🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 12, 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)
WA6WGA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 7, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 7, 2010
Previous holder: JOHN L BROWN
Held WA6WGA Dec 6, 1988 → May 6, 2008
· first licensed Dec 6, 1988 as WA6WGA
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1963 as WA6WGA, before the FCC's online records
WA6WGAExpiredGeneralDec 6, 1988 → May 6, 2008 (expired)
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 WA6WGA
· General · issued May 6, 1998, expires May 6, 2008
JOHN L. BROWN
42751 E FLORIDA AVE 70, HEMET, CA 92544
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WA6WGA
· General · issued Dec 6, 1988, expires Dec 6, 1998
JOHN L BROWN
42210 SHADOW LN, HEMET, CA 92344
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as WA6WGA
JOHN L BROWN
42751 E FLORIDA AVE 70, HEMET, CA 92544
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.
1994 → 1997 · 3 editions WA6WGA · class G
John L Brown 42210 Shadow Ln, Hemet, CA 92344 1994 p.1228, 1995 p.1344, 1997 p.1427
1985 · 1 edition WA6WGA · class G
John L Brown 42210 Shadow Ln Hemet, CA 92343 Winter 1985 p.880
1984 · 1 edition WA6WGA · class G
J L Brown 41110 Shadow Ln, Hemet, CA 91343 Winter 1984 p.876
1981 → 1982 · 2 editions WA6WGA · class G
J L Brown 42210 Shadow Ln, Hemet, CA 92343 1981 p.721, Winter 1982 p.818
1980 · 1 edition WA6WGA · class G
J L Brown 41210 Shadow Ln, Hemet, CA 92343 Winter 1980 p.783
1979 · 1 edition WA6WGA · class G
J L Brown 42210 Shadow Ln. Hemet , CA 92343 Winter 1979 p.230
1971 → 1978 · 8 editions WA6WGA · class G
J L Brown 459 Cambridge Circle, Costa Mesa Winter 1971 p.445, Fall 1971 p.445, Winter 1972 p.450, Winter 1973 p.450, 1974 p.420, Winter 1976 p.454, Winter 1977 p.494, Winter 1978 p.684
1969 · 1 edition WA6WGA · class G
J . L . Summer 1969 p.438
1964 · 1 edition WA6WGA
J.l. B R O W N 4 5 9 C A M B R I D G E C I R C L E, C O S T A M E S A Fall 1964 p.392
None → 1963 · 2 editions WA6WGA · class G
J L Brown 42210 Shadow Ln, Hemet None p.768, Summer 1963 p.416
None · 1 edition WA6WGA · class G
J L Brown 459 Cambridge Circle, Costa Mesa None p.420
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA6WGA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA6WGA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.