N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 27, 2026) · next update tomorrow 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)

W7IBL HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 12, 2008.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jul 5, 2005 as choice 1: application dismissed.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Apr 12, 2008

Previous holder: JOHN R STRAND

Held W7IBL Jul 19, 2005 → Apr 11, 2006 · first licensed Dec 23, 1986 as WB6PQI · 4 licenses · FRN 0001988443
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as WB6PQI, before the FCC's online records

W7IBL Canceled General · vanity Jul 19, 2005 → Apr 11, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
JOHN R STRAND

Address
3232 DENISE DRIVE
LAKE ISABELLA, CA 93240
35.6194, -118.4023 (street) · Grid DM05to · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0001988443

Previous call
W6IBL

Last granted
Jul 19, 2005

Effective
Mar 23, 2006

Last action
Apr 11, 2006
FCC actions (4)
- Apr 11, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Mar 23, 2006 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jul 19, 2005 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jul 19, 2005 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: La Pine, OR → Lake Isabella, CA

W6IBL Active General · vanity Apr 22, 1998 → expires Apr 11, 2026

Licensee
JOHN R STRAND

Address
3232 DENISE DRIVE
LAKE ISABELLA, CA 93240
35.6194, -118.4023 (street) · Grid DM05to · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0001988443

Previous call
W7IBL

Last granted
Feb 10, 2016

Effective
Feb 10, 2016

Last action
Feb 10, 2016
FCC actions (3)
- Feb 10, 2016 — License renewed LIREN
- Apr 11, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Apr 11, 2006 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: , None → La Pine, OR

W6IBL Canceled General · vanity Apr 22, 1998 → Jul 19, 2005 (canceled)

Licensee
JOHN R STRAND

Address
PO Box 2187
LA PINE, OR 97739
43.6725, -121.4882 (ZIP center) · Grid CN93gq · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0001988443

Previous call
WB6PQI

Last granted
Apr 22, 1998

Effective
Apr 1, 2005

Last action
Jul 19, 2005
FCC actions (3)
- Jul 19, 2005 — License canceled LICAN
- Apr 1, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 22, 2003 — Administrative update LIAUA
WB6PQI Canceled General Dec 23, 1986 → Apr 22, 1998 (canceled)

Licensee
JOHN R STRAND

Address

Last granted

Effective

Last action

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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs
W6IBL · General · issued Apr 22, 1998, expires Apr 22, 2008 · previously WB6PQI
JOHN R. STRAND
215 E SAN EMIDIO ST, TAFT, CA 93268
Seen Oct 27, 1996 → Mar 9, 1998 · 3 discs
WB6PQI · General · issued Sep 24, 1996, expires Sep 24, 2006
JOHN R STRAND
215 E SAN EMIDIO ST, TAFT, CA 93268
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs
WB6PQI · General · issued Dec 23, 1986, expires Dec 23, 1996
JOHN R STRAND
215 E SAN EMIDIO ST, TAFT, CA 93268

Address history

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

Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 25, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as W6IBL
JOHN R STRAND
PO Box 2187
LA PINE, OR 97739
43.6725, -121.4882 (ZIP center) · Grid CN93gq · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 25, 2026 · 100 snapshots · as W7IBL
JOHN R STRAND
3232 DENISE DRIVE, LAKE ISABELLA, CA 93240
35.6194, -118.4023 (street) · Grid DM05to · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 25, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as WB6PQI
JOHN R STRAND
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as W6IBL
JOHN R STRAND
469 TERRACE DRIVE, TAFT, CA 93268
35.1676, -119.4100 (ZIP center) · Grid DM05he · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

W7IBL 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.

1977 · 1 edition
W7IBL · class E
Duane 0 Howe
Box 175, Turner 97392 Or
Winter 1977 p.523
1976 · 1 edition
W7IBL · class E
Duane 0 Howe
1272 6th Nw, Salem 97304 Or
Winter 1976 p.478
1972 → 1975 · 3 editions
W7IBL · class E
Duane 0 Howe
Box 175, Turner 97391 Or
Winter 1972 p.472, 1974 p.442, Winter 1975 p.467
1971 · 1 edition
W7IBL · class G
Duane 0 Howe
Rfd 1-Box 552, Turner 97392 Or
Fall 1971 p.468
None · 1 edition
W7IBL · class A
Duane 0 Howe
Box 175, Turner
None p.442

Others Requesting W7IBL

2 applications listed W7IBL as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	W7IBL	Result
Jul 5, 2005	Jul 23, 2005	W6IBL · JOHN R STRAND · LA PINE, OR	1	Dismissed	Application dismissed
Jul 1, 2005	Jul 19, 2005	W6IBL · JOHN R STRAND · LA PINE, OR	1	Granted	Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W7IBL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W7IBL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.