA 90292
33.9761, -118.4521 (ZIP center) · Grid DM03sx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Previous holder: DAVID A DOUGHMAN

Held W6TRV May 31, 1988 → Jan 28, 2009 · first licensed May 31, 1988 as W6TRV · 1 license · FRN 0013517149
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1985 as W6TRV, before the FCC's online records

W6TRV Expired General May 31, 1988 → Jan 28, 2009 (expired)

Licensee
DAVID A DOUGHMAN

Address
2447 Concord Ave
Santa Clara, UT 84765
37.3378, -114.0180 (ZIP center) · Grid DM27xi · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0013517149

Last granted
Jan 28, 1999

Effective
Jul 13, 2007

Last action
Jan 29, 2011
FCC actions (3)
- Jan 29, 2011 — License expired LIEXP
- Jul 13, 2007 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 24, 2005 — FCC action LTSFRN

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.

Seen Apr 7, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 9 discs
W6TRV · General · issued Jan 28, 1999, expires Jan 28, 2009
DAVID A. DOUGHMAN
25051 WHEELER RD, SANTA CLARITA, CA 91321
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs
W6TRV · General · issued May 31, 1988, expires May 31, 1998
DAVID A DOUGHMAN
29016 LOTUS GARDEN DR, CANYON COUNTRY, CA 91351

Address history

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

Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W6TRV
DAVID A DOUGHMAN
2447 Concord Ave, Santa Clara, UT 84765
37.3378, -114.0180 (ZIP center) · Grid DM27xi · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as W6TRV
DAVID A DOUGHMAN
25051 WHEELER RD, SANTA CLARITA, CA 91321
34.3637, -118.4870 (ZIP center) · Grid DM04si · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

W6TRV 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
W6TRV · class G
David A Doughman
29016 Lotus Garden Dr
1997 p.1395
1996 · 1 edition
W6TRV · class G
David Adou
Hman, 29016 Lotus Garden Dr
Winter 1996 p.1351
1995 · 1 edition
W6TRV
G ~::%t C~~~1~~an
19016 Lotus Garden Dr
1995 p.1317
1983 → 1994 · 5 editions
W6TRV · class G
David A Ddughman
29016 Lotus Garden Dr
Winter 1983 p.831, Winter 1985 p.867, Winter 1988 p.910, 1992 p.1042, 1994 p.1201
1979 · 1 edition
W6TRV · class G
David A [Lou!1rnan
29016 Lolus Garden Dr.
Winter 1979 p.219
1948 → 1952 · 5 editions
W6TRV
Patrick F. Walker
734 S. Forty-Fifth St., Richmond
Fall 1948 p.161, Summer 1949 p.150, Summer 1950 p.157, Spring 1951 p.188, Fall 1952 p.212

Others Requesting W6TRV

2 applications listed W6TRV as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	W6TRV	Result
Oct 1, 2015	Oct 19, 2015	AI6LK · Patrick R Obel · Marina del Rey, CA	1	Granted	Granted this call
May 4, 2015	May 22, 2015	KK6MXT · Richard D Van Nostran · Pomona, CA	10	Not granted	They got W6VDR (choice 1)

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6TRV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6TRV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.