Prefix ListCallsigns for the world's nations are determined by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). This is 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. The amateur radio callsigns in use for a particular country might use one or a number of combinations derived from the authorised ITU allocation(s) for that country. The following list shows callsign prefixes currently in use. Most are derived from the callsign blocks allocated to administrations by the ITU for use within the countries, territories and dependencies for which a country is responsible. Also shown are some unauthorised prefixes which may be heard and which may or may not be recognised as a DXCC entity. Examples are: 1S Spratly Archipelago and 1A0 SMOM. Both of these are DXCC countries although the prefixes used are unofficial. 1B the Turkish area of North Cyprus and 1Z Karea State (Myanmar) are unofficial and are not recognised for DXCC purposes. Where this applies, the country details are shown in italics. Information which is not a country name is also printed in italics. Where a prefix is shown that is perhaps unusual, then the common prefix is shown after the country name or details. Full information on prefixes is contained in the RSGB Prefix Guide.
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| Prefix & Country A2 Botswana A3 Tonga A4 Sultanate of Oman A5 Bhutan A6 United Arab Emirates A7 Qatar A8 Liberia EL A9 Bahrain AA - AG USA W AH1 - AH0 USA Pacific Islands KH1 - KH0 AI - AK USA W AL Alaska KL AM - AO Spain including overseas Territories and Islands EA 6 8 9 AP AR Pakistan AT India VU AX Australia and Islands AY - AZ Argentina LU BO Quemoy Matsu BV BS Scarborough Reef BV Taiwan BV9P Pratas I. BV9S Spratly Archipelago 9M0 BY China BA BD BG BT BZ C2 Nauru C3 Andorra C4 Cyprus 5B C5 Gambia C6 Bahamas C9 Mozambique CE Chile CE0 Easter I. CE0 San Felix and San Ambrosio Is CE0 Juan Fernandez Is CF - CK Canada VE CL CM Cuba CO CN Morocco CO Cuba CP Bolivia CT1CQ-CT2 4-8 0 Portugal CT3 CQ-CS3 CT9 Madeira Is CU Azores CX CV CW Uruguay CY CZ Canada VE CY9 St Paul Is CY0 Sable I. D2 D3 Angola D4 Cape Verde D6 Comoros D7 Korea (Republic of) HL DL DA-DD DF-DH Federal Republic DJ DK DP of Germany DS Korea (Republic of) HL DU Spratly Archipelago 9M0 E2 Thailand HS E3 Eritrea E4 Palestine EA EB-EH1-5 7 0 Spain EA6 EB6-EH6 Balearic Is EA8 EB8-EH8 Canary Is EA9 EB9-EH9 Ceuta and Melilla EI EJ Republic of Ireland EK Armenia EL Liberia EM EN EO Ukraine UR EP Iran ER Moldova ES Estonia ET Ethiopia EU EV EW Belarus EX Kyrghyzstan EY Tajikistan EZ Turkmenistan F France FG Guadeloupe FH Mayotte FJ St Barthelemy (French St Martin) FS FK New Caledonia FK----/C Chesterfield Is FM Martinique FO Austral Is FO French Polynesia FO Marquesas Is FO8X Clipperton I. FP St Pierre and Miquelon FR Reunion I. FR——/E Europa I. FR——/J FR——/G Glorioso Is FR——/J Juan de Nova FR——/T Tromelin I. FS French St Martin FTnW Crozet Is FTnX Kerguelen Is FTnZ Amsterdam I. and St Paul I. FW Wallis and Futuna Is FY French Guiana G GX England GB United Kingdom G GD GI GJ GM GU GW GD GT Isle of Man GI GN Northern Ireland GJ GH Jersey GM GS Scotland GU GP Guernsey and Dependencies GW GC Wales H2 Cyprus 5B H3 Panama HP H40 Temotu Province H5 Bophuthatswana ZS H6 H7 Nicaragua YN H8 H9 Panama HP HA Hungary HB Switzerland HB0 Liechtenstein HC,HD Ecuador HC8,HD8 Galapagos Is HE Switzerland HB HF Poland SP HG Hungary HA HH Haiti HI Dominican Republic HK HJ Colombia HK0 Malpelo I. HK0 HJ0 San Andres and Providencia HL Korea (Republic of) HP HO Panama HR HQ Honduras HS Thailand HT Nicaragua YN HU El Salvador YS HV Vatican City HZ Saudi Arabia I IA-IH IK IL IN IP Italy IR IT IV-IX IS0 IM0 Sardinia J2 Djibouti J3 Grenada J4 Greece SV J5 Guinea-Bissau J6 St Lucia J7 Dominica J8 St Vincent and the Grenadines JA JE-JS Japan JD 7J Minami Torishima JD 7J Ogasawara Is JT JU JV Mongolia JW Svalbard JX Jan Mayen JY Jordan K KA-KZ USA and US Islands W KC6xx KG4xx KH1-0 KP1-5 KC6 x x Republic of Palau KG4 x x Guantanamo Bay KG6 x x Guam KH1 Baker I. and Howland I. KH2 ( KG6 ) Guam KH3 Johnston I. KH4 Midway Is. KH5 Palmyra I. KH5J Jarvis I. KH5 KH5K Kingman Reef KH7K Kure I. KH8 American Samoa KH9 Wake I. KH0 North Mariana KL Alaska KP1 Navassa I. KP2 US Virgin Is KP3 4 Puerto Rico KP5 Desecheo I. L2-L9 Argentina LU LA LB LC LG LI Norway LJ LN LU LO-LT LV LW Argentina LX Luxembourg LY Lithuania LZ Bulgaria M MX England G MD MT Isle of Man GD MI MN Northern Ireland GI MJ MH Jersey GJ MM MS Scotland GM MU MP Guernsey and Dependencies GU MW MC Wales GW N NA-NG NI-NK USA W NM-NO NQ-NZ NH1-NH0 US Pacific islands KH1-KH0 NL Alaska KL NP1-NP5 US Caribbean Islands KP1-KP5 OA OB OC Peru OD Lebanon OE Austria OH OF OG OI Finland OH0 OF0 OG0 Aland Is OJ0 OF0M OH0M Market Reef OK OL Czech Republic OM Slovak Republic ON OO-OT Belgium OX Greenland OY Faroe Is OZ Denmark P2 Papua New Guinea P3 Cyprus 5B P4 Aruba P5 Korea (Dem Peoples Rep of) PA PB PD PE PI Netherlands PJ1 PJ2 4 9 Netherlands Antilles PJ5 PJ6 7 8 Sint Maarten, Saba and St Eustatius PY PP-PX Brazil PY0F Fernando de Noronha Archipelago PY0M Martim Vaz I. PU0T PY0R Atol das Rocas PY0F PY0S St Peter and St Paul Rocks PY0T Trindade I. PZ Suriname R1A Antarctica R1F Franz Josef Land R1M Malyj Vysotskij I. R RA RK RN RU-RZ European Russia UA R RA RK RN RU-RZ Asiatic Russia UA9 R2 RA2 RK2 RN2 Kaliningradsk UA2 RY2 S2 Bangladesh S4 Ciskei ZS S5 Slovenia S6 Singapore 9V S7 Republic of Seychelles S8 Transkei ZS S9 Sao Tome and Principe S0 Western Sahara SP SN-SR Poland ST Republic of the Sudan SU Egypt SV SX-SZ Greece SV—/A Mount Athos SV5 Dodecanese Is SV9 Crete SV0 Non-nationals in Greece or on Greek Is is SV SV5 SV9 |
Prefix & Country T2 Tuvalu T30 West Kiribati T31 Central Kiribati T32 East Kiribati T33 Banaba T4 Cuba CO T5 Somalia T6 Afghanistan YA T7 San Marino T9 Bosnia-Hercegovina TA Turkey TD Guatemala TG TE Costa Rica TI TF Iceland TG Guatemala TI Costa Rica TI9 Cocos I. TJ Cameroon TK Corsica TL Central African Republic TM France including overseas Territories and Departments F TN Congo TO France including overseas Territories and Departments FG FJ FM FP FR FS FY TP Council of Europe - Strasbourg F TR Gabon TT Chad TU Cote d'Ivoire TX France including overseas Territories and Departments FK FO FW TY Benin TZ Mali UA U UA UE 1 3 4 6 European Russia UA2 U UA UE 2 Kaliningrad UA9 U UA UE 8-0 Asiatic Russia UK U8 UJ UK7-9 UM Uzbekistan UN UN1-0 UP UQ Kazakhstan UR US-UZ Ukraine V2 Antigua and Barbuda V3 Belize V4 Federation of St Kitts and Nevis V5 Namibia V6 Micronesia V7 Marshall Is V8 Brunei Darussalam V9 Vendaland ZS VE VA-VG Canada VE0 Canadian /MM Stations VK VI Australia VK9C Cocos Keeling Is VK9L Lord Howe I. VK9M Mellish Reef VK9N Norfolk I. VK9W Willis Is VK9X Christmas I. VK0 Heard I. VK0 Macquarie I. VO1 VO3 5 7 9 Newfoundland VE VP2E Anguilla VP2M Montserrat VP2V British Virgin Is VP5 Turks and Caicos Is VP6 Pitcairn Is VP8 Antarctica VP8 Falkland Is VP8 South Georgia VP8 AZ1 5 ED0 L South Orkney Is UnZx VP8 South Sandwich Is VP8 CE9 CX0 ED0 South Shetland Is HF0 HL5 LUnZx South Shetland Is cont. ZX0 4K1 VP9 Bermuda VQ9 Chagos Is VR2 Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong VU India VU Lakshadweep VU Andaman Is and Nicobar Is VX VY Canada VE VY1 Yukon Territory VE VY2 Prince Edward I. VE W WA-WG WI-WK USA WM-WO WQ-WZ WH1-WH0 US Pacific Islands KH1 - KH0 WL Alaska KL WP1-WP5 US Caribbean Islands KP1 - KP5 XE XB-XH Mexico XF4 Revilla Gigedo Is XJ-XO Canada VE XQ XR Chile and Islands CE CE9 CE0 XT Burkina Faso XU Cambodia XV Vietnam 3W XW Lao Peoples Democratic Republic XX3 Madeira Is CT3 XX9 Macao XZ XY Myanmar XZ5 XZ9 Karen State XZ YA Republic of Afghanistan YBYC YE-YH Indonesia YI Iraq YJ Vanuatu YK Syria YL Latvia YM TurkeyTA YN Nicaragua YO YP-YR Romania YS El Salvador YU YT Yugoslavia YV YW-YY Venezuela YV0 Aves I. YZ Yugoslavia YU Z2 Zimbabwe Z3 Macedonia ZA Albania ZB ZG Gibraltar ZC UK Sovereign Bases on Cyprus - Akrotiri and Dhekelia ZD7 St Helena ZD8 Ascension I. ZD9 Tristan da Cunha and Gough I. ZF Cayman Islands ZK1 South Cook Is ZK1 Northern Cook Is ZK2 ZK9 Niue ZL New Zealand ZL7 Chatham Is ZL8 Kermadec Is ZL9 Auckland I. and Campbell I. ZM New Zealand and Islands ZL ZL7 ZL8 ZL9 ZP Paraguay ZS ZR ZU Republic of South Africa ZS8 Prince Edward I. and Marion I. ZV-ZZ Brazil and Islands PY PY0 1A0 Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Rome, Italy) 1B Turkish area of North Cyprus 1C Chechnya Rep. (Russian Federation) 1P Seborga Principato (Italy) 1S Spratly Archipelago 9M0 1Z Karen State (Myanmar) 2D Isle of Man GD 2E England G 2I Northern Ireland GI 2J Jersey GJ 2M Scotland GM 2U Guernsey and Dependencies GU 2W Wales GW 3A Monaco 3B6 Agalega Is 3B7 Cargados Carajos (St Brandon) 3B6 3B8 Mauritius 3B9 Rodriguez I. 3C Equatorial Guinea 3C0 Annobon I. 3D2 Republic of Fiji 3D2 Conway Reef 3D2 Rotuma I. 3DA0 Swaziland 3E-3F Panama HP 3G Chile and Islands CE CE9 CE0 3V Tunisia 3X Republic of Guinea 3Y Bouvet I. 3Y Peter I Island 3Z Poland SP 4A-4C Mexico and Islands XE XF4 4D-4I Philippines DU 4J 4K Azerbaijan 4L Georgia 4M Venezuela and Islands YV YV0 4N1 6-0 Yugoslavia YU 4S Sri Lanka 4T Peru OA 4U United Nations Organization 4U1ITU 4UnITU United Nations Geneva 4U1SCO UNESCO, Paris F 4U1UN 4UnUN United Nations New York 4U1VIC United Nations Vienna OE 4U1WB World Bank Washington D.C. W 4V Haiti HH 4W East Timor 4X 4Z Israel 5A Libya 5B Cyprus 5C Morocco CN 5H Tanzania 5J 5K Colombia and Islands HK HK0 5L Liberia EL 5N Nigeria 5P Denmark OZ 5R Madagascar 5T Mauritania 5U Niger 5V Togo 5W Western Samoa 5X Uganda 5Z 5Y Kenya 6C Syria YK 6D-6J Mexico and Islands XE-XF4 6O Somalia T5 6P Pakistan AP 6T 6U Sudan and Southern Sudan ST ST0 6W 6V Senegal 6Y Jamaica 7J-7N Japan JA 7O Republic of Yemen 7P Lesotho 7Q Malawi 7S Sweden SM 7X 7W Algeria 7Z Saudi Arabia HZ 8A 8B 8E 8I Indonesia YB 8J Japan JA 8O Botswana A2 8P Barbados 8Q Maldives 8R Guyana 8S Sweden SM 9A Croatia 9G Ghana 9H Malta 9J 9I Zambia 9K Kuwait 9L Sierra Leone 9M2 Malaya (Malaysia) 9M6 Sabah (Malaysia) 9M8 9M8 Sarawak (Malaysia) 9M0 BV9S 1S DU Spratly Archipelago 9N Nepal 9Q 9R Democratic Republic of Congo 9U Burundi 9V Singapore 9W Malaysia (including Sabah & Sarawak) 9M2 8 9X Rwanda 9Y 9Z Trinidad and Tobago |