N9TPB FCC License Search
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W6ZO HAM

⏳ Not available yet — opens for vanity requests Jan 25, 2027, two years after the license was canceled (Jan 24, 2025).
1x2 call: only Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Dec 9, 2024 as choice 7: application dismissed.

📬 QSL: LoTW user · last upload Dec 26, 2022 · eQSL AG member · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 3 holders on record

Previous holder: Fred Zuill

Held W6ZO Dec 13, 2024 → Jan 24, 2025 · first licensed Mar 30, 2023 as KN6ZDS · 4 licenses · FRN 0026529818

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

Previous holder: PHILLIP L SANDERS

Held W6ZO Jul 11, 2006 → Nov 22, 2022 · first licensed May 4, 1984 as KF6A · 6 licenses · FRN 0002027829
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1969 as WB6ZPO, before the FCC's online records

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

Previous holder: DONALD F MELCHER

Held W6ZO Aug 25, 1998 → Jun 19, 2004 · first licensed Nov 10, 1987 as N6IPE · 3 licenses · FRN 0005490529
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD6FGZ, before the FCC's online records

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

Earlier Holders

W6ZO 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.
W6ZO 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.

Others Requesting W6ZO

16 applications listed W6ZO as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W6ZOResult
Dec 9, 2024 Dec 27, 2024 AK6FR · Adrian S Wilson · Dublin, CA 7Dismissed Application dismissed
Nov 27, 2024 Dec 15, 2024 KM6GCA · Walid Kneizeh · Newbury Park, CA 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Nov 26, 2024 Dec 14, 2024 KN6EWL · Nicholas R Salyer · San Diego, CA 1Not granted They got WD6B (choice 3)
Nov 25, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 AE7XF · Arthur R Popp III · Issaquah, WA 3Dismissed Application dismissed
Nov 25, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 KK7VZS · Stephen Ahearn · Washougal, WA 1Not granted They got NK2X (choice 5)
Nov 25, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 N6GIT · Fred Zuill · POWAY, CA 1Granted Granted this call
Nov 25, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 K7ADB · SETH C LONG · SANTA PAULA, CA 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Nov 20, 2024 Dec 8, 2024 KC1VNI · Seth M Block · Ridgefield, CT 17Dismissed Application dismissed
Nov 18, 2024 Dec 6, 2024 KF8BSN · Justin K Walters · Falling Waters, WV 7Not granted They got K2LN (choice 4)
Nov 12, 2024 Nov 30, 2024 WE2O · Gordon R Taylor · Mechanicsville, VA 7Dismissed Application dismissed
Sep 23, 2024 Oct 11, 2024 W8EWL · John W Kamola · Santa Rosa, CA 3Not granted They got W6XDX (choice 1)
Oct 30, 2023 Nov 17, 2023 AG6XJ · Katsuyuki Sato · Redondo Beach, CA 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Oct 16, 2006 Nov 3, 2006 N6AM · JACK H SCHEFSKI · VALLEJO, CA 14Dismissed Application dismissed
Jun 21, 2006 Jul 9, 2006 K6RZT · Paul D Entrican · San Jose, CA 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Jun 21, 2006 Jul 9, 2006 K5EO · PHILLIP L SANDERS · DOLPH, AR 1Granted Granted this call
Aug 27, 2004 Sep 14, 2004 N6QQ · JOHN L SCHROEDER · CERRITOS, CA 2Dismissed Application dismissed

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W6ZO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W6ZO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.