[Dx-qsl] Re: TO3M and TO6A country ?

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 01:20 PM 3/19/2005, Stuart Santelmann KC1F wrote:

>I can't think of another nation aside from the French that intentionally 
>issues callsigns where you can't figure out the country without asking...

Oh, there are lots of them:

   3D2, 3Y, 4U, CE0, CE9, FO, GB, HK0, JD1, KC6, PY0, SV0, TO, TX, VK0, 
VP8, ZK1

Remember that TO and TX prefixes are special in France.  Here is some 
explanation I received from a French operator:

"Since 1997, callsigns with a TO prefix can be assigned to any of the four 
overseas French departments: Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe and French 
Guyana. Callsigns with a TX prefix can be assigned to any overseas French 
territory, for example, New Caledonia or French Polynesia."

73 - Jim AD1C


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