[ETS/PARC List] Fw: [NJDXA-L] Fw: [Dxbase] Russian Prefixes

[Don WILSON]

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Subject: [Dxbase] Russian Prefixes


> If you have been on the HF bands lately, you may have noticed that a
> number of new prefixes are in use by stations in the Russian Federation.
> Here is a summary of the changes recently adopted by the Russian
> telecommunication authorities.
>
>    * Russian prefixes with the numeral 2 are no longer limited to
>      Kaliningradsk. Stations with RA2 and UA2-UI2 (with F and K as the
>      first letter in the suffix) are in Kaliningradsk; otherwise, these
>      prefixes will used in European Russia.
>    * Stations with the following prefixes are in European Russia: R1,
>      RA1-RZ1 (except RI1 as noted below), R2, RB2-RZ2, R3-R7, RA3-RZ7,
>      UA1 and UA3-UI7. Also, stations with the prefixes R8, R9, RA8-RZ9
>      and UA8-UI9 (with F, S, T, W or X as the first letter in the
>      suffix) are in European Russia.
>    * Except for those listed above, all stations with 8, 9 and 0 as the
>      numeral are in Asiatic Russia.
>    * Russian Antarctic stations use temporary call signs in the series
>      RI1ANA-RI1ANZ and RI00ANT to RI99ANT.
>    * Franz Jozef Land stations use temporary call signs RI1F, RI1FJ and
>      RI1FJA-RI1FJZ.
>    * Malyj Visotskij island stations use temporary call signs RI1M,
>      RI1MV and RI1MVA-RI1MVZ.
>
> /Thanks to SRR President Roman Thomas, R5AA (ex-RZ3AA) for the 
> information./
>