Region |
States
& Other Areas |
Numeral |
|
Continental
USA [K, N, W, KA-KZ, NA-NZ, WA-WZ, AA-AL] (except as
noted below) |
1 |
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
|
1 |
2 |
New Jersey and New York
|
2 |
3 |
Delaware, District of Columbia,
Maryland and Pennsylvania
|
3 |
4 |
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
|
4 |
5 |
Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New
Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
|
5 |
6 |
California
|
6 |
7 |
Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming
|
7 |
8 |
Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia
|
8 |
9 |
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin
|
9 |
10 |
Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota
|
0 |
11 |
Alaska
[AL, KL, NL, or WL] |
Alaska |
0-9 |
U.S.
personnel stationed in Korea [KL9KAA-KL9KHZ] |
9 |
12 |
Caribbean
Insular areas [KP, NP, or WP] |
Navassa Island
|
1 |
Virgin Islands
|
2 |
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico except
Desecheo Island
|
3
or 4 |
Desecheo Island
|
5 |
13 |
Hawaii
and Pacific Insular areas [AH, KH, NH, or WH] |
Baker or Howland Island
|
1 |
Guam
|
2 |
Johnston Island
|
3 |
Midway Island
|
4 |
Palmyra or Jarvis Island
|
5 |
Kingman Reef
|
5
followed by suffix letter K |
Hawaii except Kure Island
|
6
or 7 |
Kure Island
|
7
followed by the letter K |
American Samoa
|
8 |
Wake, Wilkes, or Peale Island
|
9 |
Commonwealth of Northern Mariana
Islands
|
0 |
14 |
Outside
the United States (unofficial) |
|
The following call signs are not available for assignment:
- KA2AA-KA9ZZ, KC4AAA-KC4AAF, KC4USA-KC4USZ, KG4AA-KG4ZZ, KC6AA-KC6ZZ, KL9KAA- KL9KHZ, KX6AA-KX6ZZ;
- Any call sign having the letters SOS or QRA-QUZ as the
suffix (to avoid confusion with distress calls and prosigns);
- Any call sign having the letters AM-AZ as the prefix (note:
these prefixes are assigned to other countries by the ITU);
- Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letter X as the first letter of the
suffix (reserved for experimental licenses);
- Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters AF, KF, NF, or WF as the prefix and the letters EMA as the suffix
(reserved for U.S. Government FEMA stations);
- Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters AA-AL as the prefix;
- Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters NA-NZ as the prefix;
- Any 2-by-3 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;
- Any 2-by-2 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;
- Any 2-by-1 format call sign having the letters KP, NP or WP as the prefix and the numeral 0, 6, 7, 8 or 9;
- Call signs having the single letter prefix (K, N or W), a single digit numeral 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and a single letter suffix
(reserved for the special event call sign
system).
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