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CALL SIGNS: IN US, STATION CALLS WILL USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS STARTING WITH "W" LIKE WAB OR WCDE IF IT IS LOCATED EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND THOSE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL USE "K" LIKE KFG OR KHIJ. THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS. IN CANADA STATION CALLS WILL USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS STARTING WITH "C" SUCH AS CKL OR CAMN.OR IN NEW FOUNDLAND, "V" SUCH AS VOP OR VQRS. YOU WILL NOT SEE "CM" WHICH IS CUBA
IN MEXICO STATION CALLS WILL USE 3, 4, OR 5 LETTERS STARTING WITH "XE" OR "XH" SUCH AS XET, XEUV, XEWXY, OR "XH" AS XHZ, XHAB, XHCDE
IN COSTA RICA STATION CALLS USE 3, 4, OR 5 LETTERS STARTING WITH "TI" SUCH AS TIF, TIGH, OR TIJKL.
IN EL SALVADOR STATION CALLS USE 3, 4, OR 5 LETTERS STARTING WITH "YS" SUCH AS YSM, YSNO, OR YSPQR.
IN GUATEMALA STATION CALLS USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS STARTING WITH "TG" SUCH AS TGS OR TGTU.
IN HONDURAS STATION CALLS USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS STARTING WITH "HR" SUCH AS HRV OR HRWX.
IN NICARAGUA STATION CALLS USE 3, 4 OR 5 LETTERS STARTING WITH "YN" SUCH AS YNY, YNZA, OR YNBCD.
IN PANAMA STATION CALLS USE 3, 4 OR 5 LETTERS STARTING WITH "HO" AND MAYBE FOLLOWED BY A NUMBER SUCH AS HOE, HOFG, HOHIJ, HOK1, HOLM23, OR HONOP456.
IN THE BAHAMAS STATION CALLS USE 3, 4, OR 5 LETTERS STARTIN "Z" AND MAYBE FOLLOWED A NUMBER SUCH AS ZQR, ZSTU, ZVWX, ZYZAB, OR ZCD12
IN BERMUDA AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, STATION CALLS USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS STARTING WITH "ZB" SUCH AS ZBE OR ZBFG.
IN CAYMAN ISLANDS STATION CALLS USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS IN WHICH THE LAST DIGIT COULD BE A NUMBER STARTING WITH "ZF" SUCH AS ZFH, ZFIJ, OR ZFK3.
IN CUBA STATION CALLS USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS STARTING WITH "CM" SUCH AS CML OR CMMN.
IN DOMICAN REPUBLIC STATION CALLS USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS STARTING WITH "HI" SUCH AS HIO OR HIPQ
IN HAITI STATION CALLS USE 3, 4 OR 5 LETTERS STARTING WITH "4v" SUCH AS 4vR, 4vST OR 4vUVW. I USED LOWER CASE "v" TO AVOID CONFUSION WITH AUSTRALIA.
IN ST. KITTS & NEVIS STATION CALLS USE 3, 4 OR 5 LETTERS STARTING WITH "ZI" SUCH AS ZIX, ZIYX, OR ZIABC.
IN COLUMBIA STATION CALLS USE 3 OR 4 LETTERS STARTING WITH "HJ" SUCH AS HJD OR HJEF.
IN ARGENTINA STATION CALLS USE 3, 4, 5, OR 6 COMBINATIONS OF LETTERS OR NUMBERS STARTING WITH "L" THE SECOND DIGIT IS A LETTER, THE REST COULD BE LETTERS OR NUMERALS SUCH AS LDE, LFGH, LIJKL, LM123, OR LN456.
IN BOLIVIA STATION CALLS START WITH "CP" THEN THE STATION NUMBER SUCH AS CP78 OR CP901
IN BRAZIL AM STATIONS START WITH "ZY" THAN THE LETTER DENOTING THE STATE FOLLOWED BY THE STATION NUMBER SUCH AS ZYJ234. FM STATIONS ARE NAMED FOLLOWED BY "FM" SUCH AS nameFM.
IN CHILI AM STATIONS START WITH "C" AND THE SECOND LETTER DENOTES THE ZONE. A=NO ZONE, B=CENTRAL, C=SOUTHERN, D=ANTARCTIC FOLLOWED BY THE STATION FREQUENCY MINUS THE LAST CIPHER AND THEN A LETTER IF THE ABOVE SEQUENCE IS REPEATED SUCH AS CA54, CB102, CC144A, CD160B FM STATIONS START WITH "XQ" WITH THE THIRD DIGIT DENOTING THE ZONES LISTED ABOVE SUCH AS XQA104, XQB99, XQC88 OR XQD108.
NOTE: WHERE OPENING CALLS COULD BE DUPLICATED, THAT OPENING CALL IS NOT USED IN THE OTHER COUNTRY SUCH AS CUBA vs. CANADA.
MORE WILL BE EXPLAINED ON RESPECTIVE PAGES.
I PUT AN ASTRICK * TO THE SIDE OF THE CALL SIGN TO DENOTE A ROCK STATION AND FINALLY, I PUT A "$" TO DENOTE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE STATION IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE COUNTRY. |
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