INTERNATIONAL RADIO AMATEUR PREFIXES The following prefixes are listed in alphabetical order for convenience in identifying the country when DX calls are heard. AA-AL United States of America AP-AS Pakistan A2 Botswana A3 Tonga A4 Oman A5 Bhutan A6 United Arab Emirates A7 Qatar A9 Bahrain BV Taiwan BV9P Pratas BY,BT China CA,CE Chile CE9AA,AM Chilean Antarctica,Tierra de O'Higgins,Palmer Peninsula, Graham Land CE9,LU,VP8,HF0,4K1, South Shetland Is CE0 Easter Is CE0 San Felix Is CE0Z Juan Fernandez Is CM,CO Cuba CN Morocco CP Bolivia CT Portugal CT3 Madeira Is CU Azores Is CV-CX Uruguay CY0 St. Paul Is (Canada) CY0 Sable Is (Canada) C2 Nauru C3 Andorra C5 The Gambia C6 Bahamas C8,C9 Mozambique DA-DL Germany DU-DZ Philippines D2,D3 Angola D4 Cape Verde D6 Comoros EA-EH Spain EA6 Balearic Is EA8-EH8 Canary Is EA9-EH9 Ceuta & Melilla EI,EJ Ireland EJ0 Aran Is EK Armenia EL Liberia EM-EO Ukraine EP,EQ Iran ER Moldova ES Estonia ET Ethiopia EU-EW Belarus EX Kyrgyzstan EY Tajikistan EZ Turkmenistan E3 Eritrea F France FG Guadeloupe FH Mayotte FJ St Barthelemy FK New Caledonia FM Martinique FO Austral Is FO French Polynesia,Clipperton Is FO Marquesas Is FP St Pierre & Miquelon FR Reunion Is FR/E Europa Is FR/G Glorioso Is FR/J Juan de Nova Is FR/T Tromelin Is FS St Martin Is FT8W Crozet Is FT8X Kerguelan Is FT8Y French Antarctica FT8Z Amsterdam & St Paul Is FW Wallis & Futuna Is FY French Guiana G,GX England GD,GT Isle of Man GI,GN Northern Ireland GJ,GH Jersey GS,GM Scotland GP,GU Bailiwick of Guernsey GW,GC Wales HA,HG Hungary HB Switzerland HB0 Liechtenstein HD Ecuador HD8 Galapagos Is HH Haiti HI Dominican Republic HJ,HK Colombia HK0 Bajo Nuevo,Malpelo,San Andres,Providencia Is HL South Korea HO,HP Panama HQ,HR Honduras HS Thailand HU El Salvador HV Vatican City HZ Saudi Arabia H4 Solomon Is H40 Temotu Province I Italy IA Tuscan Archipelago IC Capri & Ischia Is IG Lampedusa Is IH Pantelleria Is IM Maddelena Is IM0-IS0 Sardinia IT Sicily JA-JS Japan JD1 Ogasawara Is JD1 Minami-Tori-Shima JT-JV Mongolia JW Svalbard Is JX Jan Mayen Is JY Jordan J2 Djibouti J3 Grenada J5 Guinea-Bissau J6 St Lucia J7 Dominica J8 St Vincent & Dependencies K United States of America KA U.S.Personnel in Japan KC4 U.S.Antarctica KC6,T8 Palau KG4 Guantanamo Bay KH1 Baker & Howland Is KH2 Guam KH3 Johnston Is KH4 Midway Is KH5 Jarvis & Palmyra Is KH5K Kingman Reef KH6 Hawaii KH7 Kure Is KH8 American Samoa KH9 Wake Is KH0 Mariana Is KL7 Alaska KP1 Navassa Is KP2 Virgin Is KP4 Puerto Rico KP5 Desecheo Is LA-LN Norway LO-LW Argentina LU Argentine Antarctica LX Luxembourg LY Lithuania LZ Bulgaria N United States of America OA-OC Peru OD Lebanon OE Austria OF-OI Finland OH0 Aland Is OJ0 Market Reef OK-OL Czech Republic OM Slovak Republic ON-OT Belgium OX Greenland OZ Denmark OY Faroes PA-PI Netherlands PJ Netherlands Antilles PP-PY Brazil PP0-PY0 Fernando de Noronha Is PP0-PY0 St Peter & St Paul Rocks PP0-PY0 Trindade & Martim Vaz Is PZ Surinam P2 Papua New Guinea P4 Aruba RA-RZ Russia SA-SM Sweden SN-SR Poland ST Sudan ST0 Southern Sudan SU Egypt SV-SZ Greece SV5 Dodecanese Is SV9 Crete S2 Bangladesh S5 Slovenia S6 Singapore S7 Seychelles S9 Sao Tome & Principe S0 Western Sahara TA-TC Turkey TD,TG Guatemala TF Iceland TI,TE Costa Rica TI9 Cocos Is TJ Cameroon TK Corsica (France) TL Central African Republic TN Congo TR Gabon TT Chad TU Ivory Coast TY Benin TZ Mali T2 Tuvalu T3 Kiribati T5 Somalia T6 Afghanistan T7 San Marino T9 Bosnia & Herzegovina UA-UI Russia VE,VO,VY Canada VK Australia VK7 Tasmania VK9C Cocos (Keeling) Is VK9L Lord Howe Is VK9M Mellish Reef VK9N Norfolk Is VK9W Willis Is VK9X Christmas Is VK0 Heard Is, Australian Antarctica VK0 Macquarie Is VO1 Newfoundland (Canada) VO2 Labrador (Canada) VP2E Anguilla VP2M Montserrat VP5 Turks & Caicos Is VP8 Falkland,S.Georgia,S.Orkney, S.Sandwich,S.Sheltand,Graham Land VP9 Bermuda Is VQ9 Chagos Archipelago VR2,VS6 Hong Kong VR6 Pitcairn Is VU India VU Andaman & Nicobar Is VU Laccadive Is VY1 Yukon Territory (Canada) V2 Antigua & Barbuda V3 Belize V4 St Kitts & Nevis V5 Namibia V6 Micronesia V7 Marshall Is V8 Brunei W United States of America XA-XI Mexico XA4-XI4 Revilla Gigedo Is XT Burkina Faso XU Cambodia XV Viet Nam XW Laos XX9 Macao XY,XZ Myanmar YA Afghanistan YB-YH Indonesia YI Iraq YJ Vanuatu YK Syria YL Latvia YN Nicaragua YO-YR Romania YS El Salvador YT,YU,YZ Yugoslavia YV-YY Venezuela YV0 Aves Is Y2-Y9 Germany ZA Albania ZB2 Gibraltar ZC4 Cyprus (Br. Forces) ZD7 St Helena Is ZD8 Ascension Is ZD9 Tristan da Cunha & Gough Is ZF Cayman Is ZK1 Cook & Manihiki Is ZK2 Niue Is ZK3 Tokelau Is ZL-ZM New Zealand ZL7 Chatham Is ZL8 Kermadec Is ZL9 Auckland & Campbell Is ZP Paraguay ZR-ZU Rep of South Africa ZS8 Prince Edward & Marion Is Z2 Zimbabwe Z3 Macedonia 1A0 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 1S Spratly Is 3A Monaco 3B6 Agalega Is 3B7 St Brandon 3B8 Mauritius Is 3B9 Rodriguez Is 3C Equatorial Guinea 3C0 Pagalu Is 3DA-3DM Swaziland 3DN-3DZ Fiji Is 3D2 Conway Reef 3D2 Rotuma Is 3V Tunisia 3W Vietnam 3X Guinea 3Y Peter I & Bouvet Is 4F Philippines 4J,4K Azerbaijan 4J1,R1MV Malyj Vysotsky Is 4K1 Russian Antarctica 4K2 Franz Josef Land 4N4 Bosnia & Herzegovina 4L Georgia 4P,4S Sri Lanka 4U I.T.U. Geneva 4X,4Z Israel 5A Libya 5B Cyprus 5H,5I Tanzania 5H1 Zanzibar 5L Liberia 5N,5O Nigeria 5R,5S Madagascar 5T Mauritania 5U Niger 5V Togo 5W Western Samoa 5X Uganda 5Y,5Z Kenya 6V,6W Senegal 6Y Jamaica 7J-7N Japan 7O Yemen 7P Lesotho 7Q Malawi 7T-7Y Algeria 7Z Saudi Arabia 8J Japanese Antarctica 8P Barbados 8Q Maldive Is 8R Guyana 9A Croatia 9G Ghana 9H Malta 9H4 Gozo 9I,9J Zambia 9K Kuwait 9L Sierra Leone 9M2,9M4 West Malaysia 9M6 Sabah 9M8 Sarawak 9N Nepal 9Q-9T Zaire 9U Burundi 9V Singapore 9X Rwanda 9Y-9Z Trinidad & Tobago