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WB6VPI HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WB6VPI was last held in the 1990s (license expired Mar 9, 1994), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
WB6VPI in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB6VPI
· Advanced · issued Mar 9, 1984, expires Mar 9, 1994
ROBERT E BRAINARD
1760 PIEDMOND RD, SAN JOSE, CA 95132
WB6VPI in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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.
1993 → 1995 · 3 editions WB6VPI · class A
Robert E Brainard 1760 Piedmont Rd, San Jose, CA 95131 1993 p.1153, 1994 p.1221, Winter 1995 p.1305
1989 · 1 edition WB6VPI · class A
Robert Ebrainard 1760 P~dmont Rd, San Jose, CA 95132 Winter 1989 p.926
1987 · 1 edition WB6VPI · class A
Robert E Brainar 17b0 Piedmont Rd, San J°'e, CA 95131 Winter 1987 p.893
1986 · 1 edition WB6VPI · class A
Robert E Brainard 1760 Piedmont Rd, San Jose, CA 95131 Winter 1986 p.878
1983 · 1 edition WB6VPI · class A
Robert E Brainard 1970 Plaza Montez, San Jose, CA 95132 Winter 1983 p.842
1979 · 1 edition WB6VPI · class A
Robert ~ Bra"ard 1170 Plaza Moo, "., San Jose, CA 95132 Winter 1979 p.228
1976 · 1 edition WB6VPI · class A
Robert E Brainard 1970 Plaza Montez, San Jose 95132 Winter 1976 p.452