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Register · Recommendation ITU-T RR.25.1

In accordance with ITU-T Recommendation RR.25.1

Status of Radiocommunications between Amateur Stations of different Countries (in accordance with optional provision No. 25.1 of the Radio Regulations) and Form of Call Signs assigned by each Administration to its Amateur and Experimental Stations

Annexed to ITU OB No. 1154 · Position on 31.VIII.2022

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2022

Amd. no. 5OB no. 1252

Date: 15.IX.2022 · snapshot →

P 12   Austria

 

Amateur stations:                                                 OE followed by a digit 1-9, indicating the province or the area in which the station is located and by a suffix of 2, 3 or 4 letters

Only 1-letter indicating contest stations, limited and temporarily licensed, explicit for club stations

Suffix first letter: “X” indicating beacon, relays and club stations;
“Q” is not possible

Experimental stations:                                        OE followed by a digit (2-9, indicating the province in which the station is situated) and by 2 letters (QA-QZ)

Digits indicating the provinces
    or areas:

                                                                                     1 – Vienna (amateur stations only)

                                                                                     2 – Salzburg

                                                                                     3 – Lower Austria and Vienna (experimental stations only)

                                                                                     4 – Burgenland

                                                                                     5 – Upper Austria

6 – Styria

                                                                                     7 – Tyrol

                                                                                     8 – Carinthia

                                                                                     9 – Vorarlberg

                                                                                     0 – exterritorial

 

Accordingly added letters to the
   end of the call sign:

                                                                                     / M – mobile operation

                                                                                     / P – portable operation

                                                                                     / MM – on board ships

                                                                                     / AM – on board aircrafts

2014

Amd. no. 3OB no. 1061

Date: 1.X.2014 · snapshot →

P  29     Malaysia     LIR

 

Amateur stations

Call signs

Class

Territory

9M2AAA-9M2ZZZ

A

Peninsular Malaysia

9W2AAA-9W2ZZZ

B

9M6AAA-9M6ZZZ

A

Sabah

9W6AAA-9W6ZZZ

B

9M8AAA-9M8ZZZ

A

Sarawak

9W8AAA-9W8ZZZ

B

Experimental stations

9M4EAA-9M4EZZ

2013

Amd. no. 2OB no. 1035

Date: 1.IX.2013 · snapshot →

P  11     Bahrain (Kingdom of)     LIR

A9 followed by a digit (0 to 9) followed by 2, 3 or 4 characters, the last of which shall be a letter.

 

Prefix

Digit

Suffix

A9

0-9

Up to 4 characters, the last of which shall be a letter

2011

Amd. no. 1OB no. 973

Date: 1.II.2011 · snapshot →

P  35     Russian Federation     LIR

 

Stations d’amateur et stations expérimentales

RA0AA – RZ9ZZ
UA0AA – UI9ZZ
R0AA – R9ZZ*
RA0A – RZ9Z**
UA0A – UI9Z

Stations in the first qualification category operating with a HAREC certificate

R0AAA – R9ZZZ
RA0AAA – RZ9ZZZ
UA0AAA – UA9ZZZ

Stations in the second qualification category operating with a HAREC certificate

UB0AAA – UD9ZZZ
UF0AAA – UG9ZZZ

Stations in the third qualification category operating with an ARNEC certificate (novice licence)

UE0AAA – UE9ZZZ
UH0AAA – UI9ZZZ

Stations in the fourth qualification category (initial level)

RR0AA – RR9ZZ
RR0AAA – RR9ZZZ

Repeaters

RB0AA – RB9ZZ

Radiobeacons

RS0S – RS9S
RS10S – RS99S

Stations of the amateur-satellite service

R0AAAA – R9ZZZZ
R00AAA – R99ZZZ
R000A – R999Z
R000AA – R999ZZ
R0000A – R9999Z
RA00A – RZ99Z
RA00AA – RZ99ZZ
RA00AAA – RZ99ZZZ
RA000A – RZ999Z
RA000AA – RZ999ZZ

Temporary use in special circumstances

R0A – R9Z
R00A – R99Z
R00AA – R99ZZ***

Stations participating in internal rounds of competitions

*          Subject to use of the amateur station for a period of not less than 25 calendar years.
**        Subject to participation over the past five years in no fewer than ten international or all Russian wireless communication             contests.
***      With the exclusion of call signs in the series R00SP - R99SP exclusively assigned to amateur stations of polar expeditions             operating on the drift-ice of the Arctic Ocean.

Current entries

codelistscountry or areagroupsnotes
Algeria[object Object], [object Object]
province, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Argentina[object Object]
Aruba[object Object],[object Object]i) Foreign amateurs will use the call sign assigned to them by their administration followed by a stroke (/) and then P4 for a duration of one year., ii) The prefix P40 or P41 followed by a group of not more than 3 letters is assigned during special events for not more than one month.
amateur_area, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], experimental_area, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Australia[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
amateur_area, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], experimental_area, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Austria[object Object], [object Object]
Bahamas[object Object], [object Object]
Bahrain[object Object]
Barbedos[object Object],[object Object]
city_region, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Belarus[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Foreign radio amateurs with a licence must use EW followed by slash (/) and their own call sign.
Belgium[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Belize[object Object],[object Object]
Benin[object Object]
Bhutan[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
departments, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], labels, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Bolivia[object Object]
Bonaire[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Botswana[object Object]
Brunei[object Object],[object Object]
Bulgaria[object Object]
Burkina Faso[object Object], [object Object]
Burundi[object Object]
Cabo Verde[object Object]
Cameroon[object Object]
province_or_area, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Canada[object Object], [object Object]VE0 is intended for use when the amateur radio station is operated from a vessel that makes international voyages.
Central African Republic[object Object]
Chad[object Object]
Chile[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
zone, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Colombia[object Object],[object Object]5J or 5K followed by a digit (0-9) and by 1, 2 or 3 letters is authorised on a temporary basis to amateur stations operating during contests or special events.
Comoros[object Object]The 2 letters are the operator identity.
Congo[object Object], [object Object]
Cook Islands[object Object]
Costa Rica[object Object]
Cote Divoire[object Object], [object Object]
Croatia[object Object]
amateur_area, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Cuba[object Object]
Curacao[object Object]
Cyprus[object Object]Foreign amateurs will use the call sign assigned to them by their administration followed by a stroke (/) and then 5B4 on a temporary basis.
Czech[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
Denmark[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Djibouti[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]For special events the radio amateurs will use J20 followed by a group of 3 letters.
Dominica[object Object]
zone, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Dominican Republic[object Object]
province, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Ecuador[object Object], [object Object]The radio amateurs operating during competitions have to use HD9 followed by 1 letter on a temporary basis., The beginners have to use the letter N after the digit indicating the province.
Egypt[object Object]
zone, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]El Salvador[object Object], [object Object]Foreign radio amateurs must use YS followed by a digit (1-9, indicating the operational zone), by a stroke (/) and by their own call sign.
Ethiopia[object Object],[object Object]
Fiji[object Object], [object Object]
Finland[object Object], [object Object]
Gabon[object Object]
Gambia[object Object]
Georgia[object Object]
Ghana[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
regions, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Greece[object Object],[object Object], [object Object],[object Object]i) SV0 or SW0 followed by 2 or 3 letters is assigned to Greek radio amateurs with a foreign licence and to foreign radio amateurs with permanent residence., ii) The prefix J4, SX or SY is assigned as a special call sign to Greek unions of radio amateurs, Greek teams of radio amateurs, Greek radio amateurs and foreign radio amateurs., iii) The prefix SZ is assigned to the Greek Radio Amateur Union and Greek university laboratories in the area of wireless telecommunications.
departments, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Guatemala[object Object], [object Object]
Guinea Bissau[object Object]
Guinea[object Object], [object Object]
region, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Guyana[object Object], [object Object]
Haiti[object Object]
Hungary[object Object]
India[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
Indonesia[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]The 1 letter suffix is not for personal call sign use, but only for organizational stations with special event activities.
Iran[object Object]
Iraq[object Object]
Ireland[object Object]
Israel[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
region, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Italy[object Object]
Jamaica[object Object], [object Object]Foreign amateurs will use the call sign assigned to them by their administration followed by a stroke (/) and then 6Y5.
Jordan[object Object]
Kenya[object Object], [object Object]
Kiribati[object Object], [object Object]
Korea[object Object],[object Object], [object Object],[object Object]DS, DT, D7, D8, D9, 6K, 6L, 6M, 6N followed by a digit and by 2 or 3 letters are assigned on a temporary basis on special occasions.
Kuwait[object Object]
Kyrgyz[object Object]Foreign radio amateurs will use EX followed by a stroke (/) and their home call sign.
Lao[object Object], [object Object]
Latvia[object Object], [object Object]
Lebanon[object Object], [object Object]
Lesotho[object Object], [object Object]
Libya[object Object], [object Object]
Liechtenstein[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Lithuania[object Object], [object Object]LY followed by 2 to 4 digits and by 1 letter is authorized only for the formation of occasional radio call signs.
station_types, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Luxembourg[object Object]Foreign radio amateurs with temporary licence must use LX followed by a stroke (/) and their own call sign.
Madagascar[object Object], [object Object]
Malawi[object Object]
Maldives[object Object]
Mauritania[object Object], [object Object]
area, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Mauritius[object Object]Foreign radio amateurs with visitor licence must use 3B8 followed by a stroke (/) and their own call sign.
Micronesia[object Object], [object Object]
Monaco[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
Morocco[object Object], [object Object]
province, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Mozambique[object Object]
Myanmar[object Object], [object Object]
Namibia[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
Nauru[object Object]
Nepal[object Object]
Netherlands[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
zone, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Nicaragua[object Object]
Niger[object Object], [object Object]When stations operate as fixed stations, their call signs are followed by the letter “F”., When stations operate as mobile stations, their call signs are followed by the letters “MOB”.
zone, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Nigeria[object Object], [object Object],[object Object]
Niue[object Object]
Norway[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
Oman[object Object], [object Object]
Pakistan[object Object], [object Object]
Papua New Guinea[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
zone, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Peru[object Object]The prefix 4T is assigned on a temporary basis.
Qatar[object Object], [object Object]
Romania[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]YP, YQ and YR followed by a digit and a group of not more than 3 letters are assigned to amateur stations operating during contests or special events.
Russia[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Subject to use of the amateur station for a period of not less than 25 calendar years., Subject to participation over the past five years in no fewer than ten international or all Russian wireless communication contests., With the exclusion of call signs in the series R00SP - R99SP exclusively assigned to amateur stations of polar expeditions operating on the drift-ice of the Arctic Ocean.
Rwanda[object Object]
Samoa[object Object]
San Marino[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Sao Tome And Principe[object Object]
Saudi Arabia[object Object], [object Object]
Senegal[object Object]
Seychelles[object Object], [object Object]
area_or_province, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Sierra Leone[object Object]Foreign radio amateurs with temporary licence must use 9L followed by a stroke (/) and their own call sign.
Singapore[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]9V0 followed by 2 or 3 letters is authorised to amateur stations on special occasions.
Sint Maarten[object Object]
Slovakia[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
Slovenia[object Object]
Solomon Islands[object Object], [object Object]
province, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]South Africa[object Object],[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]
Sri Lanka[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]i) Local radio amateurs who have received licence by submitting licences issued from foreign administrations will use 4S7 followed by 3 letters with last letter as R., ii) Visiting radio amateurs will use 4S7 followed by home call sign., iii) Foreign radio amateurs from administrations having reciprocal agreement will use 4S7 followed by 3 letters with last letter as G.
Suriname[object Object], [object Object]
Swaziland[object Object],[object Object]
Switzerland[object Object],[object Object]
zone, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Syrian Arab Republic[object Object],[object Object], [object Object]i) Foreign individual radio amateurs will use YK followed by a stroke (/) and their home call sign., ii) Only for special events the radio amateurs will use 6C followed by a digit and by a group of not more than 3 letters.
Tanzania[object Object],[object Object]
area, [object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]Thailand[object Object], [object Object]
Tonga[object Object], [object Object]
Trinidad And Tobago[object Object], [object Object]
Tunisia[object Object], [object Object]
Turkey[object Object]
Tuvalu[object Object], [object Object]
Uganda[object Object]
Ukraine[object Object]
United Arab Emirates[object Object], [object Object]
Uruguay[object Object], [object Object]
Vanuatu[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Vatican[object Object]
Venezuela[object Object]
Vietnam[object Object]
Zambia[object Object]
Zimbabwe[object Object]

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