French Call Sign System



General Calls

Call Sign
 Meaning
FA1xxx
 VHF (144-146) only - Minimum age 13 - Max power 30 W
FB1xxx
 VHF + some HF portions (7.02-7.04, 14.05-14.1, 21.05-21.15, 28-28.1,28.4-29.7) 
Minimum age 13 - CW needed - Max power 30 W
F1xx, F1xxx, 
F4xxx
 All frequencies above 30 MHz (VHF, UHF, SHF...) - Ex FC1xxx 
Minimum age 16 - No CW needed - Max power 200 W - F4xxx are recent hams
F2xx, F3xx, F5xx,
F5xxx, F6xxx, 
F8xx, F8xxx, F9xx
 All ham frequencies (HF , VHF, UHF...) - Ex FD1xxx, FE1xxx 
Minimum age 16 - CW needed - Max power 500 W - F8xxx are recent hams 
2 letters suffix for old timers - Ex: F2VX, F3XY, F5EN, F8PX, F9LM


Special Suffix

Call Sign
Meaning
F1Vxx, F5Vxx
 Foreign european ham in France for more than 3 months. 
Other foreign hams are F/mycall
F1Xxx
 Beacon
F5Kxx, F6Kxx, 
F8Kxx
 Club station - Example: F5KGA, F6KDF, F8KLY
F8REF
 Official station of the french amateur radio association (Réseau des Emetteurs Français)


SWL
 
Call Sign
Meaning
F-12345 New call sign for SWL - Example F-14368
F11xxx Old call sign for SWL - Example F11FIK


 
Other Prefix
 
Prefix
Country
FBC
 Special Prefix during the France Football World Cup in June&July 1998
FG
 Guadeloupe
FH
 Mayotte
FJ
 Saint Barthélemy
FK
 Nouvelle Calédonie - New Caledonia
FM
 Martinique
FO
 Polynésie française + Clipperton - French Polynesia + Clipperton Island
FP
 Saint Pierre & Miquelon
FR
 Réunion (/E=Europa Is.   /G=Glorioso Is.  /J=Juan de Nova Is.   /T=Tromelin Is.)
FS
 Saint Martin
FT
 Terres australes Antartiques (FTnWx=Crozet  FTnXx=Kerguelen  FTxZx=Amsterdam)
FW
 Wallis & Futuna
FX
 French ham satellits
FY
 Guyane - French Guiana
TK
 Corse - Corsica
TM, TP
 Special event station in France - example: TM2T, TM8CMF, TM0RSE, TP5CE
TO
 Special event station in overseas departments (DOM)
TX
 Special event station in overseas territories (TOM)
HW, HX, HY, TH
TQ, TV, TW, TX
 Very special event station


 
Band plan (Region 1)
 
Band
Frequencies allowed (MHz)
160 m
From 1.810 to 1.850
80 m
From 3.500 to 3.800
40 m
From 7.000 to 7.100
30 m
From 10.100 to 10.150
20 m
From 14.000 to 14.350
17 m
From 18.068 to 18.168
15 m
From 21.000 to 21.450
12 m
From 24.890 to 24.990
10 m
From 28.000 to 29.700
6 m
From 50.200 to 51.200
2 m
From 144.000 to 146.000
 

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Last update on 30 january 1999