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| Prefixes |
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| 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 |
| C8, 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 Spratly Archipelago 9M0 |
| E2 Thailand HS |
| E3 Eritrea |
| E4 Palestine |
| E5 Cook Islands (New Zealand) |
| E7 Bosnia-Herzegovina (was T9) |
| E6 Niue (New Zealand) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| OU OZ Denmark |
| P2 Papua New Guinea |
| P3 Cyprus 5B |
| P4 Aruba |
| P5 Korea (Dem Peoples Rep of) |
| PA – 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 RY2 Kaliningradsk UA2 |
| 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 |
| 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-Herzegovina (now E7) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| XX China |
| XX9 Macao |
| XY XZ 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 Serbia (ex Yugoslavia) |
| YV YW-YY Venezuela |
| YV0 Aves I. |
| YZ Yugoslavia YU |
| Z2 Zimbabwe |
| Z3 North Macedonia |
| Z6 Kosovo |
| Z8 South Sudan |
| 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 |
| 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 Eswatini (Swaziland) |
| 3E-3F Panama HP |
| 3G Chile and Islands CE CE9 CE0 |
| 3V Tunisia |
| 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 |
| 4O Montenegro |
| 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 |
| 5Y 5Z Kenya |
| 6C Syria YK |
| 6D-6J Mexico and Islands XE-XF4 |
| 6K 6L Republic of Korea HL |
| 6O Somalia T5 |
| 6P Pakistan AP |
| 6T 6U Republic of the Sudan |
| 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 |