The international amateur radio prefixes are radio
identification prefixes used for identifying a station and their location.
These are helpful for an amateur radio operator when calling and locating
a station while working on the amateur radio bands. A call sign or a call name is a combination of specific number of letters and numbers given to signify a
station. A call sign is very unique in its allocation and each radio operator is provided with a specific call sign
along with their location identification prefix for each
individual country or their regions. A call sign is assigned by a governmental agency, informally adopted by organizations, or cryptographically encoded to identify a station. The prefix given before the call sign, denotes the country or the region and the unique identifying sign that comes after that, denotes each station. The international
telecommunications union is the global body that allocates the call sign
prefixes for all amateur radio communications in every country. All
amateur radio prefixes are used solely for the purpose of amateur radio
communication only and not for any other communication such as
ship, aircraft, military etc.
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Given below is a list of all amateur radio prefixes
allocated by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for each
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 DV-DZ Philippines
DU DV-DZ Philippines
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
H4 Solomon Is
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
KH6 7 Hawaiian Is
KH6 7 Hawaiian Is
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
SM SH-SL Sweden
SM SH-SL Sweden
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 SV SV5 SV9
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
VO2 VO4 6 8 0 Labrador VE
VO2 VO4 6 8 0 Labrador 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
ZK3 Tokelau Is
ZK3 Tokelau Is
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)
1C Chechnya
Rep. (Russian Federation)
1P Seborga Principato (Italy)
1S Spratly Archipelago 9M0
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
3W XV Vietnam
3W XV Vietnam
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
6K 6L Republic of Korea HL
6K 6L Republic of Korea HL
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