Callsign

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In radio communications, a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. A call sign is formally assigned by a government agency.

Contents 1 Amateur radio 2 See also 2.1 External links 3 Chart of DX Callsign Prefixes

Amateur radio

Amateur radio call signs are in the international series and normally consist of a one- or two-character prefix, a number (which sometimes corresponds to a geographic area within the country), and a 1, 2, or 3 character suffix. The number following the prefix is normally a single number (0 to 9). Some prefixes, such as Djibouti's (J2), consist of a letter followed by a number. Hence, in the hypothetical Djibouti call sign, J29DBA, the prefix is J2, the number is 9, and the suffix is DBA. Others may start with a number followed by a letter, for example, Jamaican call signs begin with 6Y.

See also

External links

ARRL's Map of US Callsign Regions

Chart of DX Callsign Prefixes

1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
A	AA-AL United States of America	B People's Republic of China	CA-CE Chile	DA-DR Germany	EA-EH Spain	F France	G United Kingdom	HA Hungary	I Italy
B								HB0 Liechtenstein HB1-HB9 Switzerland
C								HC-HD Ecuador
D
E								HE Switzerland
F			CF-CK Canada					HF Poland
G								HG Hungary
H								HH Haiti
I					EI-EJ Ireland			HI Dominican Republic
J								HJ-HK Colombia
K					EK Armenia
L			CL Cuba		EL Liberia			HL South Korea
1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
M	AM-AO Spain	B People's Republic of China	CM Cuba	DA-DR Germany	EM-EO Ukraine	F France	G United Kingdom	HM North Korea	I Italy
N			CN Morocco					HN Iraq
O			CO Cuba					HO-HP Panama
P	AP-AS Pakistan		CP Bolivia		EP-EQ Iran
Q			CQ-CU Portugal					HQ-HR Honduras
R					ER Moldova
S				DS-DT South Korea	ES Estonia			HS Thailand
T	AT-AW India				ET Ethiopia			HT Nicaragua
U				DU-DZ Philippines	EU-EW Belarus			HU El Salvador
V			CV-CX Uruguay					HV Vatican City State
W								HW-HY France
X	AX Australia				EX Kyrgyzstan
1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
Y	AY-AZ Argentina	B People's Republic of China	CY-CZ Canada	DU-DZ Philippines	EY Tajikistan	F France	G United Kingdom	HW-HY France	I Italy
Z					EZ Turkmenistan			HZ Saudi Arabia
0	A0-A1 Not used		C0-C1 Not used	D0-D1 Not used	E0-E1 Not used			H0-H1 Not used
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2	A2 Botswana		C2 Nauru	D2-D3 Angola	E2 Thailand			H2 Cyprus
3	A3 Tonga		C3 Andorra		E3 Eritrea			H3 Panama
4	A4 Oman		C4 Cyprus	D4 Cape Verde	E4 Palestinian Authority 2			H4 Solomon Islands
5	A5 Bhutan		C5 The Gambia	D5 Liberia	E5 Cook Islands			H5 Not used
6	A6 United Arab Emirates		C6 Bahamas	D6 Comoros	E6-E9 Not used			H6 Nicaragua
7	A7 Qatar		C7 World Meteorological Organization 1	D7-D9 South Korea				H7 Nicaragua
8	A8 Liberia		C8-C9 Mozambique					H8 Panama
9	A9 Bahrain							H9 Panama

1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
A	JA-JS Japan	K United States of America	LA-LN Norway	M United Kingdom	N United States of America	OA-OC Peru	PA-PI Netherlands	Q Not used3	R Russia
B
C
D						OD Lebanon
E						OE Austria
F						OF-OJ Finland
G
H
I
J							PJ Netherlands Antilles
K						OK-OL Czech Republic	PK-PO Indonesia
L
1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
M	JA-JS Japan	K United States of America	LM-LN Norway	M United Kingdom	N United States of America	OM Slovakia	PK-PO Indonesia	Q Not used3	R Russia
N						ON-OT Belgium
O			LO-LW Argentina
P							PP-PY Brazil
Q
R
S
T	JT-JV Mongolia
U						OU-OZ Denmark
V
W	JW-JX Norway
X			LX Luxembourg
1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
Y	JY Jordan	K United States of America	LY Lithuania	M United Kingdom	N United States of America	OU-OZ Denmark	PY Brazil	Q Not used3	R Russia
Z	JZ Indonesia		LZ Bulgaria				PZ Suriname
0	J0-J1 Not used		L0-L1 Not used			O0-O9 Not used	P0-P1 Not used
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2	J2 Djibouti		L2-L9 Argentina				P2 Papua New Guinea
3	J3 Grenada						P3 Cyprus
4	J4 Greece						P4 Aruba
5	J5 Guinea-Bissau						P5-P9 North Korea
6	J6 Saint Lucia
7	J7 Dominica
8	J8 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
9	J9 Not used

1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	0
A	SA-SM Sweden	TA-TC Turkey	UA-UI Russia	VA-VG Canada	W United States of America	XA-XI Mexico	YA Afghanistan	ZA  Albania	0 Not used
B							YB-YH Indonesia	ZA-ZJ  United Kingdom
C
D		TD Guatemala
E		TE Costa Rica
F		TF Iceland
G		TG Guatemala
H		TH France		VH-VN Australia
I		TI Costa Rica					YI Iraq
J		TJ Cameroon	UJ-UM Uzbekistan			XJ-XO Canada	YJ Vanuatu
K		TK France					YK Syria	ZK-ZM  New Zealand
L		TL Central African Republic					YL Latvia
1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	0
M	SA-SM Sweden	TM France	UJ-UM Uzbekistan	VH-VN Australia	W  United States of America	XJ-XO Canada	YM Turkey	ZL-ZM New Zealand	0 Not used
N	SN-SR Poland	TN Republic of the Congo	UN-UQ Kazakhstan				YN  Nicaragua	ZN-ZO United Kingdom
O		TO-TQ France		VO Canada			YO-YR Romania
P				VP-VQ United Kingdom		XP Denmark		ZP Paraguay
Q						XQ-XR Chile		United Kingdom
R		TR Gabon	UR-UZ Ukraine	VR Hong Kong				ZR-ZU South Africa
S	SSA-SSM Egypt SSN-ST Sudan 4	TS Tunisia		VS United Kingdom		XS People's Republic of China	YS El Salvador
T	SSN-ST Sudan	TT Chad		VT-VW India		XT Burkina Faso	YT Serbia and Montenegro
U	SU Egypt	TU Côte d'Ivoire				XU Cambodia
V	SV-SX Greece	TV-TX France				XV Vietnam	YV-YY Venezuela	ZV-ZZ Brazil
W						XW Laos
X				VX-VY Canada		XX Not used
1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z	0
Y	SV-SZ Greece	TY Benin	UR-UZ Ukraine	VX-VY Canada	W United States of America	XY-XZ Myanmar	YV-YY Venezuela	ZV-ZZ Brazil	0 Not used
Z		TZ Mali		VZ Australia			YZ Serbia and Montenegro
0	S0-S1 Not used	T0-T1 Not used	U0-U9 Not used	V0-V1 Not used		X0-X9 Not used	Y0-Y1 Not used	Z0-Z1 Not used
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2	S2-S3 Bangladesh	T2 Tuvalu		V2 Antigua and Barbuda			Y2-Y9 Germany	Z2 Zimbabwe
3		T3  Kiribati		V3 Belize				Z3 Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia
4	S4 Not used	T4 Cuba		V4 Saint Kitts and Nevis				Z4-Z9 Not used
5	S5 Slovenia	T5 Somalia		V5 Namibia
6	S6 Singapore	T6 Afghanistan		V6 Federated States of Micronesia
7	S7 Seychelles	T7 San Marino		V7 Marshall Islands
8	S8  South Africa	T8 Palau		V8 Brunei Darussalam
9	S9 São Tomé and Príncipe	T9 Bosnia and Herzegovina		V9 Not used

1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
A	1 Not used	2 United Kingdom	3A Monaco	4A-4C Mexico	5A Libya	6A-6B Egypt	7A-7I Indonesia	8A-8I Indonesia	9A Croatia
B			3B Mauritius		5B Cyprus				9B-9D Iran
C			3C Equatorial Guinea		5C-5G Morocco	6C Syria
D			3DA-3DM Swaziland 3DN-3DZ Fiji 4	4D-4I Philippines		6D-6J Mexico
E			3E-3F Panama						9E-9F Ethiopia
F
G			3G Chile						9G Ghana
H			3H-3U People's Republic of China		5H-5I Tanzania				9H Malta
I									9I-9J  Zambia
J				4J-4K Azerbaijan	5J-5K Colombia		7J-7N Japan	8J-8N Japan
K						6K-6N South Korea			9K Kuwait
L				4L Georgia (country)|Georgia	5L-5M Liberia				9L Sierra Leone
1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
M	1 Not used	2 United Kingdom	3H-3U People's Republic of China	4M Venezuela	5L-5M  Liberia	6K-6N South Korea	7J-7N  Japan	8J-8N Japan	9M Malaysia
N				4N-4O Serbia and Montenegro	5N-5O Nigeria				9N Nepal
O						6O Somalia	7O Yemen	8O Botswana	9O-9T Democratic Republic of the Congo
P				4Q-4R Sri Lanka	5P-5Q Denmark	6P-6S Pakistan	7P Lesotho	8P Barbados
Q							7Q Malawi	8Q Maldives
R					5R-5S Madagascar		7R Algeria	8R Guyana
S							7S Sweden	8S Sweden
T				4T Peru	5T Mauritania	6T-6U Sudan	7T-7Y Algeria	8T-8Y India
U				4U United Nations 1	5U Niger				9U Burundi
V			3V Tunisia	4V Haiti	5V Togo	6V-6W Senegal			9V Singapore
W			3W Vietnam	4W Timor-Leste	5W Samoa				9W Malaysia
X			3X Guinea	4X Israel	5X Uganda	6X Madagascar			9X Rwanda
1st ltr/num ? 2nd ltr/num ?	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Y	1 Not used	2 United Kingdom	3Y Norway	4Y International Civil Aviation Organization 1	5Y-5Z Kenya	6Y Jamaica	7T-7Y  Algeria	8T-8Y India	9Y-9Z Trinidad and Tobago
Z			3Z Poland	4Z Israel		6Z Liberia	7Z Saudi Arabia	8Z Saudi Arabia
0			30-39 Not used	40-49 Not used	50-59 Not used	60-69 Not used	70-79 Not used	80-89 Not used	90-99 Not used
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¹ Series allocated to an international organization.
² Provisional allocation in accordance with No. S19.33:(S19.33 Between radiocommunication conferences, the Secretary-General is authorized to deal with questions relating to changes in the allocation of series of call signs, on a provisional basis, and subject to confirmation by the following conference).
³ Three letter codes beginning with Q are for communication abbreviations, the Q code|Q Codes and not used as callsign prefixes.
⁴ Half series allocation.