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WB6IDI HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 24, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Apr 18, 2019 as choice 9:
not granted, that applicant got WD8JAM instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 24, 2010
Previous holder: ERNEST E DOW
Held WB6IDI Oct 25, 1988 → Oct 23, 2008
· first licensed Oct 25, 1988 as WB6IDI
· 1 license · FRN 0017818451 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB6IDI, before the FCC's online records
WB6IDIExpiredGeneralOct 25, 1988 → Oct 23, 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 WB6IDI
· General · issued Oct 23, 1998, expires Oct 23, 2008
ERNEST E. DOW
1001 THORNWOOD ST, GLENDALE, CA 91206
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WB6IDI
· General · issued Oct 25, 1988, expires Oct 25, 1998
ERNEST E DOW
2500 WILSHIRE BL 1160, LOS ANGELES, CA 90057
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 WB6IDI
ERNEST E DOW
1001 THORNWOOD ST, GLENDALE, CA 91206
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.
1997 · 1 edition WB6IDI · class G
Ernest E Dow 1500 Wilshire B~d 1160, Los Angeles, CA 90057 1997 p.1250
1996 · 1 edition WB6IDI · class G
Ernest E Dow 2500 Wilshire B~d 1160, Los Angeles, CA 90057 1996 p.1203
1995 · 1 edition WB6IDI · class G
Ernest E Dow 2~00· Wiishire B(Vd 1160, Los Angeles, CA 90057 1995 p.1185
1989 · 1 edition WB6IDI · class G
Ernest E Dow 2500 Wilshire Blvd 1160, Los Angeles, CA 90057 Winter 1989 p.826
1986 · 1 edition WB6IDI · class T
Ernest E Dow 17503 Leal Ave, Cerritos, CA 90701 Winter 1986 p.792
1981 → 1983 · 2 editions WB6IDI · class T
Ernest E Dow 1901 Stoner Ave, West Los Angeles _ Ca, 90025 Winter 1981 p.717, Winter 1983 p.760
1977 → 1979 · 2 editions WB6IDI · class T
Eun Suk Dow 11601 Gorham Av, Los Angeles 90049 Winter 1977 p.444, Winter 1979 p.670
1965 · 1 edition WB6IDI
Robert L. Bush. Iol I E. Mooney Or Monterey Park Summer 1965 p.361
1964 · 1 edition WB6IDI
Robert L . Bush 1011 E. Mooney Dr. Mo N T E R E Y Park Fall 1964 p.355
1946 · 1 edition WB6IDI
Dent H. Shields 457 Neshannock Av., New Summer 1946 p.148
Others Requesting WB6IDI
1 application listed WB6IDI as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB6IDI in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB6IDI beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.