🕒 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)
WB6PQI HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 23, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 23, 2000
Previous holder: JOHN R STRAND
Held WB6PQI Dec 23, 1986 → Apr 22, 1998
· 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
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
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.
1991 · 1 edition WB6PQI · class G
John R Strand 115 E San Emidio St, Taft, CA 93268 Winter 1991 p.974
1983 · 1 edition WB6PQI · class G
John R Strand 215 E San Emidio St, Taft, CA 93268 Winter 1983 p.804
1980 → 1982 · 3 editions WB6PQI · class G
John Rstrand 2032 Torrey Dr, Bakersfield, CA 93308 Winter 1980 p.750, 1981 p.691, Winter 1982 p.786
None · 1 edition WB6PQI · class G
John R Strand 215 E San Emidio St, Taft Wag6prr T Margaret M Mancini, 1836 N Harding Ave, Altadena, CA 91001 None p.727
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB6PQI in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB6PQI beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.