US Callsign Allocations

 
Region States & Other Areas Numeral
  Continental USA [K, N, W, KA-KZ, NA-NZ, WA-WZ, AA-AL] (except as noted below)
1

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont

1
2

New Jersey and New York

2
3

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland and Pennsylvania

3
4

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia

4
5

Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas

5
6

California

6
7

Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming

7
8

Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia

8
9

Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin

9
10

Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota

0
11 Alaska [AL, KL, NL, or WL]
Alaska 0-9
U.S. personnel stationed in Korea [KL9KAA-KL9KHZ] 9
12 Caribbean Insular areas [KP, NP, or WP]

Navassa Island

1

Virgin Islands

2

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico except Desecheo Island

3 or 4

Desecheo Island

5
13 Hawaii and Pacific Insular areas [AH, KH, NH, or WH]

Baker or Howland Island

1

Guam

2

Johnston Island

3

Midway Island

4

Palmyra or Jarvis Island

5

Kingman Reef

5 followed by suffix letter K

Hawaii except Kure Island

6 or 7

Kure Island

7 followed by the letter K

American Samoa

8

Wake, Wilkes, or Peale Island

9

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

0
14 Outside the United States (unofficial)
 

The following call signs are not available for assignment:

  1. KA2AA-KA9ZZ, KC4AAA-KC4AAF, KC4USA-KC4USZ, KG4AA-KG4ZZ, KC6AA-KC6ZZ, KL9KAA- KL9KHZ, KX6AA-KX6ZZ;
  2. Any call sign having the letters SOS or QRA-QUZ as the suffix (to avoid confusion with distress calls and prosigns);
  3. Any call sign having the letters AM-AZ as the prefix (note:  these prefixes are assigned to other countries by the ITU);
  4. Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letter X as the first letter of the suffix (reserved for experimental licenses);
  5. Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters AF, KF, NF, or WF as the prefix and the letters EMA as the suffix (reserved for U.S. Government FEMA stations);
  6. Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters AA-AL as the prefix;
  7. Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters NA-NZ as the prefix;
  8. Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;
  9. Any 2-by-2 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;
  10. Any 2-by-1 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;
  11. Call signs having the single letter prefix (K, N or W), a single digit numeral 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and a single letter suffix (reserved for the special event call sign system).

 

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Contact:  Pete Greene, N2LVI
Last Updated 17 June 2004

Created 17 June 2004