| Prefix |
Entity |
Continent |
Notes |
| 1A |
Sovereign
Military Order of Malta |
EU |
Unofficial
prefix |
| 1S |
Spratly
Is. |
AS |
Unofficial prefix. Other prefixes: DX0, 9M0, XV9
|
| 3A |
Monaco |
EU |
|
| 3B6,
7 |
Agalega
& Saint Brandon Is. |
AF |
|
| 3B8 |
Mauritius |
AF |
|
| 3B9 |
Rodrigues
Is. |
AF |
|
| 3C |
Equatorial
Guinea |
AF |
|
| 3C0 |
Annobon
Is. |
AF |
|
| 3D2 |
Fiji |
OC |
|
| 3D2/C |
Conway
Reef |
OC |
|
| 3D2/R |
Rotuma
Is. |
OC |
|
| 3DA |
Swaziland |
AF |
|
| 3V |
Tunisia |
AF |
|
| 3W,
XV |
Viet
Nam |
AS |
|
| 3X |
Guinea |
AF |
|
| 3Y/B |
Bouvet |
AF |
|
| 3Y/P |
Peter
1 Is. |
AN |
|
| 4J,
4K |
Azerbaijan |
AS |
|
| 4L |
Georgia |
AS |
|
| 4O |
Montenegro |
EU |
Only contacts made June 28, 2006
|
| 4S |
Sri
Lanka |
AS |
|
| 4U1ITU |
ITU
HQ |
EU |
|
| 4U1UN |
United
Nations HQ |
NA |
|
| 4W |
Timor-Leste |
OC |
Only contacts made March 1, 2000
|
| 4X,
4Z |
Israel |
AS |
|
| 5A |
Libya |
AF |
|
| 5B,
C4, P3 |
Cyprus |
AS |
|
| 5H,
5I |
Tanzania |
AF |
|
| 5N |
Nigeria |
AF |
|
| 5R |
Madagascar |
AF |
|
| 5T |
Mauritania |
AF |
Only contacts made June 20, 1960
|
| 5U |
Niger |
AF |
Only contacts made August 3, 1960
|
| 5V |
Togo |
AF |
|
| 5W |
Samoa |
OC |
|
| 5X |
Uganda |
AF |
|
| 5Z,
5Y |
Kenya |
AF |
|
| 6W,
6V |
Senegal |
AF |
Only contacts made June 20, 1960
|
| 6Y |
Jamaica |
NA |
|
| 7O |
Yemen |
AS |
Only contacts made May 22, 1990
|
| 7P |
Lesotho |
AF |
|
| 7Q |
Malawi |
AF |
|
| 7X
(7T-7Y) |
Algeria |
AF |
|
| 8P |
Barbados |
NA |
|
| 8Q |
Maldives |
AS,
AF |
|
| 8R |
Guyana |
SA |
|
| 9A |
Croatia |
EU |
Only contacts made June 26, 1991
|
| 9G |
Ghana |
AF |
Only contacts made March 5, 1957
|
| 9H |
Malta |
EU |
|
| 9J,
9I |
Zambia |
AF |
|
| 9K |
Kuwait |
AS |
|
| 9L |
Sierra
Leone |
AF |
|
| 9M2,
4 |
West
Malaysia |
AS |
Only contacts made September 16, 1963
|
| 9M6,
8 |
East
Malaysia |
OC |
Only contacts made September 16, 1963
|
| 9N |
Nepal |
AS |
|
| 9Q-9T |
Democratic
Republic of the Congo |
AF |
|
| 9U |
Burundi |
AF |
Only contacts made July 1, 1962
|
| 9V |
Singapore |
AS |
Contacts made from September 16, 1963 to August 8,
1965, count for West Malaysia
|
| 9X |
Rwanda |
AF |
Only contacts made July 1, 1962
|
| 9Y,
9Z |
Trinidad
& Tobago |
SA |
|
| A2 |
Botswana |
AF |
|
| A3 |
Tonga |
OC |
|
| A4 |
Oman |
AS |
|
| A5 |
Bhutan |
AS |
|
| A6 |
United
Arab Emirates |
AS |
|
| A7 |
Qatar |
AS |
|
| A9 |
Bahrain |
AS |
|
| AP |
Pakistan |
AS |
|
| BS7 |
Scarborough
Reef |
AS |
Only contacts made January 1, 1995
|
| BU-BX |
Taiwan |
AS |
|
| BV9P |
Pratas
Is. |
AS |
Only contacts made January 1, 1994
|
| BY |
China |
AS |
|
| C2 |
Nauru |
OC |
|
| C3 |
Andorra |
EU |
|
| C5 |
The
Gambia |
AF |
|
| C6 |
Bahamas |
NA |
|
| C9,
C8 |
Mozambique |
AF |
|
| CE
(CA-CE) |
Chile |
SA |
|
| CE0X |
Easter
Is. |
SA |
|
| CE0Y |
Juan
Fernandez Is. |
SA |
|
| CE0Z |
San
Felix & San Ambrosio |
SA |
|
| CE9 |
Antarctica |
AN |
Also 3Y, 8J1, AT0, DP0, EM1, FT8Y, KC4, LU, OR4, VK0,
RI1AN, VP8, ZL5, ZS1, ZX0, etc.
|
| CN |
Morocco |
AF |
|
| CO,
CM |
Cuba |
NA |
|
| CP |
Bolivia |
SA |
|
| CT |
Portugal |
EU |
|
| CT3 |
Madeira
Is. |
AF |
|
| CU |
Azores |
EU |
|
| CX,
CW, CX |
Uruguay |
SA |
|
| CY0 |
Sable
Is. |
NA |
|
| CY9 |
Saint
Paul Is. |
NA |
|
| D2,
D3 |
Angola |
AF |
|
| D4 |
Cape
Verde |
AF |
|
| D6 |
Comoros |
AF |
Only contacts made July 6, 1975
|
| DL
(DA-DR) |
Federal
Republic of Germany |
EU |
Only contacts made with DA-DL stations September 17,
1973, and after, and contacts made with Y2-Y9 stations. October 3, 1990
|
| DU-DZ,
4D-4I |
Philippines |
OC |
|
| E3 |
Eritrea |
AF |
Only contacts made November 14, 1962, and before, or
May 24, 1991
|
| E4 |
Palestine |
AS |
Only contacts made February 1, 1999
|
| E5/N |
North
Cook Is. |
OC |
|
| E5/S |
South
Cook Is. |
OC |
|
| E6 |
Niue |
OC |
|
| E7 |
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
EU |
New prefix effective November 17, 2007. Contacts are
valid for this entity effective October 15, 1991
|
| EA
(EA-EH) |
Spain |
EU |
|
| EA6 |
Balearic
Is. |
EU |
|
| EA8 |
Canary
Is. |
AF |
|
| EA9 |
Ceuta
& Melilla |
AF |
|
| EI,
EJ |
Ireland |
EU |
|
| EK |
Armenia |
AS |
|
| EL |
Liberia |
AF |
|
| EP,
EQ |
Iran |
AS |
|
| ER |
Moldova |
EU |
|
| ES |
Estonia |
EU |
|
| ET |
Ethiopia |
AF |
|
| EU-EW |
Belarus |
EU |
|
| EX |
Kyrgyzstan |
AS |
|
| EY |
Tajikistan |
AS |
|
| EZ |
Turkmenistan |
AS |
|
| F |
France |
EU |
|
| FG,
TO |
Guadeloupe |
NA |
|
| FH,
TO |
Mayotte |
AF |
Only contacts made July 6, 1975
|
| FJ,
TO |
Saint
Barthelemy |
NA |
Only contacts made December 14, 2007
|
| FK,
TX |
New
Caledonia |
OC |
|
| FK/C,
TX |
Chesterfield
Is. |
OC |
Only contacts made March 23, 2000
|
| FM,
TO |
Martinique |
NA |
|
| FO,
TX |
Clipperton
Is. |
NA |
|
| FO/A,
TO |
Austral
Is. |
OC |
Only contacts made April 1, 1998
|
| FO/C,
TX |
French
Polynesia |
OC |
|
| FO/M,
TX |
Marquesas
Is. |
OC |
Only contacts made April 1, 1998
|
| FP |
Saint
Pierre & Miquelon |
NA |
|
| FR,
TO |
Reunion
Is. |
AF |
|
| FS,
TO |
Saint
Martin |
NA |
|
| FT/G,
TO |
Glorioso
Is. |
AF |
Only contacts made June 25, 1960
|
| FT/J,
FT/E, TO |
Juan
de Nova, Europa |
AF |
Only contacts made June 25, 1960
|
| FT/T,
TO |
Tromelin
Is. |
AF |
|
| FT5/W |
Crozet
Is. |
AF |
|
| FT5/X |
Kerguelen
Is. |
AF |
|
| FT5Z |
Amsterdam
& Saint Paul Is. |
AF |
|
| FW |
Wallis
& Futuna Is. |
OC |
|
| FY |
French
Guiana |
SA |
|
| G,
GX, M |
England |
EU |
|
| GD,
GT |
Isle
of Man |
EU |
|
| GI,
GN |
Northern
Ireland |
EU |
|
| GJ,
GH |
Jersey |
EU |
|
| GM,
GS |
Scotland |
EU |
|
| GU,
GP |
Guernsey |
EU |
|
| GW,
GC |
Wales |
EU |
|
| H4 |
Solomon
Is. |
OC |
|
| H40 |
Temotu
Province |
OC |
Only contacts made April 1, 1998
|
| HA,
HG |
Hungary |
EU |
|
| HB |
Switzerland |
EU |
|
| HB0 |
Liechtenstein |
EU |
|
| HC,
HD |
Ecuador |
SA |
|
| HC8,
HD8 |
Galapagos
Is. |
SA |
|
| HH |
Haiti |
NA |
|
| HI |
Dominican
Republic |
NA |
|
| HK,
HJ, 5J, 5K |
Colombia |
SA |
|
| HK0/M |
Malpelo
Is. |
SA |
|
| HK0S |
San
Andres & Providencia |
NA |
|
| HL,
6K-6N |
Republic
of Korea |
AS |
|
| HP,
HO |
Panama |
NA |
|
| HR,
HQ |
Honduras |
NA |
|
| HS,
E2 |
Thailand |
AS |
|
| HV |
Vatican |
EU |
|
| HZ |
Saudi
Arabia |
AS |
|
| I |
Italy |
EU |
|
| IS0,
IM0 |
Sardinia |
EU |
|
| J2 |
Djibouti |
AF |
|
| J3 |
Grenada |
NA |
|
| J5 |
Guinea-Bissau |
AF |
|
| J6 |
Saint
Lucia |
NA |
|
| J7 |
Dominica |
NA |
|
| J8 |
Saint
Vincent |
NA |
|
| JA-JS,
7J-7N |
Japan |
AS |
|
| JD/M |
Minami
Torishima |
OC |
|
| JD/O |
Ogasawara |
AS |
Formerly Bonin and Volcano Is.
|
| JT-JV |
Mongolia |
AS |
|
| JW |
Svalbard |
EU |
|
| JX |
Jan
Mayen |
EU |
|
| JY |
Jordan |
AS |
|
| K,
W, N, AA-AK |
United
States of America |
NA |
|
| KG4 |
Guantanamo
Bay |
NA |
|
| KH0 |
Mariana
Is. |
OC |
|
| KH1 |
Baker
& Howland Is. |
OC |
|
| KH2 |
Guam |
OC |
|
| KH3 |
Johnston
Is. |
OC |
|
| KH4 |
Midway
Is. |
OC |
|
| KH5 |
Palmyra
& Jarvis Is. |
OC |
|
| KH6,
7 |
Hawaii |
OC |
|
| KH7K |
Kure
Is. |
OC |
|
| KH8 |
American
Samoa |
OC |
|
| KH8/S |
Swains
Is. |
OC |
Only contacts made July 22, 2006
|
| KH9 |
Wake
Is. |
OC |
|
| KL,
AL, NL, WL |
Alaska |
NA |
|
| KP1 |
Navassa
Is. |
NA |
|
| KP2 |
Virgin
Is. |
NA |
|
| KP3,
4 |
Puerto
Rico |
NA |
|
| KP5 |
Desecheo
Is. |
NA |
Only contacts made March 1, 1979
|
| LA-LN |
Norway |
EU |
|
| LU
(LO-LW) |
Argentina |
SA |
|
| LX |
Luxembourg |
EU |
|
| LY |
Lithuania |
EU |
|
| LZ |
Bulgaria |
EU |
|
| OA-OC |
Peru |
SA |
|
| OD |
Lebanon |
AS |
|
| OE |
Austria |
EU |
|
| OH
(OF-OI) |
Finland |
EU |
|
| OH0 |
Aland
Is. |
EU |
|
| OJ0 |
Market
Reef |
EU |
|
| OK-OL |
Czech
Republic |
EU |
Only contacts made January 1, 1993
|
| OM |
Slovak
Republic |
EU |
Only contacts made January 1, 1993
|
| ON-OT |
Belgium |
EU |
|
| OX |
Greenland |
NA |
|
| OY |
Faroe
Is. |
EU |
|
| OZ,
OU-OW |
Denmark |
EU |
|
| P2 |
Papua
New Guinea |
OC |
Only contacts made September 16, 1975
|
| P4 |
Aruba |
SA |
Only contacts made January 1, 1986
|
| P5 |
Democratic
People's Republic of Korea |
AS |
Only contacts made May 14, 1995
|
| PA-PI |
Netherlands |
EU |
|
| PJ2 |
Curacao |
SA |
Only contacts made starting 04:00 UTC October 10,
2010
|
| PJ4 |
Bonaire |
SA |
Only contacts made starting 04:00 UTC October 10,
2010
|
| PJ5,
6 |
Saba
& Saint Eustatius |
NA |
Only contacts made starting 04:00 UTC October 10,
2010
|
| PJ7 |
Sint
Maarten |
NA |
Only contacts made starting 04:00 UTC October 10,
2010
|
| PY
(PP-PY, ZV-ZZ) |
Brazil |
SA |
|
| PY0F |
Fernando
de Noronha |
SA |
|
| PY0S |
Saint
Peter & Saint Paul Rocks |
SA |
|
| PY0T |
Trindade
& Martim Vaz Is. |
SA |
|
| PZ |
Suriname |
SA |
|
| R1F |
Franz
Josef Land |
EU |
(now
RI1FJ) |
| S0 |
Western
Sahara |
AF |
Contacts with Rio de Oro (Spanish Sahara), EA9, also
count for this entity. Unofficial prefix
|
| S2 |
Bangladesh |
AS |
|
| S5 |
Slovenia |
EU |
Only contacts made June 26, 1991
|
| S7 |
Seychelles |
AF |
|
| S9 |
Sao
Tome & Principe |
AF |
|
| SM
(SA-SM, 7S, 8S) |
Sweden |
EU |
|
| SP
(SN-SR, 3Z) |
Poland |
EU |
|
| ST |
Sudan |
AF |
|
| SU |
Egypt |
AF |
|
| SV
(SV-SZ, J4) |
Greece |
EU |
|
| SV/A |
Mount
Athos |
EU |
|
| SV5,
J45 |
Dodecanese |
EU |
|
| SV9,
J49 |
Crete |
EU |
|
| T2 |
Tuvalu |
OC |
Only contacts made January 1, 1976
|
| T30 |
Western
Kiribati (Gilbert Is. ) |
OC |
|
| T31 |
Central
Kiribati (British Phoenix Is.) |
OC |
|
| T32 |
Eastern
Kiribati (Line Is.) |
OC |
|
| T33 |
Banaba
Is. (Ocean Is.) |
OC |
|
| T5,
6O |
Somalia |
AF |
|
| T7 |
San
Marino |
EU |
|
| T8 |
Palau |
OC |
Valid prefix January 1, 1994, or after (KC6 prior to
this date)
|
| TA-TC |
Turkey |
EU,
AS |
|
| TF |
Iceland |
EU |
|
| TG,
TD |
Guatemala |
NA |
|
| TI,
TE |
Costa
Rica |
NA |
|
| TI9 |
Cocos
Is. |
NA |
|
| TJ |
Cameroon |
AF |
|
| TK |
Corsica |
EU |
|
| TL |
Central
African Republic |
AF |
Only contacts made August 13, 1960
|
| TN |
Republic
of the Congo |
AF |
Only contacts made August 15, 1960
|
| TR |
Gabon |
AF |
Only contacts made August 17, 1960
|
| TT |
Chad |
AF |
Only contacts made August 11, 1960
|
| TU |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
AF |
Only contacts made August 7, 1960
|
| TY |
Benin |
AF |
Only contacts made August 1, 1960
|
| TZ |
Mali |
AF |
Only contacts made June 20, 1960
|
| UA
(UA-UI, RA-RZ1-7) |
European
Russia |
EU |
|
| UA0
(UA-UI, RA-RZ8-0) |
Asiatic
Russia |
AS |
|
| UA2,
RA2 |
Kaliningrad |
EU |
|
| UJ-UM |
Uzbekistan |
AS |
|
| UN-UQ |
Kazakhstan |
AS |
|
| UR-UZ,
EM-EO |
Ukraine |
EU |
|
| V2 |
Antigua
& Barbuda |
NA |
|
| V3 |
Belize |
NA |
|
| V4 |
Saint
Kitts & Nevis |
NA |
For DXCC credit for contacts made May 31, 1958, and
before
|
| V5 |
Namibia |
AF |
|
| V6 |
Micronesia |
OC |
Includes Yap Is. January 1, 1981, and after
|
| V7 |
Marshall
Is. |
OC |
|
| V8 |
Brunei
Darussalam |
OC |
|
| VE
(VA-VG, VO, VY) |
Canada |
NA |
|
| VK,
AX |
Australia |
OC |
|
| VK0H |
Heard
Is. |
AF |
|
| VK0M |
Macquarie
Is. |
OC |
|
| VK9C |
Cocos
(Keeling) Is. |
OC |
|
| VK9L |
Lord
Howe Is. |
OC |
|
| VK9M |
Mellish
Reef |
OC |
|
| VK9N |
Norfolk
Is. |
OC |
|
| VK9W |
Willis
Is. |
OC |
|
| VK9X |
Christmas
Is. |
OC |
|
| VP2E |
Anguilla |
NA |
For DXCC credit for contacts made May 31, 1958, and
before
|
| VP2M |
Montserrat |
NA |
For DXCC credit for contacts made May 31, 1958, and
before
|
| VP2V |
British
Virgin Is. |
NA |
For DXCC credit for contacts made May 31, 1958, and
before
|
| VP5 |
Turks
& Caicos Is. |
NA |
|
| VP6 |
Pitcairn
Is. |
OC |
|
| VP6/D |
Ducie
Is. |
OC |
Only contacts made November 16, 2001
|
| VP8 |
Falkland
Is. |
SA |
|
| VP8G |
South
Georgia Is. |
SA |
|
| VP8H |
South
Shetland Is. |
SA |
|
| VP8O |
South
Orkney Is. |
SA |
|
| VP8S |
South
Sandwich Is. |
SA |
|
| VP9 |
Bermuda |
NA |
|
| VQ9 |
Chagos
Is. |
AF |
|
| VR |
Hong
Kong |
AS |
|
| VU |
India |
AS |
|
| VU4 |
Andaman
& Nicobar Is. |
AS |
|
| VU7 |
Lakshadweep
Is. |
AS |
|
| XE
(XA-XI) |
Mexico |
NA |
|
| XF4
(XA4-XI4) |
Revillagigedo |
NA |
|
| XT |
Burkina
Faso |
AF |
Only contacts made August 16, 1960
|
| XU |
Cambodia |
AS |
|
| XW |
Laos |
AS |
|
| XX9 |
Macao |
AS |
|
| XZ,
XY |
Myanmar |
AS |
|
| YA,
T6 |
Afghanistan |
AS |
|
| YB-YH |
Indonesia |
OC |
Only contacts made May 1, 1963
|
| YI |
Iraq |
AS |
|
| YJ |
Vanuatu |
OC |
|
| YK |
Syria |
AS |
|
| YL |
Latvia |
EU |
|
| YN,
H6-7, HT |
Nicaragua |
NA |
|
| YO-YR |
Romania |
EU |
|
| YS,
HU |
El
Salvador |
NA |
|
| YT,
YU |
Serbia |
EU |
|
| YV
(YV-YY, 4M) |
Venezuela |
SA |
|
| YV0 |
Aves
Is. |
NA |
|
| Z2 |
Zimbabwe |
AF |
|
| Z3 |
Macedonia |
EU |
Only contacts made September 8, 1991
|
| Z6 |
Republic
of Kosovo |
EU |
Only contacts made January 21, 2018
|
| Z8 |
South
Sudan (Republic of) |
AF |
Only contacts made July 14, 2011
|
| ZA |
Albania |
EU |
|
| ZB2 |
Gibraltar |
EU |
|
| ZC4 |
UK
Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus |
AS |
Only contacts made August 16, 1960
|
| ZD7 |
Saint
Helena |
AF |
|
| ZD8 |
Ascension
Is. |
AF |
|
| ZD9 |
Tristan
da Cunha & Gough Is. |
AF |
|
| ZF |
Cayman
Is. |
NA |
|
| ZK3 |
Tokelau
Is. |
OC |
|
| ZL,
ZM |
New
Zealand |
OC |
|
| ZL7 |
Chatham
Is. |
OC |
|
| ZL8 |
Kermadec
Is. |
OC |
|
| ZL9 |
New
Zealand Subantarctic Is. |
OC |
|
| ZP |
Paraguay |
SA |
|
| ZS
(ZR-ZU) |
South
Africa |
AF |
|
| ZS8 |
Prince
Edward & Marion Is. |
AF |
|
|
|
|
|