N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 9:45 am CDT · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT

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W8PLR HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 22, 2007.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jan 22, 2007

Previous holder: H GRANT SHORTEN

Held W8PLR Jan 9, 1998 → Jan 21, 2005 · first licensed Jan 9, 1998 as W8PLR · 2 licenses · FRN 0005338579

K6PLR Active Advanced · vanity Jan 21, 2005 → expires Jan 21, 2025

Licensee
H GRANT SHORTEN

Address
6636 SURF CREST ST
CARLSBAD, CA 92011
33.1076, -117.2859 (street) · Grid DM13ic · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0005338579

Previous call
W8PLR

Last granted
Nov 1, 2014

Effective
Nov 1, 2014

Last action
Nov 1, 2014
FCC actions (5)
- Nov 1, 2014 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 20, 2009 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jul 26, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 21, 2005 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jan 21, 2005 — License issued LIISS
W8PLR Canceled Advanced Jan 9, 1998 → Jan 21, 2005 (canceled)

Licensee
H GRANT SHORTEN

Address
1619 WARBLER CT
CARLSBAD, CA 92009
33.0953, -117.2458 (ZIP center) · Grid DM13jc · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0005338579

Last granted
Jan 9, 1998

Effective
Sep 21, 2004

Last action
Jan 21, 2005
FCC actions (5)
- Jan 21, 2005 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 21, 2004 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 16, 2004 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Aug 2, 2001 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Aug 2, 2001 — FCC action LITIN

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 K6PLR
H GRANT SHORTEN
6636 SURF CREST ST, CARLSBAD, CA 92011
33.1076, -117.2859 (street) · Grid DM13ic · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W8PLR
H GRANT SHORTEN
1619 WARBLER CT, CARLSBAD, CA 92009
33.0953, -117.2458 (ZIP center) · Grid DM13jc · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Others requesting W8PLR

2 applications listed W8PLR as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Mar 20, 2024	Apr 7, 2024	KQ4QAP · Robert G Brown · Pell City, AL	5	Granted
Dec 11, 2008	Dec 29, 2008	KJ4HDL · Pasquale Cascone · Lake Wylie, SC	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8PLR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8PLR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.