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JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1956
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OFFICIAL COUNTRIES Prefix
Continent
AC3
Sikkim
Asia
AC4
Tibet
Asia
AP
Pakistan
Asia_____ ..........
BV, C3
Formosa
Asia
Cl
China
Asia
C9
Manchuria
Asia
CE
Chile
S.
Antarctica.. Easter Island
S.
CM, CO
Cuba
N. America
CN2, KT1
Tangier Zone French Morocco
Africa Africa
(See CM) Bolivia
S.
CP
Madeira Islands
Africa
CX
Uruguay Germany Philippine Islands Spain Balearic Islands
S.
CR7 CR8
CR9
CR10 CS3, CT2
Di, DU EA
EA6
DL, DM
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CT1
CR5
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Africa Africa__ Africa Africa Africa
CR5
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Cape Verde Islands Portugese Guinea Principe, Sao Thome Angola Mozambique Goa (Portugese India) Macau Portugese Timor Azores Islands Portugal
CR4
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America
CEO
CO
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Africa, Oceania
CE7Z-, W -Z, VK I, VP8
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Europe
America Europe Asia
Europe
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Continent
Station
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Date
Band
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V1
EA8
Canary Islands
EA9
Ifni
EA9
Rio de Oro
EA9
Spanish Morocco
EAR
Spanish Guinea
EL
Republic of Ireland.... Liberia
EL
EQ2 ET2
Iran (Persia) Eritrea
F
Ethiopia France..
FA
Algeria
FB8 FB8
Amsterdam & St. Paul Islands Kerguelen Islands
FB8
Madagascar
FC
Corsica French Togoland French Cameroons French West Africa
ET3
FD
FE8
FF8
FG FG FI82
FK8
Guadeloupe Saint Martin French Indo-China New Caledonia
Asia
Africa Africa Europe
Africa Africa Africa._.. Africa Europe
Africa Africa Africa N. America N. America........ Asia
Oceania
Africa
FM
Martinique.
N. America
FN5
French India
Asia
F08 F08
Clipperton Island French Oceania (e.g. Tahiti) St. Pierre & Miquelon Islands French Equatorial Africa
N. America
FR7
Reunion Island
FU8, YJ
New Hebrides Wallis & Futuna Islands French Guiano & Inini
Oceania N. America Africa Africa Oceania Oceania S. America
England
Europe
Channel Islands Isle of Man
Europe
Northern Ireland Scotland Wales Hungary Switzerland Equador Galapagos Islands
Europe........ Europe
HK
Liechtenstein Haiti Dominican Republic Columbia
Europe N. America N. America S. America
HO
Archipelago of San Andres & Providencia Korea
S.
HL2
HP
Panama
N. America..
HR
Honduras
N. America
HS
Siam
Asia
HV
Vatican City Saudi Arabia (Hedjaz & Nejd) Ib.Iv
Europe....._.. Asia
FQ8
FW8 FY7
G.. GC GD GI GM
GW HA
HBI, HB9 HC
HC8 HE
HH HI
HZ I1
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Africa Africa Europe Africa
FL8
FP8
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Africa.... Africa Africa
(See OE) French Somaliland
FKS8
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Europe Europe Europe S. America S.
America__._
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Asia
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Trieste Italian Somaliland Sardinia Japan Jordan Netherlands New Guinea United States of America
11
15,
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JA, KA JY, ZC7
.14) K, W KA
KAO
(See JA).... Bonin & Volcano Islands._
KB6
Baker, Howland & American
KC4
Phoenix Islands Navassa Island Eastern Caroline Islands
KC6
Oceania N. America Oceania Oceania
KH6 KJ6
Johnston Island
KL7
Alaska
KM6
Midway Islands
KP4 KR6
Puerto Rico Palmyra Group, Jarvis Island Ryukyu Islands (e.g. Okinawa)
KS4
Swan Island
Asia N. America
KS6
American Samoa
Oceania
N. America
Oceania Oceania Oceania N. America Oceania N.
America._
(See CN2)
KV4
N. America
KX6
Virgin Islands Wake Island Marshall Islands
KZ5
Canal Zone
N. America
LA, LB
Jan Mayen
LA, LB
Norway Svalbard (Spitzenberg) Argentina (See CE7Z-, VKI, VP8)
Europe Europe
M1
MB9 MP4 MP4 MP4 MP4 MS4 OA OD5 OE, MB9, FKS8. OH
Luxembourg Bulgaria San Marino (See OE) Bahrein Island Kuwait
Europe Europe Europe
Qatar
Asia
Trucial Oman (See 15) Peru Lebanon Austria Finland
Asia
Asia Asia
S.
America
Europe Europe
Greenland
N. America
Faeroes
Europe
OZ
Denmark Netherlands Netherlands West Indies Sint Maarten.
Europe Europe S. America N. America
PAO PJ2
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OX, KG1 OY
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Europe S. America
Africa
ON4
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Oceania Oceania
Czechoslovakia Belgium Belgian Congo
OK
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Oceania__
KT1
LZ
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Asia
Guantanamo Bay Mariana Island Hawaiian Islands
LX
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KG4 KG6
LU-Z
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Western Caroline Islands
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OFFICIAL COUNTRIES Prefix
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PK2
Republic of Indonesia
PK1, 2, 3
Java Sumatra
Continent
PX
Netherlands Borneo Celebes & Molucca Islands Andorra
PY
Brazil
PZ1
Netherlands Guiana
Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania Europe.... ... S. America S. America
SM SP
Sweden Poland
Europe Europe
ST
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
SU
Egypt
Africa Africa
SV.
Greece Crete Dodecanese (e.g. Rhodes)
Europe
Asia Europe
TI
Turkey Iceland Guatemala Costa Rica
T19
Cocos Island
N. America
PK4
PK5 PK6
SV SV
TA TF
TG
UA1, 3, 4,
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UA9, UM) UB5 UC2
UF6
UG6 UH8
Soviet Republic Asiatic Russian S.F.S.R Ukraine White Russian Soviet Socialist
Azerbaijan Georgia Armenia Turkoman
Europe Asia Asia Asia Asia Asia
UR2
Estonia
VE, V03..____.________
VP2
Canada Australia (inc. Tasmania) (See CE7Z-, LU-Z, VP8) Heard Island Macquarie Island Norfolk Island Papua Territory Territory of New Guinea (See VE).. British Honduras Leeward Islands
VP2
Windward Islands
N. America..._._.__.
VP3
British Guiana
S.
VP4
Trinidad & Tobago
S.
VP5
Cayman Islands
N.
VP5 VP5 VP6
Jamaica Turks & Caicos Islands
N.
Barbados
N.
VP7
Bahama Islands
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VP8 VP8 VP8 VP8, LU-Z VP8
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South Georgia
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South Orkney Islands South Sandwich Islands South Shetland Islands Bermuda Islands
VR1
Zanzibar Northern Rhodesia Tanganyika Territory Kenya Uganda British Somaliland Chagos Islands Mauritius Seychelles Gilbert, Ellice & Ocean Islands........ British Phoenix Islands
VR2
Fiji Islands
VR3
Is. (Christmas Is.) Solomon Islands Tonga (Friendly) Islands Pitcairn Island
VQ1
VQ2 VQ3 VQ4 VQ5 VQ6 VQ8 VQ8 VQ9 VR1
VR4 VR5 VR6
Fanning
America America S. America S. America S. America N. America
Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa
Asia
VS5
Brunei
Oceania Oceania
VS6
Hong Kong
Asia
VS9
Asia & Africa
VU5
Aden & Socotra Maldive Islands Sultanate of Oman India Laccadive Islands Andaman & Nicobar Islands
W
(See K, W)
XE
Mexico
N. America
XW8
Laos
Asia....
XZ2
Burma
Asia
YA
Asia
YI
Afghanistan Iraq
YJ
(See FUS)_.
YK
YN
Syria Nicaragua (Corn Islands)
YO
Roumania
Europe
YS
N. America
ZB1
Salvador Yugoslavia Venezuela Albania Malta
ZB2
Gibraltar
ZC2
Cacos Island
ZC3
Christmas Island
ZC4
Cyprus British North Borneo Palestine (See JY)
VS9 VU2 VU4
YU YV
ZA
ZC5
ZC6 ZC7
ZDl
Sierra Leone
ZD2
Nigeria
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Africa Africa Africa Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania
VS4
VS9
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Singapore Malaya Sarawak
VS1
VS2
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Asia. Asia. Asia Asia Asia
Asia Asia N. America
Europe.. ... S. America Europe Europe Europe Oceania Oceania Asia Oceania Asia
Africa Africa
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OFFICIAI. COUNTRIES Prefix ZD3
3V8
Tunisia
Africa
3W82 3W82
Cambodia
Asia
Viet Nam Ceylon
Asia
Yemen
Asia
Israel Libya Saar
Asia
Aldabra Islands
Africa
Bhutan
Asia
Comoro Islands Fridtjof Nansen Land (Franz Josef Land)
Africa..
ZD7 ZD8 ZD9 ZE ZK1
ZK2 ZL--.... ZL
ZM6 ZM7 ZP
ZS1,2,4,5,6 ZS2 ZS3 ZS7 ZS8 ZS9
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Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania Oceania
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ZD6
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Gambia Gold Coast, Togoland Nyasaland Saint Helena Ascension Island Tristan da Cunha & Gough Southern Rhodesia Cook Islands.... Niue Kermadec Islands New Zealand British Samoa Tokelau (Union) Islands Paraguay Union of South Africa Marion Island Southwest Africa Swaziland Basutoland Bechuanaland.. Monaco
ZD4
(1) (2)
Country
S.
America
Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Africa Europe
Asia
Africa. Europe
Europe Asia Asia Asia
ARRL lists this prefix as "unofficial" but will recognize it for DXCC credit. Communication with U.S. amateurs banned-check status in QST, "DXCC Notes." No credit given for DXCC and DX contest credit. Newfoundland and Labrador DXCC credit will be given if VO contact was made prior to April 1, 1949. No regularly assigned prefixes. See end of "Official Countries" list. No credit given for DXCC after Nov. 1, 1954.
CROSS INDEX Aden, VS9 Afghanistan, YA Alaska, KL7 Albania, ZA
Aldabra Islands+ Algeria, FA
Bahama Islands, VP7 Bahrein Island, MP4 Baker Island, KB6 Balearic Islands, EA6 Barbados, VP6
Amsterdam & St. Paul Is., FB8 Basutoland, Z58 Bechuanaland, Z59 Andaman Islands, VU5 Belgian Cango, 005, 0Q4 Andorra, PX Belgium, ON4 Angola, CR6 Antarctica, CE7Z-, LU-Z, VK1, Bermuda Islands, VP9 Bhutan,' VP8 Arabia, Saudi, HZ Bolivia, CP Argentina, LU Bonin & Volcano Is., KM Armenia, UG6 Borneo, British North, ZC5 Ascension Island, ZD8 Borneo, Netherlands, PK5 Asiatic R.S.F.S.R., UA9, UM Brazil, PY Australia, VK Brunei, VS5 Austria, 0E, M89, FKS8 Bulgaria, LZ Azerbaijan, UD6 Azores Islands, CS3, CT2 Burma, XZ2
Caicos Islands, VP5
Columbia, HK Comoro Islands+
Cambodia, 3W8 Cameroons, French, FE8 Canada, VE, VO Canal Zone, KZ5 Canary Islands, EA8 Cape Verde Islands, CR4 Caroline Is., Eastern, KC6 Caroline Is., Western, KC6 Cayman Islands, VP5 Celebes Islands, PK6 Ceylon, 4S7 Chagos Islands, VQ8 Channel Islands, GC Chile, CE China, C Christmas Island, ZC3 Christmas Is. (Fanning(, VR3 Clipperton Island, F08 Cocos Island, 1I9 Cocos Islands, ZC2
Cook Islonds, ZK1 Corn Islands, YN Corsica, FC Costa Rica, TI
Crete,
SV
Cuba, CM, CO Cyprus, ZC4 Czechoslovakia, OK Denmark, OZ Dodecanese, SV Dominican Republic, HI
I
Easter Is., CEO Egypt, SU Ellice Islands, VR1 England, G
Equador, HC Eritrea, ET2
Estonia, UR2
Ethiopia, ET3 European R.S.F.S.R.,UA1, 3,4,6 Faeroes, OY Falkland Islands, VP8 Fanning Islands, VR3 Fiji Islands, VR2 Finland, OH Formosa, BV, C3 France, F Franz Joseph Land+ French Equatorial Africa, FQ8 French India, FN French Indo-China, FI8 French Oceania, F08 French West Africa, FF8 Fridtjof Nansen Land' Friendly Islands, VR5 Futuna Islands, FW8
Galapagos Islands, HC8
7
CROSS INDEX (cont'd) Gambia, ZD3 Georgia, UF6 Germany, DJ, DL, DM
Gibraltar, ZB2 Gilbert Islands,
VR1
Goa (Portugese India), CR8 Gold Coast (Togoland), ZD4 Gough Island, ZD9
Greece, SV Greenland, OX, KG1 Guadeloupe, FG Guantanamo Bay, KG4 Guatemala, TG Guiana, British, VP3 Guiana, French, FY7 Guiana, Netherlands, PZ1 Guinea, Portugese, CR5 Guinea, Spanish, EA0 Haiti, NH Hawaiian Islands, KH6 Heard Island, VK1 Hedjaz, HZ Honduras, HR Honduras, British, VP1 Hong Kong, VS6 Howland Island, KB6
Hungary, HA celand, TF fni, EA9 ndia, VU2 ndonesia, Rep, of,
PK
nini, FY7 ran (Persia), EQ
raq, YI reland, Northern, GI reland, Rep. of, El sle of Man, GD srael, 4X4
taly,
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Jamaica, VP5 Jan Mayen, LA, LB Japan, JA, KA Jarvis Is., KP6 Java, PK1, 2, 3 Johnston Island, KJ6
Jordon, JY, ZC7 Karelo-Finnish Rep., UN1 Kazakh, UL7
Kenya, VQ4 Kerguelen Islands, FB8 Kermadec Islands. Kirghiz, UM8
Koren, HL Kuwait, MP4 Laccadive Islands, VU4 Laos, X W 8 Latvia, UQ2 Lebanon, OD5 Leeward Islands, VP2
Liberia, EL Libya, SA Liechtenstein, HE Lithuania, UP2 Luxembourg, LX
Nepal, Netherlands, PAO Netherlands West Indies, P12 New Caledonia, FK8 New Guinea, Netherlands, JZ0 New Guinea Tarr., VK9 New Hebrides, FU8, YJ New Zealand, ZL Nicaragua (Corn Islands), YN Nicobar Islands, VU5 Nigeria, ZD2 Niue, ZK2 Norfolk Island, VK9 Norway, LA, LB Nyasaland, ZD6 Ocean Islands, VR1 Okinawa, Ryukyu Is., KR6 Oman, Sultanate of, VS9 Oman, Trucial, MP4
Macau, CR9 Macquarie Island, VK1
Madagascar, FB8 Madeira Islands, CT3 Malaya, VS2 Maldive islands, VS9 Malta, ZB1 Manchuria, C9 Mariano Islands, KG6 Marion Island, ZS2 Marshall Islands, KX6 Martinique, FM Mauritius, VQ8 Mexico, XE Midway Islands, KM6 Miquelon Island, FP8 Moldavia, UO5 Molucco Islands, PK6 Monaco, 3A Mongolia, (4) Morocco, French, CN8 Morocco, Spanish, EA9 Mozambique, CR7 Navasso Island, KC4
Najd, HZ
Pakistan, AP Palestine, ZC6 Palmyra Group, KP6 Panama, HP Papua Territory, VK9
Paraguay, Persia (Iron), EQ Peru, OA Philippine Islands, DU Phoenix Island, American, KB6 Phoenix Islands, British, VR1 Pitcairn Island, VR6 Poland, SP Portugal, CT1 Portugese Indio, CR8 Principe Islands, CR5 Puerto Rico, KP4 ZP
Russia, UA1 -UR2 Ryukyu Is., Okinawa, KR6
Syria, YK
Saar, 9S4 St. Helena, ZD7
Samoa, British, ZM6 San Andres 6 Providencia, Archipelago of, HK0
Tahiti (French Oceania), F08 Tanganyika Tarr., VQ3 Tangier Zone, CN2, KT1 Tasmania, VK Tibet, AC4 Timor, Portugese, CR10 Tobago, VP4 Togoland (Gold Coast), ZD4 Togoland, French, FD Tokelau Islands, ZM7
Sao Thome, Principe of, CR5 Sarawak, VS4
Trieste, 11 Trinidad, VP4
St. Martin, FG St. Paul Islands, FB8 St. Pierre Island, FP8 Salvador, YS Samoa, Americo, KS6
San Marino, M1
Sardinia, IS1 Saudi Arabia, HZ Scotland, GM Seychelles, VQ9
Uganda, VQ5 Ukraine, UB5
Singapore, VS1 Sint Maarten, PJ2MSocolra, VS9
Union Islands, ZM7
Union of South Africa, ZS1, 2,
Solomon Islands, VR4
Somaliland, British, VQ6 Somaliland, French, FL8 Somaliland, Italian, 15, MS4 South Africa, Union of, ZS1, 2, 4, 5, 6
Georgia, VP8 Orkney Is., VP8, LU-Z
Sandwich Is., VP8 Shetland Is., VP8, LU-Z Southwest Africa, ZS3 Soviet Union, UA1 -UR2 Spain, EA
Qatar, MP4
Spitzbergen, LA, LB Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian,
Reunion Island, FR7 Rhodes, SV Rhodesia, Northern, VQ2 Rhodesia, Southern, ZE Rio de Oro, EA9 Roumania, YO
Sumatra, PK4
Svalbard, LA,
ST
LB Y.S4
Swan Island, Swaziland, ZS7
4, 5, 6
United States, K, W
Uruguay, CX Uzbek, UI8
Vatican City, NV Venezuela, YV
Viet Nam, 3W8 Virgin Islands, KV4 Volcano Islands, KA4, Wake Island, KW6 Wales, GW Wallis Islands, FW8 White R.S.F.S.R.,UC2 Windward Islands, VP2 Wrangel Islands' Yemen, 4W1
Yugoslavia, YU
Sweden, SM
Switzerland, HBI, HB9
C-f HAM Nzws
Tristan da Cunha, ZD9
Turks Islands, VP5
ZD1
Sikkim, AC3
South South South South
Tonga Islands, VR5
Trucial Oman, MP4 Tunisia, 3V8 Turkey, TA Turkoman, UH8
Siam, HS
Sierra Leone,
Tadzhik, UJ8
Zanzibar, VQ1
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