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Country Designators Rev. 1
CONTINENT LISTS, REV.1, 20-DEC-94, NY2V
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I received valuable information re country-ID and prefixes from VE2BMQ.
These were incorporated. In addition, I got up my nerve, got out the
books, and filled in the 4-letter continental designators. These surely
will be subject to debate.
I used the ARRL DXCC Country List booklet, a Radio Amateur's World Atlas,
and the CQ Zones. Obviously, there were no lists for me to go by (none
were provided in response to my previous messages). If you feel there
should be corrections, I would like to have them. W0RLI tells me half the
sysops are already using 4-letter continental designators. What I DID find
was that I had none in hand, and also that the world had changed
considerably in the past few years, rendering any lists I had obsolete.
The 4-letter designators which follow were used by myself to ID each
country in the list.
I received very convincing information from W0RLI, who states he was the
one who started the use of the seven well-known 2-letter continents, and
he is convinced that there is a good reason to change to 4, and a good
reason not to use the 2-letter continents. Quoting Hank from his long
response to me, "The problem is HAMS that use the Internet sending email
with INCORRECT ADDRESSES IN THE INTERNET." This has created the Namibia
problem, re which a number of packet gurus assured Namibian officials that
the US hams would stop using .NA. The fact is, the hams didn't. I now
agree with Hank - let's adopt them, change the list as needed or desired,
and get on with it.
As a non-sysop, I am promulgating files for use by sysops. This could be
viewed as brinkmanship, but I feel that in the absence of specific details
incoming from anyone other than VE2BMQ, a list should be published so
those who need one can chew on it and adapt it for worldwide use.
As before, if you see errors, wish to make additions, or feel there should
be changes, please send along the information. I will revise the lists.
4-letter Continental Designators for Ham Packet Addressing Use
==============================================================
EURO -- Europe AUNZ --Australia/New Zea.
MEDR -- Mediterranean EPAC -- Eastern Pacific
INDI -- Indian Ocean incl.Indian subcontinent NPAC -- Northern Pacific
MDLE -- Middle East SPAC -- Southern Pacific
SEAS -- Southeast Asia WPAC -- Western Pacific
ASIA -- the Orient ANTR -- Antarctica
NOAM -- North America (Canada,USA,Mexico) NAFR -- Northern Africa
CEAM -- Central America CAFR -- Central Africa
SOAM -- South America SAFR -- Southern Africa
CARB -- Caribbean
** Country Designators, Call Prefixes, Cont.Designators **
Country Code Prefix Cont. 4-Ltr.
------- ---- ------ ----- -----
Afghanistan AFG YA AS ASIA
Agalega & St.Brandon MUS 3B6,3B7 AF SAFR
Albania ALB ZA EU EURO
Algeria DZA 7T-7Y AF NAFR
American Samoa ASM KH8 OC SPAC
Andorra AND C3 EU EURO
Angola AGO D2,D3 AF CAFR
Antarctica ATA misc. AN ANTR
Antigua & Barbuda ATG V2 NA CARB
Argentina ARG LO-LW SA SOAM
Armenia ARM UG AS ASIA
Aruba ABW P4 SA SOAM
Ascension Is. ? ZD8 AF CAFR
Auckland & Campbell Is. NZL ZL9 OC AUNZ
Australia AUS VK OC AUNZ
Austria AUT OE EU EURO
Azerbaijan AZE UD,4J AS ASIA
Azores PRT CU EU EURO
Bahamas BHS C6 NA CARB
Bahrain BHR A9 AS ASIA
Bangladesh BGD S2 AS SEAS
Barbados BRB 8P NA CARB
Belarus BLR UC EU EURO
Belau PCI KC6 OC WPAC
Belgium BEL ON-OT EU EURO
Belize BLZ V3 NA CEAM
Benin BEN TY AF NAFR
Bermuda BMU VP9 NA NOAM
Bhutan BTN A5 AS INDI
Bolivia BOL CP SA SOAM
Bosnia-Herzegovina BIH YU4,T9,... EU EURO
Botswana BWA A2 AF SAFR
Bouvet Is. BVT 3Y AF SAFR
Brazil BRA PP-PY SA SOAM
British Indian Ocean IOT VQ9 AF INDI
British Virgin Is. VGB VP2V NA CARB
Brunei BRN V8 OC WPAC
Bulgaria BGR LZ EU EURO
Burkina Faso BFA XT AF NAFR
Burma (Now Myanmar) BUR XY,XZ AS SEAS
Burundi BDI 9U AF CAFR
Byelorussian SSR (Now Belarus) BLR UC EU EURO
Cambodia ? XU AS SEAS
Cameroon CMR TJ AF CAFR
Canada CAN VA,E,O,Y;
CY,CZ NA NOAM
Canton and Enderbury Is. CTE
Cape Verde CPV D4 AF NAFR
Cayman Is. CYM ZF NA CARB
Central African Republic CAF TL AF CAFR
Chad TCD TT AF NAFR
Chagos Is. ? VQ9 AF INDI
Chatham Is. PCI ZL7 OC SPAC
Chile CHL CA-CE SA SOAM
China CHN BY,BT AS ASIA
Christmas Is. CXR VK9X OC INDI
Clipperton Is. ? FO NA EPAC
Cocos Is. CCK TI9 NA CEAM
Colombia COL HJ,HK SA SOAM
Comoros COM D6 AF SAFR
Congo COG TN AF CAFR
Conway Reef & Rotuma Is. PCI 3D2 OC SPAC
Cook Is. COK ZK1 OC SPAC
Corsica FRA TK EU MEDR
Costa Rica CRI TI,TE NA CEAM
Croatia HRV 9A,YU2 EU EURO
Crozet,Kerguelen,Amster.,St.Paul ? FT8W,X,Z AF INDI
Cuba CUB CM,CO NA CARB
Cyprus CYP ZC,5B AS MEDR
Czech. Republic CZE OK,OL EU EURO
Denmark DNK OZ EU EURO
Desecheo Is. PRI KP5 NA CARB
Djibouti DJI J2 AF SAFR
Dominica DMA J7 NA CARB
Dominican Republic DOM HI NA CARB
Dronning maud land ATN ? ? ?
East Timor TMP YB-YH OC WPAC
Easter,Juan Fernand.Felix,Ambros.CHL CE0 SA SOAM
Ecuador ECU HC,HD SA SOAM
Egypt EGY SU AF NAFR
El Salvador SLV YS NA CEAM
Equatorial Guinea GNQ 3C AF CAFR
Estonia EST ES EU EURO
Ethiopia ETH ET AF NAFR
Faroe Is. FRO OY EU EURO
Falkland Is. FLK VP8 SA SOAM
Fiji FJI 3D2 OC SPAC
Finland FIN OF-OI EU EURO
France FRA F EU EURO
French Guiana GUF FY SA SOAM
French Polynesia PYF FO OC SPAC
Gabon GAB TR AF CAFR
Gambia,The GMB C5 AF CAFR
Georgia GEO UF,4L AS ASIA
Germany DEU DA-DL,Y2-9 EU EURO
Ghana GHA 9G AF NAFR
Gibraltar GIB ZB2 EU MEDR
Greece GRC SV-SZ EU MEDR
Greenland GRL OX,XP NA NOAM
Grenada GRD J3 NA CARB
Guadeloupe GLP FG NA CARB
Guam GUM KH2 OC WPAC
Guatemala GTM TG,TD NA CEAM
Guinea GIN 3X AF NAFR
Guinea-Bissau GNB J5 AF NAFR
Guyana GUY 8R SA SOAM
Haiti HTI HH NA CARB
Heard & Macquarie Is. HMD VK0 AF INDI
Honduras HND HQ,HR NA CEAM
Hong Kong HKG VS6,VR2 AS ASIA
Hungary HUN HA,HG EU EURO
Iceland ISL TF EU EURO
India IND VU AS INDI
Indonesia IDN YB-YH OC WPAC
Iran IRN EP,EQ AS MDLE
Iraq IRQ YI AS MDLE
Ireland IRL EI,EJ EU EURO
Israel ISR 4X,4Z AS MDLE
Italy ITA I-IZ EU EURO
ITU Hq ? 4U EU EURO
Ivory Coast CIV TU AF NAFR
Jamaica JAM 6Y NA CARB
Japan JPN JA-S,7-8J AS ASIA
Johnston Is. JTN KH3 OC NPAC
Jordan JOR JY AS MDLE
Kaliningrad (delete- city) --- UA2 EU ----
Kampuchea (Cambodia) KHM XU AS SEAS
Kazakhstan KAZ UL AS ASIA
Kenya KEN 5Y,5Z AF CAFR
Kermadec Is. PCI ZL8 OC SPAC
Kiribati KIR T30-T32 OC NPAC
Kyrgyzstan KGZ UM,EX AS ASIA
Korea,North PRK P5 AS ASIA
Korea,South KOR HL AS ASIA
Kure Is. PCI KH7 OC NPAC
Kuwait KWT 9K AS MDLE
Laos LAO XW AS SEAS
Latvia LVA YL,UQ EU EURO
Lebanon LBN OD AS MDLE
Lesotho LSO 7P AF SAFR
Liberia LBR EL AF NAFR
Libya LBY 5A AF NAFR
Liechtenstein LIE HB0 EU EURO
Lithuania LTU LY,UP EU EURO
Luxembourg LUX LX EU EURO
Macao MAC XX9 AS ASIA
Macedonia (ex.Yugoslav Repub.) ? Z3,4N5,YU5 EU EURO
Madagascar MDG 5R,5S AF SAFR
Malawi MWI 7Q AF SAFR
Malaysia,West MYS 9M2,4 AS SEAS
Malaysia,East PCI 9M6,8 OC WPAC
Maldives MDV 8Q AS/AF INDI
Mali MLI TZ AF NAFR
Malta MLT 9H EU MEDR
Mariana Is. PCI KH0 OC WPAC
Market Reef FIN OJ0 EU EURO
Marshall Is. PCI V7 OC NPAC
Martinique MTQ FM NA CARB
Mauritania MRT 5T AF NAFR
Mauritius MUS 3B8 AF INDI
Mayotte ? FH AF SAFR
Mexico MEX XA-XI NA NOAM
Micronesia PCI V6 OC WPAC
Midway Is. MID KH4 OC WPAC
Moldova MDA UO EU EURO
Monaco MCO 3A EU EURO/MEDR
Mongolia MNG JT-JV AS ASIA
Montserrat MSR VP2M NA CARB
Morocco MAR CN AF NAFR
Mozambique MOZ C8,C9 AF SAFR
Myanmar (was Burma) BUR XY,XZ AS SEAS
Namibia NAM V5 AF SAFR
Nauru NRU C2 OC NPAC
Navassa Is. PRI KP1 NA CARB
Nepal NPL 9N AS INDI
Netherlands NLD PA-PI EU EURO
Netherlands Antilles ANT PJ2,4,9 SA CARB
New Caledonia NCL FK OC SPAC
New Zealand NZL ZL,ZM OC AUNZ
Nicaragua NIC YN NA CEAM
Niger NER 5U AF NAFR
Nigeria NGA 5N,5O AF NAFR
Niue NIU ZK2 OC SPAC
Norfolk Is. NFK VK9N OC SPAC
Norway NOR LA-LN EU EURO
NZ-owned islands PCI ZL7-ZL9 OC SPAC
Oman OMN A4 AS ASIA
Pacific Is.(T30-T33)* PCI * & others OC NPAC
Palmyra & Jarvis Is. PCI KH5 OC NPAC
Pakistan PAK AP-AS AS ASIA
Panama PAN HO,HP NA CEAM
Papua New Guinea PNG P2 OC WPAC
Paraguay PRY ZP SA SOAM
Penguin Is. ZAF ZS0,ZS1 AF ANTR
Peru PER OA-OC SA SOAM
Philippines PHL DU-DZ,4F OC WPAC
Pitcairn Is. PCN VR6 OC SPAC
Poland POL SN-SR EU EURO
Portugal PRT CR-CU EU EURO
Prince Edward & Marion Is. ZAF ZS8 AF SAFR
Puerto Rico PRI KP4 NA CARB
Qatar QAT A7 AS ASIA
Reunion REU FR AF INDI
Rodriguez Is. MUS 3B9 AF INDI
Romania ROM YO-YR EU EURO
Russia,European RUS UA1,3,4,6 EU EURO
Russia,Asiatic RUS UA8,9,0 AS ASIA
Russia prefixes other than UA: R,UB-UI,
UN-UQ
Rwanda RWA 9X AF CAFR
Saint Martin ? FJ,FS NA CARB
St. Helena SHN ZD7 AF CAFR
St. Kitts & Nevis KNA V4 NA CARB
St. Lucia LCA J6 NA CARB
St. Maarten,Saba,St.Eustatius ? PJ5-PJ8 NA CARB
St. Paul & Sable Is.(uninhab.) CAN CY NA
St. Pierre and Miquelon SPM FP NA NOAM
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VCT J8 NA CARB
Samoa,Western WSM 5W OC SPAC
San Marino SMR T7 EU EURO
Sao Tome and Principe STP S9 AF CAFR
Saudi Arabia SAU HZ AS MDLE
Senegal SEN 6V,6W AF NAFR
Seychelles SYC S7 AF INDI
Sierra Leone SLE 9L AF NAFR
Singapore SGP 9V AS SEAS
Slovak Republic SVK OM EU EURO
Slovenia SVN S5,YU3 EU EURO
Solomon Is. SLB H4 OC WPAC
Somalia SOM T5 AF CAFR
South Africa ZAF ZR-ZU AF SAFR
Spain ESP EA-EH EU EURO
Sri Lanka LKA 4P-4S AS INDI
Sudan SDN ST AF NAFR
Suriname SUR PZ SA SOAM
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Is. SJM JW,JX EU EURO
Swaziland SWZ 3DA AF SAFR
Sweden SWE SA-SM EU EURO
Switzerland CHE HB EU EURO
Syria SYR YK AS MDLE
Taiwan TWN BV AS ASIA
Tajikistan TJK UJ,EY AS ASIA
Tanzania TZA 5H,5I AF CAFR
Thailand THA HS AS SEAS
Togo TGO 5V AF NAFR
Tokelau Is. TKL ZK3 OC NPAC
Tonga TON A3 OC SPAC
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 9Y,9Z SA SOAM
Tristan da Cunha & Gough Is. ? ZD9 AF SAFR
Tunisia TUN 3V AF NAFR
Turkey TUR TA-TC EU/AS MDLE
Turkmenistan TKM UH,EZ AS ASIA
Turks and Caicos Is. TCA VP5 NA CARB
Tuvalu TUV T2 OC NPAC
Uganda UGA 5X AF CAFR
Ukraine UKR UB,UT,UY EU EURO
UN Hq, NYC USA 4U NA NOAM
United Arab Emirates ARE A6 AS MDLE
United Kingdom GBR G-,2E EU EURO
United States USA AA-AL,K,N NA NOAM
US Misc. Pacific Is. PUS KH2 ETC OC WPAC
US Virgin Is. VIR KP2 NA CARB
Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)
Uruguay URY CV-CX SA SOAM
Ussr (no longer exists) SUN -- -- ----
Uzbekistan UZB UI AS ASIA
Vanuatu VUT YJ OC SPAC
Vatican City State VAT HV EU EURO
Venezuela VEN YV-YY SA SOAM
Vietnam VNM XV,3W AS SEAS
Virgin Is. VIR KP2 NA CARB
Wake Is. WAK KH9 OC NPAC
Wallis and Futuna Is. WLF FW OC SPAC
Walvis Bay ZAF ZS9 AF SAFR
West Kiribati (Gilbert Is.) PCI T30 OC NPAC
Western Sahara ESH S0 AF NAFR
Yemen YEM 7O AS MDLE
Democratic Yemen (OBS.22-MAY-90) YMD - AS ----
Yugoslavia YUG YT-YU,YZ EU EURO
Zaire ZAR 9Q-9T AF CAFR
Zambia ZMB 9I,9J AF CAFR
Zimbabwe ZWE Z2 AF SAFR