Callsigns on the world

UNITED KINDOM

Region	G-prefix	M-prefix	Intermediate	G-club prefix	M-club prefix	Special event
England	G	M	2E	GX	MX	GB
Guernsey	GU	MU	2U	GP	MP	GB
Isle of Man	GD	MD	2D	GT	MT	GB
Jersey	GJ	MJ	2J	GH	MH	GB
Northern Ireland	GI	MI	2I	GN	MN	GB
Scotland	GM	MM	2M	GS	MS	GB
Wales	GW	MW	2W	GC	MC	GB

VP2E	Anguilla
VP2M	Montserrat
VP2V	British Virgin Isles
VP5	Turks & Caicos
VP6	Pitcairn Island
VR6	Pitcairn Island (prior to 1 May 1998)
VP6D	Ducie Island (Pitcairn group)
VP8/F	Falkland Islands
VP8/G	South Georgia Island
VP8/O	South Orkney Island
VP8/SA	South Sandwich Island
VP8/SH	South Shetland Island
VP8	Antarctica
VP9	Bermuda
VQ9	Chagos (Indian Ocean)
ZB, ZG	Gibraltar
ZC4	UK Sovereign Base Areas on Cyprus
ZD7	St Helena
ZD8	Ascension Island
ZD9	Tristan Da Cunha
ZF	Cayman Islands

Fount :https://www.sbarc.co.uk/about/amateur-radio-callsigns/

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FRANCE

FA1***	VHF (144-146) only – Minimum age 13 – Max power 30 W
FB1***	VHF + some HF portions (7.02-7.04, 14.05-14.1, 21.05-21.15, 28-28.1,28.4-29.7)  Minimum age 13 – CW needed – Max power 30 W
F1**, F1***, F4***	All frequencies above 30 MHz (VHF, UHF, SHF…) – Ex FC1xxx  Minimum age 16 – No CW needed – Max power 200 W – F4xxx are recent hams
F2**, F3**, F5**,F5***, F6***, F8**, F8***, F9**	All ham frequencies (HF , VHF, UHF…) – Ex FD1xxx, FE1xxx  Minimum age 16 – CW needed – Max power 500 W – F8xxx are recent hams  2 letters suffix for old timers – Ex: F2VX, F3XY, F5EN, F8PX, F9LM

SPECIAL EVENT

TM, TP	Special event station in France – example: TM2T, TM8CMF, TM0RSE, TP5CE
TO	Special event station in overseas departments (DOM)
TX	Special event station in overseas territories (TOM)
HW, HX, HY, THTQ, TV, TW, TX	Very special event station

OTHER PREFIX

FG	Guadeloupe
FH	Mayotte
FJ	Saint Barthélemy
FK	Nouvelle Calédonie – New Caledonia
FM	Martinique
FO	Polynésie française + Clipperton – French Polynesia + Clipperton Island
FP	Saint Pierre & Miquelon
FR	Réunion (/E=Europa Is.   /G=Glorioso Is.  /J=Juan de Nova Is.   /T=Tromelin Is.)
FS	Saint Martin
FT	Terres australes Antartiques (FTnWx=Crozet  FTnXx=Kerguelen  FTxZx=Amsterdam)
FW	Wallis & Futuna
FX	French ham satellits
FY	Guyane – French Guiana
TK	Corse – Corsica

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AUSTRIA

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SPANISH

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PORTUGAL

ICELAND

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SWEDEN

SA, SB, SC, SD, SE, SF, SG, SH, SI, SJ, SK, SL, SM

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Scandinavia Prefix Map

Estonian call areas

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POLAND

SN , SO , SP , SQ , SR , 3Z , HF

1 – Zachodniopomorskie (Z)
2 – Pomorskie (F) , Kujawsko – Pomorskie (P)
3 – Wielkopolskie (W) , Lubuskie (B)
4 – Warmińsko – Mazurskie (J) , Podlaskie (O)
5 – Mazowieckie (R)
6 – Dolnośląskie (D) , Opolskie (U)
7 – Łódzkie (C) , Świętokrzyskie (S)
8 – Lubelskie (L) , Podkarpackie (K)
9 – Śląskie (G) , Małopolskie (M)

Special Call : HF 0 POL – Polish Base , South Shetland – King George Island

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GERMANY

DA Germany
DA0 Clubstations
DA1… DA9 = individual licenses issued to members of foreign Nato forces stationed in DL.

DB Germany VHF licenses
DB0 Repeaters, beacons, club stations with VHF license
DB1… DB9 = VHF licenses

DC full privileges (since 2007, before just VHF)
DD full privileges (since 2007, before just VHF)

DE examined SWLs

DF full privileges
DF0 Club Stations
DF1.. DF9 = individual licenses

DG VHF licenses
DH Since May 1st 1998 this prefix belongs to the full privilege class. Old licenses have been upgraded.

DJ full privileges
DJ0 Legal alien residents

DJ1… DJ9 German citizens

DK full privileges
DK0 Club Stations
DK1… DK9 = Individuals

DL full privileges
DL0 = Club Stations
DL1…DL9 = Individuals

( https://www.ariparma.it/risorse/manuali-procedure/Amateur%20Radio%20Prefixes%20-%20Aggiornamento%202015.pdf )

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Eastern Europe

Hungary HA -HG

HA1 Gyor City, Gyor Sopron, Vas Zala
HA2 Komarom Esztergom, Veszprem
HA3 Tolna, Somogy, Pecs City, Baranya
HA4 Fejer
HA5 Budapest City
HA6 Nograd, Heves
HA7 Pest, Jasz Nagykun Szolnok
HA8 Bacs Kiskun, Szeged City, Csongrad, Bekes
HA9 Miskolc City, Borsod Abauj Zemplen

CZECH REPUBLIC OK-OL

OK1 bohemia OK2 Moravia

GREECE

SV, SW, SX, SY, SZ -SV/A Mount Athos – –V5 Dodecanese – SV9 Crete

CIPRO

Dal 1974 l’isola è divisa in due parti tra le comunità Greco- Cipriote e Turco – Cipriote , Nel 1983 la parte turca si è autoproclamata “Repubblica turca di Cipro del Nord”, riconosciuta però, politicamente, solo dalla Turchia.

ZC4 è l’indicativo delle due basi militari della Gran Bretagna

1B non è riconosciuto dal DXCC

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BULGARIA

LZ1 Sofija City, Sofija Province, Plovdiv, Haskovo, Burgas
LZ2 Montana, Lovec, Ruse, Varna
LZ0 Club and Special Event Stations , Antartica
LZ1, LZ3, LZ5 & LZ7 are for stations located in Southern LZ (South of the Balkan mountains).
LZ2, LZ4 & LZ6 are for stations located in Northern LZ.

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ROMANIA

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MOLDOVA

ER1 Kishinev, Dubossary, Orgeev, Khyncheshty
ER2 Tiraspol, Bendery, Kaushany
ER3 Beltsy, Rybnitsa, Floreshty
ER4 Yedintsy, Drokia, Soroki
ER5 Kagul, Komrat, Leovo, Chadyr-Lunga
ER6-ER9 reserved, special call signs
ER0 foreign operators

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BELARUS

EU/EW/EV1 – the city of Minsk,

EU/EW/EV2 – Minsk oblast,

EU/EW/EV3 – Brest oblast,

EU/EW/EV4 – Grodno oblast,

EU/EW/EV6 – Vitebsk oblast,

EU/EW/EV7 – Mogilev oblast,

EU/EW/EV8 – Gomel oblast.

EV SPECIAL PREFIX

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RUSSIA

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TURKEY

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Uzbekistan (Republic of)

UJ, UK, UL, UM

U8 World War II veterans

Oblast determination by the 1st letter of suffix:
A Tashkent city
B Tashkent region
C Kashkadar’inskaya oblast
D Syrdar’inskaya oblast, Gulistan
F Andizhan region
G Fergana region
I Samarkand region
L Bukhara region
O Namangan region
Q Navoi region
T Surkhandar’inskaya oblast, Termez
U Khorezmskaya oblast, Urgench
V Dzhizak region
Z Karakalpakstan rep., Nukus

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Kazakhstan

UN , UO, UP, UQ

UNA-UNZ ordinary license
UPA-UPZ special license
UOA-UOZ, UQA-UQZ reserved

Oblast determination by the 1st letter of suffix:

A Mangistau region
B Akmolinsk region
C Petropavlovsk region
D Semipalatinsk region
E Kokchetav (Kokshetau) region
F Pavlodar region
G Alma-Ata (Almaty) city
I Aktyubinsk region

L Kustanay region
M Uralsk region
N Chimkent (Shymkent) region
O Atyrau region
P Karaganda region
Q Alma-Ata (Alamaty) region
R Dzhezkazgan (Zhezkazgan) region
S Leninsk (Baikonur)

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Cyprus

5BA-5BZ (Also See C4, H2, P3)

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USA

AA – AK United-States W , K, N	K,KA – KK,
AH0 Mariana-Is	KM – KW,
AH1 Amer-Phoenix (Baker/Howland Is)	KY – KZ United-States
AH2 Guam	KA2CC Japan-JA
AH3 Johnston-Is	KC4 Antarctica
AH4 Midway-Is	KG4 Guantanamo-Bay
AH5 Palmyra-Is	KH0 Mariana-Is
AH5K Kingman-Reef	KH1 Amer-Phoenix (Baker/Howland Is)
AH6,7 Hawaii	KH2, KG6 Guam
AH7K Kure-Is	KH3 Johnston-Is
AH8 Amer-Samoa	KH4 Midway-Is
AH9 Wake-Is as well as Willis and Peake Islands	KH5 Palmyra-Is
	KH5K Kingman-Reef
AL7 Alaska	KH6,7 Hawaii
	KH7K Kure-Is
	KH8 Amer-Samoa
	KH9 Wake-Is as well as Willis and Peake Islands
	KL7 Alaska
	KL9KA to KHZ US military personnel in Korea
	KP1 Navassa-Is
	KP2, KV4 Virgin-Is
	KP4 Puerto-Rico
	KP5 Desecheo-Is
	KX Marshall-Is V73
N,NA – NK,	W United-States
NM – NW,	W0 Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota
NY – NZ United-States	Missouri,Nebraska,North-Dakota,South-Dakota
NH0 Mariana-Is	W1 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts
NH1 Amer-Phoenix (Baker/Howland Is)	New-Hampshire,Rhode-Island,Vermont
NH2 Guam	W2 New-Jersey, New-York
NH3 Johnston-Is	W3 Delaware, D.C., Maryland, Pennsylvania
NH4 Midway-Is	W4 Alabama, Florida,Georgia,Kentucky
NH5 Palmyra-Is	North-Carolina, South-Carolina, Tennessee,Virginia
NH5K Kingman-Reef	W5 Arkansas , Louisiana , Mississippi
NH6,7 Hawaii	New-Mexico , Oklahoma , Texas
NH7K Kure-Is	W6 California
NH8 Amer-Samoa	W7 Arizona , Idaho , Montana , Nevada
NH9 Wake-Is as well as Willis and Peake Islands	Oregon , Utah, Washington , Wyoming
NL7 Alaska-	W8 Michigan , Ohio , West-Virginia
NP1 Navassa-Is	W9 Illinois , Indiana , Wisconsin
NP2 Virgin-Is	WA-WK,
NP4 Puerto-Rico	WM-WO,
NP5 Desecheo-Is	WQ-WW,
	WY,WZ United-States
	WH0 Mariana-Is
	WH1 Amer-Phoenix (Baker/Howland Is)
	WH2 Guam
	WH3 Johnston-Is
	WH4 Midway-Is
	WH5 Palmyra-Is
	WH5K Kingman-Reef
	WH6,7 Hawaii
	WH7K Kure-Is
	WH8 Amer-Samoa
	WH9 Wake-Is as well as Willis and Peake Islands
	WL7 Alaska
	WP1 Navassa-Is
	WP2 Virgin-Is
	WP4 Puerto-Rico
	WP5 Desecheo-Is

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CANADA

CF – CK , CY – CZ , VA -VG , VO – VO , VX – VY

CHINA

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JAPAN

By JI1AJO http://www.qrz.com/db/ji1ajo

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AUSTRALIA

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LINK

• https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/prefix

• https://www.ariparma.it/risorse/manuali-procedure/Amateur%20Radio%20Prefixes%20-%20Aggiornamento%202015.pdf
• https://www.dx-world.net/amateur-radio-prefix-maps-2023/ by 9K2GV