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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)
WA6POF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 25, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Aug 10, 2004 as choice 1:
granted.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 25, 2009
Previous holder: John H Kafel
Held WA6POF Aug 28, 2004 → Jul 24, 2007
· first licensed May 9, 2002 as KG6LFS
· 4 licenses · FRN 0006980726 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WA6POF, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: Santa Barbara, CA → Bastrop, TX
KA5FELActiveGeneral · vanityMar 12, 2017 → expires Mar 12, 2027
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 Oct 25, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 2 discs KG6LFS
· General · issued Jun 3, 2002, expires May 9, 2012
JOHN H KAFEL
153 WAGON JACK LN, ARCATA, CA 95521
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 12, 2017 → Nov 1, 2026 · 25 snapshots · as KA5FEL
John H Kafel
1010 Jefferson Street, Bastrop, TX 78602
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.
1984 · 1 edition WA6POF · class T
John H Kafel 3bb6 Calle Cita, Santa Barbara Ca 93jjo Winter 1984 p.837
1983 · 1 edition WA6POF · class T
John H Kafel 3886 Calle Cita, Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Winter 1983 p.804
1980 → 1981 · 2 editions WA6POF · class T
John H Kafel 3886 Cane Cita, Santa Barbara, CA 93110 Winter 1980 p.751, 1981 p.691
1978 · 1 edition WA6POF
N. Leland D Stohr 338 Sycamore Av, Mill Valley Ve 94941. Winter 1978 p.651
1977 · 1 edition WA6POF · class N
John Kat~ 3886 Calle Cito, Santa Barbara 93110 Winter 1977 p.473
1975 · 1 edition WA6POF · class T
Jerald C Hollingsworth 4685 Jeri Way, El Cajon 92020 Winter 1975 p.424
1970 → 1971 · 2 editions WA6POF · class T
Jerald C Hjllingsworth 3069 Dehesa Rd, El Cajon Spring 1970 p.424, Fall 1971 p.425
1969 · 1 edition WA6POF · class G
Rodney W Marble 3 7 0 4 Northridge, Ccncord Summer 1969 p.418
1968 · 1 edition WA6POF · class T
Jerald C Hollingsworth 3069 Dehesa Rd, El Cajon Spring 1968 p.421
1966 · 1 edition WA6POF
Rooney W. Marble. 626 Lucas Dr, Lafayette Spring 1966 p.385
1965 · 1 edition WA6POF
Rooney W. Marble 626 Lucas Or, Lafayette Summer 1965 p.385
1963 · 1 edition WA6POF
Rodney W. Marble 626 Lucas Dr, Lafayette Summer 1963 p.398
1962 · 1 edition WA6POF
Rodney W Marble, 6 2 6 Lucas Dr, Lafayette Fall 1962 p.378
1961 · 1 edition WA6POF
Rooney W. Marble 626 Lucas Or:t Lafayette Fall 1961 p.399
None · 1 edition WA6POF · class T
John H Kafel 3886 Calle Cita, Santa Barbara None p.727
Others Requesting WA6POF
1 application listed WA6POF as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA6POF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA6POF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.