2012 DXCC List

July 2011 Edition
Current Entities Total: 340
Revision: February 2012

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Entity Prefix Entity Cont ITU CQ Code

Spratly Is. AS 50 26 247
1A 1 Sov. Mil. Order of Malta EU 28 15 246
3A* Monaco EU 27 14 260
3B6, 7 Agalega & St. Brandon Is. AF 53 39 004
3B8 Mauritius AF 53 39 165
3B9 Rodriguez I. AF 53 39 207
3C Equatorial Guinea AF 47 36 049
3C0 Annobon I. AF 52 36 195
3D2* Fiji OC 56 32 176
3D2 Conway Reef OC 56 32 489
3D2* Rotuma I. OC 56 32 460
3DA# Swaziland AF 57 38 468
3V* Tunisia AF 37 33 474
3W,XV Viet Nam AS 49 26 293
3X Guinea AF 46 35 107
3Y* Bouvet AF 67 38 024
3Y* Peter 1 I. AN 72 12 199
4J, 4K Azerbaijan AS 29 21 018
4L* Georgia AS 29 21 075
4O47* Montenegro EU 28 15 514
4S* Sri Lanka AS 41 22 315
4U_ITU#* ITU HQ EU 28 14 117
4U_UN* United Nations HQ NA 08 05 289
4W 44 Timor - Leste OC 54 28 511
4X, 4Z Israel AS 39 20 336
5A Libya AF 38 34 436
5B, C4, P3* Cyprus AS 39 20 215
5H-5I* Tanzania AF 53 37 470
5N* Nigeria AF 46 35 450
5R Madagascar AF 53 39 438
5T2 Mauritania AF 46 35 444
5U3 Niger AF 46 35 187
5V Togo AF 46 35 483
5W* Samoa OC 62 32 190
5X* Uganda AF 48 37 286
5Y-5Z* Kenya AF 48 37 430
6V-6W4* Senegal AF 46 35 456
6Y#* Jamaica NA 11 08 082
7O5 Yemen AS 39 21 492
7P Lesotho AF 57 38 432
7Q Malawi AF 53 37 440
7T-7Y* Algeria AF 37 33 400
8P* Barbados NA 11 08 062
8Q* Maldives AS/AF 41 22 159
8R#* Guyana SA 12 09 129
9A6* Croatia EU 28 15 497
9G7#* Ghana AF 46 35 424
9H* Malta EU 28 15 257
9I-9J* Zambia AF 53 36 482
9K* Kuwait AS 39 21 348
9L# Sierra Leone AF 46 35 458
9M2, 48* West Malaysia AS 54 28 299
9M6, 88* East Malaysia OC 54 28 046
9N Nepal AS 42 22 369
9Q-9T* Dem. Rep. of Congo AF 52 36 414
9U9 Burundi AF 52 36 404
9V10* Singapore AS 54 28 381
9X9 Rwanda AF 52 36 454
9Y-9Z#* Trinidad & Tobago SA 11 09 090
A2* Botswana AF 57 38 402
A3 Tonga OC 62 32 160
A4* Oman AS 39 21 370
A5 Bhutan AS 41 22 306
A6 United Arab Emirates AS 39 21 391
A7* Qatar AS 39 21 376
A9* Bahrain AS 39 21 304
AP* Pakistan AS 41 21 372
B* China AS (A) 23,24 318
BS711 Scarborough Reef AS 50 27 506
BU-BX* Taiwan AS 44 24 386
BV9P12 Pratas I. AS 44 24 505
C2 Nauru OC 65 31 157
C3* Andorra EU 27 14 203
C5# The Gambia AF 46 35 422
C6 Bahamas NA 11 08 060
C8-9* Mozambique AF 53 37 181
CA-CE#* Chile SA 14,16 12 112
CE0#* Easter I. SA 63 12 047
CE0#* Juan Fernandez Is. SA 14 12 125
CE0#* San Felix & San Ambrosio SA 14 12 217
CE9/KC4^* Antarctica AN (B) (C) 013
CM, CO#* Cuba NA 11 08 070
CN Morocco AF 37 33 446
CP#* Bolivia SA 12,14 10 104
CT* Portugal EU 37 14 272
CT3* Madeira Is. AF 36 33 256
CU* Azores EU 36 14 149
CV-CX#* Uruguay SA 14 13 144
CY0* Sable I. NA 09 05 211
CY9* St. Paul I. NA 09 05 252
D2-3 Angola AF 52 36 401
D4 Cape Verde AF 46 35 409
D6*#13 Comoros AF 53 39 411
DA-DR14* Fed. Rep. of Germany EU 28 14 230
DU-DZ,4D-4I#* Philippines OC 50 27 375
E315 Eritrea AF 48 37 051
E443 Palestine AS 39 20 510
E5 N. Cook Is. OC 62 32 191
E5 S. Cook Is. OC 62 32 234
E729#* Bosnia-Herzegovina EU 28 15 501
EA-EH* Spain EU 37 14 281
EA6-EH6* Balearic Is. EU 37 14 021
EA8-EH8* Canary Is. AF 36 33 029
EA9-EH9* Ceuta & Melilla AF 37 33 032
EI-EJ* Ireland EU 27 14 245
EK* Armenia AS 29 21 014
EL#* Liberia AF 46 35 434
EP-EQ* Iran AS 40 21 330
ER* Moldova EU 29 16 179
ES* Estonia EU 29 15 052
ET* Ethiopia AF 48 37 053
EU-EW* Belarus EU 29 16 027
EX* Kyrgyzstan AS 30,31 17 135
EY* Tajikistan AS 30 17 262
EZ* Turkmenistan AS 30 17 280
F* France EU 27 14 227
FG, TO* Guadeloupe NA 11 08 079
FH, TO13* Mayotte AF 53 39 169
FJ, TO49* Saint Barthelemy NA 11 08 516
FK, TX* New Caledonia OC 56 32 162
FK, TX45 Chesterfield Is. OC 56 30 512
FM, TO* Martinique NA 11 08 084
FO, TX16* Austral I. OC 63 32 508
FO, TX* Clipperton I. NA 10 07 036
FO, TX* French Polynesia OC 63 32 175
FO, TX16* Marquesas Is. OC 63 31 509
FP* St. Pierre & Miquelon NA 09 05 277
FR, TO* Reunion I. AF 53 39 453
FT/G, TO17* Glorioso Is. AF 53 39 099
FT/J,E, TO17* Juan de Nova, Europa AF 53 39 124
FT/T, TO* Tromelin I. AF 53 39 276
FS, TO* Saint Martin NA 11 08 213
FT/W* Crozet I. AF 68 39 041
FT/X* Kerguelen Is. AF 68 39 131
FT/Z* Amsterdam & St. Paul Is. AF 68 39 010
FW* Wallis & Futuna Is. OC 62 32 298
FY* French Guiana SA 12 09 063
G, GX, M* England EU 27 14 223
GD, GT* Isle of Man EU 27 14 114
GI, GN* Northern Ireland EU 27 14 265
GJ, GH* Jersey EU 27 14 122
GM, GS* Scotland EU 27 14 279
GU, GP* Guernsey EU 27 14 106
GW, GC* Wales EU 27 14 294
H4* Solomon Is. OC 51 28 185
H4018* Temotu Province OC 51 32 507
HA, HG* Hungary EU 28 15 239
HB* Switzerland EU 28 14 287
HB0 Liechtenstein EU 28 14 251
HC-HD#* Ecuador SA 12 10 120
HC8-HD8#* Galapagos Is. SA 12 10 071
HH# Haiti NA 11 08 078
HI#* Dominican Republic NA 11 08 072
HJ-HK, 5J-5K#* Colombia SA 12 09 116
HK0#* Malpelo I. SA 12 09 161
HK0#* San Andres & Providencia NA 11 07 216
HL, 6K-6N* Republic of Korea AS 44 25 137
HO-HP#* Panama NA 11 07 088
HQ-HR#* Honduras NA 11 07 080
HS, E2* Thailand AS 49 26 387
HV Vatican EU 28 15 295
HZ* Saudi Arabia AS 39 21 378
I* Italy EU 28 15,33 248
IS0, IM0* Sardinia EU 28 15 225
J2* Djibouti AF 48 37 382
J3#* Grenada NA 11 08 077
J5 Guinea-Bissau AF 46 35 109
J6#* St. Lucia NA 11 08 097
J7#* Dominica NA 11 08 095
J8# St. Vincent NA 11 08 098
JA-JS, 7J-7N* Japan AS 45 25 339
JD119* Minami Torishima OC 90 27 177
JD120* Ogasawara AS 45 27 192
JT-JV* Mongolia AS 32,33 23 363
JW* Svalbard EU 18 40 259
JX* Jan Mayen EU 18 40 118
JY#* Jordan AS 39 20 342
K,W,N, United States of America NA 6,7,8 3,4,5 291
AA-AK#
KG4# Guantanamo Bay NA 11 08 105
KH0# Mariana Is. OC 64 27 166
KH1# Baker & Howland Is. OC 61 31 020
KH2#* Guam OC 64 27 103
KH3#* Johnston I. OC 61 31 123
KH4# Midway I. OC 61 31 174
KH5# Palmyra & Jarvis Is. OC 61,62 31 197
KH5K# Kingman Reef OC 61 31 134
KH6,7#* Hawaii OC 61 31 110
KH7K# Kure I. OC 61 31 138
KH8#* American Samoa OC 62 32 009
KH848#* Swains I. OC 62 32 515
KH9# Wake I. OC 65 31 297
KL,AL,NL, Alaska NA 1,2 1 006
WL#*
KP1# Navassa I. NA 11 08 182
KP2#* Virgin Is. NA 11 08 285
KP3,4#* Puerto Rico NA 11 08 202
KP522# Desecheo I. NA 11 08 043
LA-LN* Norway EU 18 14 266
LO-LW#* Argentina SA 14,16 13 100
LX* Luxembourg EU 27 14 254
LY* Lithuania EU 29 15 146
LZ* Bulgaria EU 28 20 212
OA-OC#* Peru SA 12 10 136
OD* Lebanon AS 39 20 354
OE#* Austria EU 28 15 206
OF-OI* Finland EU 18 15 224
OH0* Aland Is. EU 18 15 005
OJ0* Market Reef EU 18 15 167
OK-OL23* Czech Republic EU 28 15 503
OM23* Slovak Republic EU 28 15 504
ON-OT* Belgium EU 27 14 209
OU-OW, OZ* Denmark EU 18 14 221
OX* Greenland NA 5,75 40 237
OY* Faroe Is. EU 18 14 222
P224 Papua New Guinea OC 51 28 163
P425* Aruba SA 11 09 091
P526 DPR of Korea AS 44 25 344
PA-PI* Netherlands EU 27 14 263
PJ250 Curacao SA 11 09 517
PJ451 Bonaire SA 11 09 520
PJ5,652 Saba & St. Eustatius NA 11 08 519
PJ753 St Maarten NA 11 08 518
PP-PY, ZV-ZZ#* Brazil SA (D) 11 108
PP0-PY0F#* Fernando de Noronha SA 13 11 056
PP0-PY0S#* St. Peter & St. Paul Rocks SA 13 11 253
PP0-PY0T#* Trindade & Martim Vaz Is. SA 15 11 273
PZ Suriname SA 12 09 140
R1/F* Franz Josef Land EU 75 40 061
S01,27 Western Sahara AF 46 33 302
S2* Bangladesh AS 41 22 305
S56* Slovenia EU 28 15 499
S7 Seychelles AF 53 39 379
S9 Sao Tome & Principe AF 47 36 219
SA-SM, 7S-8S* Sweden EU 18 14 284
SN-SR* Poland EU 28 15 269
ST Sudan AF 47, 48 34 466
SU Egypt AF 38 34 478
SV-SZ, J4* Greece EU 28 20 236
SV/A* Mount Athos EU 28 20 180
SV5, J45* Dodecanese EU 28 20 045
SV9, J49* Crete EU 28 20 040
T228 Tuvalu OC 65 31 282
T30 W. Kiribati (Gilbert Is. ) OC 65 31 301
T31 C. Kiribati OC 62 31 031
(British Phoenix Is)
T32 E. Kiribati (Line Is.) OC 61,63 31 048
T33 Banaba I. (Ocean I.) OC 65 31 490
T5, 6O Somalia AF 48 37 232
T7* San Marino EU 28 15 278
T821 Palau OC 64 27 022
TA-TC* Turkey EU/AS 39 20 390
TF* Iceland EU 17 40 242
TG, TD#* Guatemala NA 12 07 076
TI, TE#* Costa Rica NA 11 07 308
TI9#* Cocos I. NA 12 07 037
TJ Cameroon AF 47 36 406
TK* Corsica EU 28 15 214
TL30 Central Africa AF 47 36 408
TN31 Congo (Republic of the) AF 52 36 412
TR32* Gabon AF 52 36 420
TT33 Chad AF 47 36 410
TU34 Cote d'Ivoire AF 46 35 428
TY35 Benin AF 46 35 416
TZ36* Mali AF 46 35 442
UA-UI1,3,4,6 European Russia EU (E) 16 054
RA-RZ*
UA2, RA2* Kaliningrad EU 29 15 126
UA-UI8,9,0 Asiatic Russia AS (F) (G) 015
RA-RZ*
UJ-UM Uzbekistan AS 30 17 292
UN-UQ* Kazakhstan AS 29-31 17 130
UR-UZ, Ukraine EU 29 16 288
EM-EO*
V2#* Antigua & Barbuda NA 11 08 094
V3# Belize NA 11 07 066
V437# St. Kitts & Nevis NA 11 08 249
V5* Namibia AF 57 38 464
V638 Micronesia OC 65 27 173
V7#* Marshall Is. OC 65 31 168
V8* Brunei Darussalam OC 54 28 345
VA-VG, Canada NA (H) 1-5 001
VO,VY#*
VK, AX#* Australia OC (I) 29,30 150
VK0#* Heard I. AF 68 39 111
VK0#* Macquarie I. OC 60 30 153
VK9C#* Cocos (Keeling) Is. OC 54 29 038
VK9L#* Lord Howe I. OC 60 30 147
VK9M#* Mellish Reef OC 56 30 171
VK9N* Norfolk I. OC 60 32 189
VK9W#* Willis I. OC 55 30 303
VK9X#* Christmas I. OC 54 29 035
VP2E37 Anguilla NA 11 08 012
VP2M37 Montserrat NA 11 08 096
VP2V37* British Virgin Is. NA 11 08 065
VP5* Turks & Caicos Is. NA 11 08 089
VP6#* Pitcairn I. OC 63 32 172
VP646* Ducie I. OC 63 32 513
VP8* Falkland Is. SA 16 13 141
VP8, LU* South Georgia I. SA 73 13 235
VP8, LU* South Orkney Is. SA 73 13 238
VP8, LU* South Sandwich Is. SA 73 13 240
VP8, LU, South Shetland Is. SA 73 13 241
CE9, HF0, 4K1*
VP9* Bermuda NA 11 05 064
VQ9* Chagos Is. AF 41 39 033
VR* Hong Kong AS 44 24 321
VU* India AS 41 22 324
VU4* Andaman & Nicobar Is. AS 49 26 011
VU7* Lakshadweep Is. AS 41 22 142
XA-XI#* Mexico NA 10 06 050
XA4-XI4#* Revillagigedo NA 10 06 204
XT39* Burkina Faso AF 46 35 480
XU Cambodia AS 49 26 312
XW Laos AS 49 26 143
XX9* Macao AS 44 24 152
XY-XZ Myanmar AS 49 26 309
YA, T6 Afghanistan AS 40 21 003
YB-YH40* Indonesia OC 51,54 28 327
YI* Iraq AS 39 21 333
YJ* Vanuatu OC 56 32 158
YK* Syria AS 39 20 384
YL* Latvia EU 29 15 145
YN,H6-7,HT#* Nicaragua NA 11 07 086
YO-YR* Romania EU 28 20 275
YS, HU#* El Salvador NA 11 07 074
YT-YU* Serbia EU 28 15 296
YV-YY, 4M#* Venezuela SA 12 09 148
YV0#* Aves I. NA 11 08 017
Z2 Zimbabwe AF 53 38 452
Z341* Macedonia EU 28 15 502
Z854 South Sudan (Rep of) AF 48 34 521
ZA Albania EU 28 15 007
ZB2* Gibraltar EU 37 14 233
ZC442* UK Sov. Base Areas AS 39 20 283
on Cyprus
ZD7* St. Helena AF 66 36 250
ZD8* Ascension I. AF 66 36 205
ZD9 Tristan da Cunha & AF 66 38 274
Gough I.
ZF* Cayman Is. NA 11 08 069
ZK2* Niue OC 62 32 188
ZK3* Tokelau Is. OC 62 31 270
ZL-ZM* New Zealand OC 60 32 170
ZL7* Chatham Is. OC 60 32 034
ZL8* Kermadec Is. OC 60 32 133
ZL9* Auckland & Campbell Is. OC 60 32 016
ZP#* Paraguay SA 14 11 132
ZR-ZU#* South Africa AF 57 38 462
ZS8* Prince Edward & Marion Is. AF 57 38 201

NOTES:

1 Unofficial prefix.
2 (5T) Only contacts made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
3 (5U) Only contacts made August 3, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
4 (6W) Only contact made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
5 (70) Only contacts made May 22, 1990, and after, count for this entity.
6 (9A,S5) Only contacts made June 26, 1991, and after, count for this entity.
7 (9G) Only contacts made March 5, 1957, and after, count for this entity.
8 (9M2,4,6,8) Only contacts made September 16, 1963, and after,count for this entity.
9 (9U, 9X) Only contacts made July 1, 1962, and after, count for this entity.
10 (9V) Contacts made from September 16, 1963 to August 8, 1965, count for West Malaysia.
11 (BS7) Only contacts made January 1, 1995, and after, count for this entity.
12 (BV9P) Only contact made January 1, 1994, and after, count for this entity.
13 (D6,FH) Only contacts made July 6, 1975, and after, count for this entity.
14 (DA-DR) Only contacts made with DA-DL stations September 17, 1973, and after, and
contacts made Y2-Y9 stations October 3, 1990 and after, count for this entity.
15 (E3) Only contacts made November 14, 1962, and before, or May 24, 1991, and after, count
for this entity.
16 (FO) Only contacts made after 23:59 UTC, March 31, 1998 count for this entity.
17 (FR) Only contacts made June 25, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
18 (H40) Only contacts made after 23:59 UTC, March 31, 1998 count for this entity.
19 (JD) Formerly Marcus Island.
20 (JD) Formerly Bonin and Volcano Islands
21 (T8) Valid prefix January 1, 1994, or after (KC6 prior to this date).
22 (KP5) Only contacts made March 1, 1979, and after, count for this entity.
23 (OK-OL, OM) Only contacts made January 1, 1993, and after, count for this entity.
24 (P2) Only contacts made September 16, 1975, and after count for this entity.
25 (P4) Only contacts made January 1, 1986, and after, count for this entity.
26 (P5) Only contacts made May 14, 1995, and after, count for this entity.
27 (S0) Contacts with Rio de Oro (Spanish Sahara), EA9, also count for this entity.
28 (T2) Only contacts made January 1, 1976, and after, count for this entity.
29 (E7) New prefix for Bosnia - Herzegovina effective November 17, 2007. Contacts are valid
for this entity effective October 15, 1991.
30 (TL) Only contacts made August 13, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
31 (TN) Only contacts made August 15, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
32 (TR) Only contacts made August 17, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
33 (TT) Only contacts made August 11, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
34 (TU) Only contacts made August 7, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
35 (TY) Only contacts made August 1, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
36 (TZ) Only contacts made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
37 (V4,VP2) For DXCC credit for contacts made May 31, 1958, and before, see page 97, June
1958 QST.
38 (V6) Includes Yap Islands January 1, 1981, and after.
39 (XT) Only contacts made August 16, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
40 (YB) Only contacts made May 1, 1963, and after, count for this entity.
41 (Z3) Only contacts made September 8, 1991, and after, count for this entity.
42 (ZC4) Only contacts made August 16, 1960, and after, count for this entity.
43 (E4) Only contacts made February 1, 1999, and after, count for this entity.
44 (4W) Only contacts made March 1, 2000, and after, count for this entity.
45 (FK/C) Only contacts made March 23, 2000, and after, count for this entity.
46 (VP6) Only contacts made November 16, 2001, and after, count for this entity.
47 (4O) Only contacts made June 28, 2006, and after, count for this entity.
48 (KH8) Only contacts made July 22, 2006, and after, count for this entity.
49 (FJ) Only contacts made December 14, 2007, and after, count for this entity.
50 (PJ2) Only contacts made starting 0400 UTC October 10, 2010, or after, count for this
entity.
51 (PJ4) Only contacts made starting 0400 UTC October 10, 2010, or after, count for this
entity.
52 (PJ5, 6) Only contacts made starting 0400 UTC October 10, 2010, or after, count for this
entity.
53 (PJ7) Only contacts made starting 0400 UTC October 10, 2010, or after, count for this
entity.
54 (Z8) Only contacts made July 14, 2011, or after, count for this entity.
^ Also 3Y, 8J1, AT0, DP0, FT8Y, LU, OR4, VK0, R1AW, VP8, ZL5,
ZS1, ZX0, etc. QSL via country under whose auspices the particular
station is operating. The availability of a third-party traffic
agreement and a QSL Bureau applies to the country under whose
auspices the particular station is operating.
Zone Notes can be found with Prefix Cross References.