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Callsigns for the world\u2019s nations are determined by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the United Nations agency that co-ordinates radio activity for all spectrum users. The prefixes used by a country for both commercial and amateur radio purposes are determined from one or more ITU allocation blocks issued to that country. Callsigns use combinations based on those prefixes.<\/p>\n
The list below shows amateur callsign prefixes currently in use.<\/p>\n
Note:<\/strong>\u00a0 The ITU has not authorised any 1x and Qx series callsigns. Therefore entities such as 1B (North Cyprus), 1S (Spratly Archipelago) \u00a0etc, which may be heard, \u00a0may not be recognised for DXCC purposes, nor valid under UK licence conditions.<\/p>\n Useful Links:-<\/strong><\/p>\n A2 Botswana BO Quemoy Matsu BV C2 Nauru D2 D3 Angola E2 Thailand HS F France G GX England H2 Cyprus 5B I IA-IH IK IL IN IP Italy K KA-KZ USA and US Islands W KC6xx KG4xx KH1-0 KP1-5 L2-L9 Argentina LU M MX England G N NA-NG NI-NK USA W OA OB OC Peru P2 Papua New Guinea R1A Antarctica S2 Bangladesh T2 Tuvalu UA U UA UE 1 3 4 6 European Russia V2 Antigua and Barbuda UnZx W WA-WG WI-WK USA XE XB-XH Mexico YA Republic of Afghanistan Z2 Zimbabwe 1A0 Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Rome, Italy) 2D Isle of Man GD 3A Monaco 3DA0 Eswatini (Swaziland) 4A-4C Mexico and Islands XE XF4 5A Libya 6C Syria YK 7J-7N Japan JA 8A 8B 8E 8I Indonesia YB 9A Croatia 9K Kuwait \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Callsigns for the world\u2019s nations are determined by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the United Nations agency that co-ordinates radio activity for all spectrum users. The prefixes used by a country for both commercial and amateur radio purposes are determined from one or more ITU allocation blocks issued to that country. Callsigns use combinations based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":737,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-377","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40315,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions\/40315"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nAmateur Callsign Prefixes:-<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nA3 Tonga
\nA4 Sultanate of Oman
\nA5 Bhutan
\nA6 United Arab Emirates
\nA7 Qatar
\nA8 Liberia EL
\nA9 Bahrain
\nAA-AG USA W
\nAH1-AH0 USA Pacific Islands KH1-KH0
\nAI-AK USA W
\nAL Alaska KL
\nAM-AO Spain including overseas Territories and Islands EA 6 8 9
\nAP-AR Pakistan
\nAT India VU
\nAX Australia and Islands
\nAY-AZ Argentina LU<\/p>\n
\nBS Scarborough Reef
\nBV Taiwan
\nBV9P Pratas I.
\nBV9S Spratly Archipelago 9M0
\nBY China BA BD BG BT BZ<\/p>\n
\nC3 Andorra
\nC4 Cyprus 5B
\nC5 Gambia
\nC6 Bahamas
\nC8, C9 Mozambique
\nCE Chile
\nCE0 Easter I.
\nCE0 San Felix and San Ambrosio Is
\nCE0 Juan Fernandez Is
\nCF-CK Canada VE
\nCL CM Cuba CO
\nCN Morocco
\nCO Cuba
\nCP Bolivia
\nCT1CQ-CT2 4-8 0 Portugal
\nCT3 CQ-CS3 CT9 Madeira Is
\nCU Azores
\nCX CV CW Uruguay
\nCY CZ Canada VE
\nCY9 St Paul Is
\nCY0 Sable I.<\/p>\n
\nD4 Cape Verde
\nD6 Comoros
\nD7 Korea (Republic of) HL
\nDL DA-DD DF-DH Federal Republic
\nDJ DK DP of Germany
\nDS Korea (Republic of) HL
\nDU DV-DZ Philippines
\nDU Spratly Archipelago 9M0<\/p>\n
\nE3 Eritrea
\nE4 Palestine
\nE5 Cook Islands (New Zealand)
\nE7\u00a0Bosnia-Herzegovina (was T9)
\nE6 Niue (New Zealand)
\nEA EB-EH1-5 7 0 Spain
\nEA6 EB6-EH6 Balearic Is
\nEA8 EB8-EH8 Canary Is
\nEA9 EB9-EH9 Ceuta and Melilla
\nEI-EJ Republic of Ireland
\nEK Armenia
\nEL Liberia
\nEM EN EO Ukraine UR
\nEP Iran
\nER Moldova
\nES Estonia
\nET Ethiopia
\nEU EV EW Belarus
\nEX Kyrghyzstan
\nEY Tajikistan
\nEZ Turkmenistan<\/p>\n
\nFG Guadeloupe
\nFH Mayotte
\nFJ St Barthelemy (French St Martin) FS
\nFK New Caledonia
\nFK—-\/C Chesterfield Is
\nFM Martinique
\nFO Austral Is
\nFO French Polynesia
\nFO Marquesas Is
\nFO8X Clipperton I.
\nFP St Pierre and Miquelon
\nFR Reunion I.
\nFR\u2014\u2014\/E Europa I. FR\u2014\u2014\/J
\nFR\u2014\u2014\/G Glorioso Is
\nFR\u2014\u2014\/J Juan de Nova
\nFR\u2014\u2014\/T Tromelin I.
\nFS French St Martin
\nFTnW Crozet Is
\nFTnX Kerguelen Is
\nFTnZ Amsterdam I. and St Paul I.
\nFW Wallis and Futuna Is
\nFY French Guiana<\/p>\n
\nGB United Kingdom G GD GI GJ GM GU GW
\nGD GT Isle of Man
\nGI GN Northern Ireland
\nGJ GH Jersey
\nGM GS Scotland
\nGU GP Guernsey and Dependencies
\nGW GC Wales<\/p>\n
\nH3 Panama HP
\nH4 Solomon Is
\nH40 Temotu Province
\nH5 Bophuthatswana ZS
\nH6 H7 Nicaragua YN
\nH8 H9 Panama HP
\nHA Hungary
\nHB Switzerland
\nHB0 Liechtenstein
\nHC,HD Ecuador
\nHC8,HD8 Galapagos Is
\nHE Switzerland HB
\nHF Poland SP
\nHG Hungary HA
\nHH Haiti
\nHI Dominican Republic
\nHK HJ Colombia
\nHK0 Malpelo I.
\nHK0 HJ0 San Andres and Providencia
\nHL Korea (Republic of)
\nHP HO Panama
\nHR HQ Honduras
\nHS Thailand
\nHT Nicaragua YN
\nHU El Salvador YS
\nHV Vatican City
\nHZ Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n
\nIR IT IV-IX
\nIS0 IM0 Sardinia
\nJ2 Djibouti
\nJ3 Grenada
\nJ4 Greece SV
\nJ5 Guinea-Bissau
\nJ6 St Lucia
\nJ7 Dominica
\nJ8 St Vincent and the Grenadines
\nJA JE-JS Japan
\nJD 7J Minami Torishima
\nJD 7J Ogasawara Is
\nJT JU JV Mongolia
\nJW Svalbard
\nJX Jan Mayen
\nJY Jordan<\/p>\n
\nKC6 x x Republic of Palau
\nKG4 x x Guantanamo Bay
\nKG6 x x Guam
\nKH1 Baker I. and Howland I.
\nKH2 ( KG6 ) Guam
\nKH3 Johnston I.
\nKH4 Midway Is.
\nKH5 Palmyra I.
\nKH5J Jarvis I. KH5
\nKH5K Kingman Reef
\nKH6 7 Hawaiian Is
\nKH7K Kure I.
\nKH8 American Samoa
\nKH9 Wake I.
\nKH0 North Mariana
\nKL Alaska
\nKP1 Navassa I.
\nKP2 US Virgin Is
\nKP3 4 Puerto Rico
\nKP5 Desecheo I.<\/p>\n
\nLA LB LC LG LI Norway
\nLJ LN
\nLU LO-LT LV LW Argentina
\nLX Luxembourg
\nLY Lithuania
\nLZ Bulgaria<\/p>\n
\nMD MT Isle of Man GD
\nMI MN Northern Ireland GI
\nMJ MH Jersey GJ
\nMM MS Scotland GM
\nMU MP Guernsey and Dependencies GU
\nMW MC Wales GW<\/p>\n
\nNM-NO NQ-NZ
\nNH1-NH0 US Pacific islands KH1-KH0
\nNL Alaska KL
\nNP1-NP5 US Caribbean Islands KP1-KP5<\/p>\n
\nOD Lebanon
\nOE Austria
\nOH OF OG OI Finland
\nOH0 OF0 OG0 Aland Is
\nOJ0 OF0M OH0M Market Reef
\nOK OL Czech Republic
\nOM Slovak Republic
\nON OO-OT Belgium
\nOX Greenland
\nOY Faroe Is
\nOU OZ Denmark<\/p>\n
\nP3 Cyprus 5B
\nP4 Aruba
\nP5 Korea (Dem Peoples Rep of)
\nPA – PI Netherlands
\nPJ1 PJ2 4 9 Netherlands Antilles
\nPJ5 PJ6 7 8 Sint Maarten, Saba and St Eustatius
\nPY PP-PX Brazil
\nPY0F Fernando de Noronha Archipelago
\nPY0M Martim Vaz I. PU0T
\nPY0R Atol das Rocas PY0F
\nPY0S St Peter and St Paul Rocks
\nPY0T Trindade I.
\nPZ Suriname<\/p>\n
\nR1F Franz Josef Land
\nR1M Malyj Vysotskij I.
\nR RA RK RN RU-RZ European Russia UA
\nR RA RK RN RU-RZ Asiatic Russia UA9
\nR2 RA2 RK2 RN2 RY2 Kaliningradsk UA2<\/p>\n
\nS4 Ciskei ZS
\nS5 Slovenia
\nS6 Singapore 9V
\nS7 Republic of Seychelles
\nS8 Transkei ZS
\nS9 Sao Tome and Principe
\nS0 Western Sahara
\nSM SH-SL Sweden
\nSP SN-SR Poland
\nST Republic of the Sudan
\nSU Egypt
\nSV SX-SZ Greece
\nSV\u2014\/A Mount Athos
\nSV5 Dodecanese Is
\nSV9 Crete
\nSV0 Non-nationals in Greece or on Greek Is SV SV5 SV9<\/p>\n
\nT30 West Kiribati
\nT31 Central Kiribati
\nT32 East Kiribati
\nT33 Banaba
\nT4 Cuba CO
\nT5 Somalia
\nT6 Afghanistan YA
\nT7 San Marino
\nT9 Bosnia-Herzegovina (now E7)
\nTA Turkey
\nTD Guatemala TG
\nTE Costa Rica TI
\nTF Iceland
\nTG Guatemala
\nTI Costa Rica
\nTI9 Cocos I.
\nTJ Cameroon
\nTK Corsica
\nTL Central African Republic
\nTM France including overseas Territories and Departments F
\nTN Congo
\nTO France including overseas Territories and Departments FG FJ FM FP FR FS FY
\nTP Council of Europe-Strasbourg F
\nTR Gabon
\nTT Chad
\nTU Cote d’Ivoire
\nTX France including overseas Territories and Departments FK FO FW
\nTY Benin
\nTZ Mali<\/p>\n
\nUA2 U UA UE 2 Kaliningrad
\nUA9 U UA UE 8-0 Asiatic Russia
\nUK U8 UJ UK7-9 UM Uzbekistan
\nUN UN1-0 UP UQ Kazakhstan
\nUR US-UZ Ukraine<\/p>\n
\nV3 Belize
\nV4 Federation of St Kitts and Nevis
\nV5 Namibia
\nV6 Micronesia
\nV7 Marshall Is
\nV8 Brunei Darussalam
\nV9 Vendaland ZS
\nVE VA-VG Canada
\nVE0 Canadian \/MM Stations
\nVK VI Australia
\nVK9C Cocos Keeling Is
\nVK9L Lord Howe I.
\nVK9M Mellish Reef
\nVK9N Norfolk I.
\nVK9W Willis Is
\nVK9X Christmas I.
\nVK0 Heard I.
\nVK0 Macquarie I.
\nVO1 VO3 5 7 9 Newfoundland VE
\nVO2 VO4 6 8 0 Labrador VE
\nVP2E Anguilla
\nVP2M Montserrat
\nVP2V British Virgin Is
\nVP5 Turks and Caicos Is
\nVP6 Pitcairn Is
\nVP8 Antarctica
\nVP8 Falkland Is
\nVP8 South Georgia
\nVP8 AZ1 5 ED0 L South Orkney Is<\/p>\n
\nVP8 South Sandwich Is
\nVP8 CE9 CX0 ED0 South Shetland Is
\nHF0 HL5 LUnZx South Shetland Is cont.
\nZX0 4K1
\nVP9 Bermuda
\nVQ9 Chagos Is
\nVR2 Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong
\nVU India
\nVU Lakshadweep
\nVU Andaman Is and Nicobar Is
\nVX VY Canada VE
\nVY1 Yukon Territory VE
\nVY2 Prince Edward I. VE<\/p>\n
\nWM-WO WQ-WZ
\nWH1-WH0 US Pacific Islands KH1-KH0
\nWL Alaska KL
\nWP1-WP5 US Caribbean Islands KP1-KP5<\/p>\n
\nXF4 Revilla Gigedo Is
\nXJ-XO Canada VE
\nXQ XR Chile and Islands CE CE9 CE0
\nXT Burkina Faso
\nXU Cambodia
\nXV Vietnam 3W
\nXW Lao Peoples Democratic Republic
\nXX China
\nXX9 Macao
\nXY XZ Myanmar
\nXZ5 XZ9 Karen State XZ<\/p>\n
\nYBYC YE-YH Indonesia
\nYI Iraq
\nYJ Vanuatu
\nYK Syria
\nYL Latvia
\nYM TurkeyTA
\nYN Nicaragua
\nYO YP-YR Romania
\nYS El Salvador
\nYU YT Serbia (ex Yugoslavia)
\nYV YW-YY Venezuela
\nYV0 Aves I.
\nYZ Yugoslavia YU<\/p>\n
\nZ3 North Macedonia
\nZ6 Kosovo
\nZ8 South Sudan
\nZA Albania
\nZB ZG Gibraltar
\nZC UK Sovereign Bases on Cyprus-Akrotiri and Dhekelia
\nZD7 St Helena
\nZD8 Ascension I.
\nZD9 Tristan da Cunha and Gough I.
\nZF Cayman Islands
\nZK1 South Cook Is
\nZK1 Northern Cook Is
\nZK2 ZK9 Niue
\nZK3 Tokelau Is
\nZL New Zealand
\nZL7 Chatham Is
\nZL8 Kermadec Is
\nZL9 Auckland I. and Campbell I.
\nZM New Zealand and Islands ZL ZL7 ZL8 ZL9
\nZP Paraguay
\nZS ZR ZU Republic of South Africa
\nZS8 Prince Edward I. and Marion I.
\nZV-ZZ Brazil and Islands PY PY0<\/p>\n
\n1C Chechnya Rep. (Russian Federation)
\n1P Seborga Principato (Italy)
\n1S Spratly Archipelago 9M0<\/p>\n
\n2E England G
\n2I Northern Ireland GI
\n2J Jersey GJ
\n2M Scotland GM
\n2U Guernsey and Dependencies GU
\n2W Wales GW<\/p>\n
\n3B6 Agalega Is
\n3B7 Cargados Carajos (St Brandon) 3B6
\n3B8 Mauritius
\n3B9 Rodriguez I.
\n3C Equatorial Guinea
\n3C0 Annobon I.
\n3D2 Republic of Fiji
\n3D2 Conway Reef
\n3D2 Rotuma I.<\/p>\n
\n3E-3F Panama HP
\n3G Chile and Islands CE CE9 CE0
\n3V Tunisia
\n3W XV Vietnam
\n3X Republic of Guinea
\n3Y Bouvet I.
\n3Y Peter I Island
\n3Z Poland SP<\/p>\n
\n4D-4I Philippines DU
\n4J 4K Azerbaijan
\n4L Georgia
\n4M Venezuela and Islands YV YV0
\n4N1 6-0 Yugoslavia YU
\n4O Montenegro
\n4S Sri Lanka
\n4T Peru OA
\n4U United Nations Organization
\n4U1ITU 4UnITU United Nations Geneva
\n4U1SCO UNESCO, Paris F
\n4U1UN 4UnUN United Nations New York
\n4U1VIC United Nations Vienna OE
\n4U1WB World Bank Washington D.C. W
\n4V Haiti HH
\n4W East Timor
\n4X 4Z Israel<\/p>\n
\n5B Cyprus
\n5C Morocco CN
\n5H Tanzania
\n5J 5K Colombia and Islands HK HK0
\n5L Liberia EL
\n5N Nigeria
\n5P Denmark OZ
\n5R Madagascar
\n5T Mauritania
\n5U Niger
\n5V Togo
\n5W Western Samoa
\n5X Uganda
\n5Y 5Z Kenya<\/p>\n
\n6D-6J Mexico and Islands XE-XF4
\n6K 6L Republic of Korea HL
\n6O Somalia T5
\n6P Pakistan AP
\n6T 6U Republic of the Sudan
\n6W 6V Senegal
\n6Y Jamaica<\/p>\n
\n7O Republic of Yemen
\n7P Lesotho
\n7Q Malawi
\n7S Sweden SM
\n7X 7W Algeria
\n7Z Saudi Arabia HZ<\/p>\n
\n8J Japan JA
\n8O Botswana A2
\n8P Barbados
\n8Q Maldives
\n8R Guyana
\n8S Sweden SM<\/p>\n
\n9G Ghana
\n9H Malta
\n9J 9I Zambia<\/p>\n
\n9L Sierra Leone
\n9M2 Malaya (Malaysia)
\n9M6 Sabah (Malaysia) 9M8
\n9M8 Sarawak (Malaysia)
\n9M0 BV9S 1S DU Spratly Archipelago
\n9N Nepal
\n9Q 9R Democratic Republic of Congo
\n9U Burundi
\n9V Singapore
\n9W Malaysia (including Sabah & Sarawak) 9M2 8
\n9X Rwanda
\n9Y 9Z Trinidad and Tobago<\/p>\n