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ARRL DXCC COUNTRIES LIST

NOTE: @ Indicates eligible for field checking

NOTE: * Indicates current list of countries for which QSL's maybe forwarded by the ARRL membership outgoing QSL service.

NOTE: # INDICATES COUNTRIES WITH Indicates countries with which U.S. Amateurs may legally handle third party message traffic

NOTE: Third-party traffic permitted with special-events stations in the United Kingdom having the prefix GB only, with the exception that GB3 stations are not included in this agreement.

The ARRL Postwar Countries List is the official standard used in connection with the DX Century Club. To qualify for the DX Century Club Award, an applicant must submit confirmations from at least 100 different countries contacted after November 15, 1945, in accordance with the Postwar DXCC Rules. 


    AP-AS                                      Pakistan
     A2                                         Botswana
     A3                                            Tonga
     A4                                             Oman
     A5                                           Bhutan
     A6                             United Arab Emirates
     A7                                            Qatar
     A9                                          Bahrain

     BS7                                Scarborough Reef
     BV                                           Taiwan
     BV9P                                      Pratas Is
     BY,BT                                         China

     CA-CE                                         Chile
     CE9/KC4                                  Antarctica
     CE0Y                                      Easter Is
     CE0Z                              Juan Fernandez Is
     CE0X                       San Felix & San Ambrosio
     CM,CO                                          Cuba
     CN                                          Morocco
     CP                                          Bolivia
     CT                                         Portugal
     CT3                                      Madeira Is
     CU                                           Azores
     CV-CX                                       Uruguay
     CY9                                      St Paul Is
     CY0                                        Sable Is
     C2                                            Nauru
     C3                                          Andorra
     C5                                       The Gambia
     C6                                          Bahamas
     C8,C9                                    Mozambique

     DA-DL                                       Germany
     DU-DZ                                   Philippines
     D2,D3                                        Angola
     D4                                       Cape Verde
     D6                                          Comoros

     EA-EH                                         Spain
     EA6-EH6                                 Balearic Is
     EA8-EH8                                   Canary Is
     EA9-EH9                             Ceuta & Melilla
     EI,EJ                                       Ireland
     EK                                          Armenia
     EL                                          Liberia
     EP,EQ                                          Iran
     ER                                          Moldova
     ES                                          Estonia
     ET                                         Ethiopia
     EU,EV,EW                                    Belarus
     EX                                       Kyrgyzstan
     EY                                       Tajikistan
     EZ                                     Turkmenistan
     E3                                          Eritrea

     F                                            France
     FG                                       Guadeloupe
     FH                                          Mayotte
     FJ                                     Saint Martin
     FK                                    New Caledonia
     FM                                       Martinique
     FO                                    Clipperton Is
     FO                                 French Polynesia
     FP                             St Pierre & Miquelon
     FR/G                                    Glorioso Is
     FR/J,FR/E                      Juan de Nova, Europa
     FR                                          Reunion
     FR/T                                       Tromelin
     FT5W                                      Crozet Is
     FT5X                                   Kerguelen Is
     FT5Z                         Amsterdam & St Paul Is
     FW                               Wallis & Futuna Is
     FY                                    French Guiana

     G,GX,M                                      England
     GD,GT,MD                                Isle of Man
     GI,GN,MI                           Northern Ireland
     GJ,GH,MJ                                     Jersey
     GM,GS,MM                                   Scotland
     GU,GP,MU                                   Guernsey
     GW,GC,MW                                      Wales

     HA,HG                                       Hungary
     HB                                      Switzerland
     HB0                                   Liechtenstein
     HC,HD                                       Ecuador
     HC8,HD8                                Galapagos Is
     HH                                            Haiti
     HI                               Dominican Republic
     HJ,HK                                      Colombia
     HK0                                      Malpelo Is
     HK0                        San Andres & Providencia
     HL,DS                                   South Korea
     HO,HP                                        Panama
     HQ,HR                                      Honduras
     HS,E2                                      Thailand
     HV                                          Vatican
     HZ                                     Saudi Arabia
     H4                                       Solomon Is

     I                                             Italy
     IS0,IM0                                    Sardinia

     JA-JS                                         Japan
     JD1                               Minami-Tori-Shima
     JD1                                    Ogasawara Is
     JT-JV                                      Mongolia
     JW                                      Svalbard Is
     JX                                     Jan Mayen Is
     JY                                           Jordan
     J2                                         Djibouti
     J3                                          Grenada
     J5                                    Guinea-Bissau
     J6                                         St Lucia
     J7                                         Dominica
     J8                        St Vincent & Dependencies

     K,W,N,AA-AK                United States of America
     KC6,T8                  (Western Caroline Is) Belau
     KG4                                  Guantanamo Bay
     KH1                              Baker & Howland Is
     KH2                                            Guam
     KH3                                     Johnston Is
     KH4                                       Midway Is
     KH5                             Palmyra & Jarvis Is
     KH5K                                   Kingman Reef
     KH6,KH7                                      Hawaii
     KH7K                                        Kure Is
     KH8                                  American Samoa
     KH9                                         Wake Is
     KH0                                      Mariana Is
     KL                                           Alaska
     KP1                                      Navassa Is
     KP2                                       Virgin Is
     KP4,KP3                                 Puerto Rico
     KP5                                     Desecheo Is

     LA-LN                                        Norway
     LO-LW                                     Argentina
     LX                                       Luxembourg
     LY                                        Lithuania
     LZ                                         Bulgaria

     OA-OC                                          Peru
     OD                                          Lebanon
     OE                                          Austria
     OF-OI                                       Finland
     OH0                                        Aland Is
     OH0M                                    Market Reef
     OK,OL                                Czech Republic
     OM                                  Slovak Republic
     ON-OT                                       Belgium
     OX                                        Greenland
     OY                                           Faroes
     OZ                                          Denmark

     PA-PI                                   Netherlands
     PJ2,4,9            Bonaire, Curacao (Neth Antilles)
     PJ5-8       Sint Maarten, Saba, & Sint Eustatius Is
     PP-PY                                        Brazil
     PP0-PY0                         Fernando de Noronha
     PP0-PY0                    St Peter & St Paul Rocks
     PP0-PY0                    Trindade & Martim Vaz Is
     PZ                                          Surinam
     P2                                 Papua New Guinea
     P4                                            Aruba
     P5                                      North Korea

     R1FJ                               Franz Josef Land
     R1MV                             Malyj Vysotskij Is

     SA-SM                                        Sweden
     SN-SR                                        Poland
     ST                                            Sudan
     ST0                                  Southern Sudan
     SU                                            Egypt
     SV-SZ                                        Greece
     SV/A                                       Mt Athos
     SV5                                   Dodecanese Is
     SV9                                           Crete
     S2                                       Bangladesh
     S5                                         Slovenia
     S7                                       Seychelles
     S9                              Sao Tome & Principe
     S0                                   Western Sahara

     TA-TC                                        Turkey
     TF                                          Iceland
     TG,TD                                     Guatemala
     TI,TE                                    Costa Rica
     TI9                                        Cocos Is
     TJ                                         Cameroon
     TK                                          Corsica
     TL                              Central African Rep
     TN                                            Congo
     TR                                            Gabon
     TT                                             Chad
     TU                                      Ivory Coast
     TY                                            Benin
     TZ                                             Mali
     T2                                           Tuvalu
     T30                      West Kiribati (Gilbert Is)
     T31           Central Kiribati (British Phoenix Is)
     T32                         East Kiribati (Line Is)
     T33                            Banaba Is (Ocean Is)
     T5                                          Somalia
     T7                                       San Marino
     T9                               Bosnia-Herzegovina

     UA-UI1,3,4,6, RA-RZ                 European Russia
     UA2                                     Kaliningrad
     UA-UI8,9,0, RA-RZ                    Asiatic Russia
     UJ,UM                                    Uzbekistan
     UN,UQ                                    Kazakhstan
     UR-UZ,EM-EO                                 Ukraine

     VE,VO,VY                                     Canada
     VK                                        Australia
     VK9C                               Cocos-Keeling Is
     VK9L                                   Lord Howe Is
     VK9M                                   Mellish Reef
     VK9N                                     Norfolk Is
     VK9W                                      Willis Is
     VK9X                                   Christmas Is
     VK0                                        Heard Is
     VK0                                    Macquarie Is
     VP2E                                       Anguilla
     VP2M                                     Montserrat
     VP2V                              British Virgin Is
     VP5                               Turks & Caicos Is
     VP8                                     Falkland Is
     VP8,LU                             South Georgia Is
     VP8,LU                              South Orkney Is
     VP8,LU                            South Sandwich Is
     VP8,LU,CE9,HF0,4K1                South Shetland Is
     VP9                                      Bermuda Is
     VQ9                                       Chagos Is
     VR6                                     Pitcairn Is
     VS6,VR2                                   Hong Kong
     VU                                            India
     VU                             Andaman & Nicobar Is
     VU                                     Laccadive Is
     V2                                Antigua & Barbuda
     V3                                           Belize
     V4                                 St Kitts & Nevis
     V5                                          Namibia
     V6                       Micronesia (E Caroline Is)
     V7                                      Marshall Is
     V8                                           Brunei

     XA-XI                                        Mexico
     XA4-XI4                              Revilla Gigedo
     XT                                     Burkina-Faso
     XU                                         Cambodia
     XW                                             Laos
     XX9                                           Macao
     XY,XZ                                       Myanmar

     YA                                      Afghanistan
     YB-YH                                     Indonesia
     YI                                             Iraq
     YJ                                          Vanuatu
     YK                                            Syria
     YL                                           Latvia
     YN                                        Nicaragua
     YO-YR                                       Romania
     YS                                      El Salvador
     YT,YU,YZ                                 Yugoslavia
     YV-YY                                     Venezuela
     YV0                                         Aves Is

     ZA                                          Albania
     ZB2                                       Gibraltar
     ZC4                    UK Sovereign Bases on Cyprus
     ZD7                                       St Helena
     ZD8                                    Ascension Is
     ZD9                     Tristan da Cunha & Gough Is
     ZF                                        Cayman Is
     ZK1                                   North Cook Is
     ZK1                                   South Cook Is
     ZK2                                            Niue
     ZK3                                      Tokelau Is
     ZL,ZM                                   New Zealand
     ZL7                                      Chatham Is
     ZL8                                     Kermadec Is
     ZL9                           Aukland & Campbell Is
     ZP                                         Paraguay
     ZR-ZU                                  South Africa
     ZS8                       Prince Edward & Marion Is
     Z2                                         Zimbabwe
     Z3                                        Macedonia

     1A0               Sovereign Military Order of Malta
     1S                                       Spratly Is

     3A                                           Monaco
     3B6,3B7                     Agalega & St Brandon Is
     3B8                                    Mauritius Is
     3B9                                    Rodriguez Is
     3C                                Equatorial Guinea
     3C0                                      Annobon Is
     3D2                                         Fiji Is
     3D2                                     Conway Reef
     3D2                                       Rotuma Is
     3DA                                       Swaziland
     3V                                          Tunisia
     3W,XV                                       Vietnam
     3X                                           Guinea
     3Y                                           Bouvet
     3Y                                       Peter I Is

     4J,4K                                    Azerbaijan
     4L                                          Georgia
     4P-4S                                     Sri Lanka
     4U                                       ITU Geneva
     4U                         UN Headquarters New York
     4X,4Z                                        Israel

     5A                                            Libya
     5B                                           Cyprus
     5H-5I                                      Tanzania
     5N-5O                                       Nigeria
     5R-5S                                    Madagascar
     5T                                       Mauritania
     5U                                            Niger
     5V                                             Togo
     5W                                    Western Samoa
     5X                                           Uganda
     5Y-5Z                                         Kenya

     6V-6W                                       Senegal
     6Y                                          Jamaica

     7O                                            Yemen
     7P                                          Lesotho
     7Q                                           Malawi
     7T-7Y                                       Algeria

     8P                                         Barbados
     8Q                                         Maldives
     8R                                           Guyana

     9A                                          Croatia
     9G                                            Ghana
     9H                                            Malta
     9I-9J                                        Zambia
     9K                                           Kuwait
     9L                                     Sierra Leone
     9M2,9M4                               West Malaysia
     9M6,9M8                               East Malaysia
     9N                                            Nepal
     9Q-9T                                         Zaire
     9U                                          Burundi
     9V                                        Singapore
     9X                                           Rwanda
     9Y-9Z                             Trinidad & Tobago

NOTES:


1 Unofficial prefix.
2 (5T)Only contacts made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this country.
3 (5U)Only contacts made August 3, 1960, and after, count for this country.
4 (6W)Only contact made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this country.
5 (70)Only contacts made May 22, 1990, and after, count for this country.
6 (9A,S5)Only contacts made June 26, 1991, and after, count for this country.
7 (9G)Only contacts made March 5, 1957, and after, count for this country.
8 (9M2,4,6,8)Only contacts made September 16, 1963, and after count for this country.
9 (9U, 9X)Only contacts made July 1, 1962, and after, count for this country.
10 (9V)Contacts made from September 16, 1963 to August 8, 1965, count for this for West Malaysia.
11 (BS7)Only contacts made January 1, 1995, and after, count for this country.
12. (BV9P)Only contact made January 1, 1994, and after, count for this country.13 13 13 13.(D6,FH)Only contacts made July 15, 1975, and after, count for this country.
14 (DA-DL)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 country.
15 (E3) Only contacts made November 14, 1962, and before, or May 24, 1991, and after, count for this country.
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16 (FR)Only contacts made June 25, 1960, and after, count for this country.
17 (JD) Formerly Marcus Island.
18 (JD) Formerly Bonin and Volcano Islands
19 (KC6)Includes Yap Islands December 31, 1980, and before.
20 (KP5)Only contacts made March 1, 1979, and after, count for this country.
21 (OK-OL, OM)Only contacts made January 1, 1993, and after, count for this countr.
22 (P2)Only contacts made September 16, 1975, and after count for this country.
23 (P4)Only contacts made January 1, 1986, and after, count for this country.
24 (P5)Only contacts made May 14, 1995, and after, count for this country.
25 (S0)Contacts with Rio de Oro (Spanish Sahara), EA9, also count for this country.
26 (T2)Only contacts made January 1, 1976, and after, count for this country.
27 (T9)Only contacts made October 15, 1991, and after, count for this country.
28 (TL) Only contacts made August 13, 1960, and after, count for this country.
29 (TN) Only contacts made August 15, 1960, and after, count for this country.
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30 (TR) Only contacts made August 17, 1960, and after, count for this country.
31 (TT) Only contacts made August 11, 1960, and after, count for this country.
32 (TU) Only contacts made August 7, 1960, and after, count for this country.
33 (TY) Only contacts made August 1, 1960, and after, count for this country.
34 (TZ) Only contacts made June 20, 1960, and after, count for this country.
35 (V4,VP2)For DXCC credit for contacts made May 31, 1958, and before, see page 97, June 1958 QST.
36 (V6)Includes Yap Islands January 1, 1981, and after.
37 (XT)Only contacts made August 16, 1960, and after, count for this country.
38 (YB)Only contacts made May 1, 1963, and after, count for this country.
39 (Z3) Only contacts made September 8, 1991, and after, count for this country.
40 (ZC4)Only contacts made August 16, 1960, and after, count for this country.
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^ 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.
Deleted Countries Total: 57
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DELETED COUNTRIES


Credit for any of these countries can be given if the date of contact in question agrees with the date(s) shown in the corresponding footnote.

ZONE
Prefix
Country
Cont.ITU
CQ
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(2)Blenheim ReefAF4139
(3)Geyser ReefAF5339
(4)Abu Ail Is.AS3921
1M(1)(5)Minerva ReefOC6232
4W(6)Yemen Arab Rep.AS3921
7J1(7)Okino Tori-shimaAS4527
8Z4(8)Saudi Arabia/Iraq Neut. ZoneAS3921
8Z5, 9K3(9)Kuwait/Saudi Arabia,Neut. ZoneAS3921
9S4(10)SaarEU2814
9U5(11)Ruanda-UrundiAF5236
AC3(1), (12)SikkimAS4122
AC4(1), (13)TibetAS4123
C9(14)ManchuriaAS3324
CN2(15)TangierAF3733
CR8(16)Damao,DiuAS4122
CR8(16)GoaAS4122
CR8, CR10(17)Portuguese TimorOC5428
DA-DM(18)GermanyEU2814
DM, Y2-9(19)German Dem. Rep.EU2814
EA9(20) IfniAF3733
FF(21)French West AfricaAF4635
FH, FB8(22)ComorosAF5339
FI8(23)French Indo-ChinaAS4926
FN8(24)French IndiaAS4122
FQ8(25)Fr. Equatorial AfricaAF475236
HK0(26)Bajo NuevoNA1108
HK0,KP3,KS4(26)Serrana Bank & Roncador CayNA1107
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I1(27)TriesteEU2815
I5(28)Italian SomalilandAF4837
JZ0(29)Netherlands N. GuineaOC5128
KR6,8,JR6, KA6(30)Okinawa (Ryukyu Is.)AS4525
(32)Canal ZoneNA1107
OK-OM(33)CzechoslovakiaEU2815
P2,VK9(34)Papua TerritoryOC5128
P2,VK9(34)Terr. New Guinea OC5128
PK1-3(35)JavaOC5428
PK4(35)SumatraOC5428
PK5(35)Netherlands BorneoOC5428
PK6(35)Celebe & Molucca Is.OC5428
UN1(36)Karelo-Finnish Rep.EU1916
VO(37)Newfoundland, LabradorNA090205
VQ1,5H1(38)ZanzibarAF5337
VQ6(39)British SomalilandAF4837
VQ9(40)AldabraAF5339
VQ9(40)DesrochesAF5339
VQ9(40)FarquharAF5339
VS2, 9M2(41)MalayaAS5428
VS4(41)SarawakOC5428
VS9A,P,S(42)People's Dem. Rep.of YemenAS3921
VS9H(43)Kuria Muria I.AS3921

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NOTES:

1 Unofficial prefix.
2 (Blenheim Reef)Only contacts made from May 4, 1967, to June 30, 1975, count for this country. Contacts made July 1, 1975, and after, count as Chagos (VQ9).
3(Geysey Reef)Only contacts made from May 4, 1967, to February 28, 1978, count for this country.
4 (Abu Ail Is.)Only contacts made March 30, 1991, and before, count for this country.
5 (1M)Only contacts made from July 15, 1972, and before, count for this country. Contacts made July 16, 1972, and after,count as Tonga (A3).
6 (4W)Only contacts made before May 21, 1990, and before, count for this country.
7 (7J1)Only contacts made May 30, 1976, to November 30, 1980, country for this country. Contacts made December 1, 1980,and after country as Ogasawara (JD1).
8 (8Z4)Only contacts made December 25, 1981, and before, count for this country.
9 (8Z5,9K3)Only contacts made December 14, 1969, and before, count for this country.
10 (9S4)Only contacts made March 31, 1957, and before, count for this country.
11 (9U5)Only contacts made from July 1, 1960, to June 30, 1962, count for this country. Contact made July 1, 1962, and after, count as Burundi (9U) or Rwanda (9X).

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