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FCC 2.302
Revised as of
Goto Year:1996 |
1998
Sec. 2.302 Call signs.
The table which follows indicates the composition and blocks of
international call signs available for assignment when such call signs
are required by the rules pertaining to particular classes of stations.
When stations operating in two or more classes are authorized to the
same licensee for the same location, the Commission may elect to assign
a separate call sign to each station in a different class. (In addition
to the U.S. call sign allocations listed below, call sign blocks AAA
through AEZ and ALA through ALZ have been assigned to the Department of
the Army; call sign block AFA through AKZ has been assigned to the
Department of the Air Force; and call sign block NAA through NZZ has
been assigned jointly to the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Coast.
Guard.
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Class of station Composition of call sign
Call sign blocks
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Coast (Class I) except for coast 3 letters............................. KAA t
hrough KZZ.
telephone in Alaska. WAA t
hrough WZZ.
Coast (Classes II and III) and 3 letters, 3 digits................... KAA20
0 through KZZ999.
maritime radio-determination. WAA20
0 through WZZ999.
Coast telephone in Alaska....... 3 letters, 2 digits...................
3 letters, 3 digits (for stations KAA20
through KZZ99.
assigned frequencies above 30 MHz). WAA20
through WZZ99.
WZZ20
0 through WZZ999.
Fixed........................... 3 letters, 2 digits................... KAA20
through KZZ99.
3 letters, 3 digits (for stations WAA20
through WZZ99.
assigned frequencies above 30 MHz). WAA20
0 through WZZ999.
Marine receiver test............ 3 letters, 3 digits (plus general KAA20
0 through KZZ999.
geographic location when required). WAA20
0 through WZZ999.
Ship telegraph.................. 4 letters \1\........................ KAAA
through KZZZ.
WAAA
through WZZZ.
Ship telephone.................. 2 letters, 4 digits, or 3 letters, 4 WA200
0 through WZ9999, through
digits \1\. WZZ9
999.
Ship telegraph plus telephone... 4 letters............................. KAAA
through KZZZ.
WAAA
through WZZZ.
Ship radar...................... Same as ship telephone and/or WA200
0 through WZ9999, through
telegraph call sign, or, if ship has WZZ9
999.
no telephone or telegraph: 2 letters,
4 digits, or 3 letters, 4 digits.
Ship survival craft............. Call sign of the parent ship followed KAAA2
0 through KZZZ99.
by 2 digits. WAAA2
0 through WZZZ99.
Cable-repair ship marker buoy... Call sign of the parent ship followed
by the letters ``BT'' and the
identifying number of the buoy.
Marine utility.................. 2 letters, 4 digits................... KA200
0 through KZ9999.
Shipyard mobile................. 2 letters, 4 digits................... KA200
0 through KZ9999.
Aircraft telegraph.............. 5 letters............................. KAAAA
through KZZZZ.
WAAAA
through WZZZZ.
Aircraft telegraph and telephone 5 letters \2\........................ KAAAA
through KZZZZ.
WAAAA
through WZZZZ.
Aircraft telephone.............. 5 letters \2\ (whenever a call sign KAAAA
through KZZZZ.
is assigned). WAAAA
through WZZZZ.
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Aircraft survival craft......... Whenever a call sign \2\ is assigned,
call sign of the parent aircraft
followed by a single digit other than
0 or 1.
Aeronautical.................... 3 letters, 1 digit \2\............... KAA2
through KZZ9.
WAA2
through WZZ9.
Land mobile (base).............. 3 letters, 3 digits................... KAA20
0 through KZZ999.
WAA20
0 through WZZ999
Land mobile (mobile telegraph).. 4 letters, 1 digit.................... KAAA2
through KZZZ9.
WAAA2
through WZZZ9.
Land mobile (mobile telephone).. 2 letters, 4 digits................... KA200
0 through KZ9999.
WA200
0 through WZ9999
Broadcasting (standard)......... 4 letters \3\ (plus location of KAAA
through KZZZ.
station). WAAA
through WZZZ.
Broadcasting (FM)............... 4 letters (plus location of station).. KAAA
through KZZZ.
WAAA
through WZZZ.
Broadcasting with suffix ``FM''. 6 letters \3\ (plus location of KAAA-
FM through KZZZ--FM.
station). WAAA-
FM through WZZZ-FM.
Broadcasting (television)....... 4 letters (plus location of station).. KAAA
through KZZZ.
WAAA
through WZZZ.
Broadcasting with suffix ``TV''. 6 letters \3\ (plus location of KAAA-
TV through KZZZ-TV.
station). WAAA-
TV through WZZ-TV.
Television broadcast translator. 1 letter--output channel number--2 K02AA
through K83ZZ.
letters. W02AA
through W83ZZ.
Disaster station, except U.S. 4 letters, 1 digit.................... KAAA2
through KZZZ9.
Government. WAAA2
through WZZZ9.
Experimental (letter ``X'' 2 letters, 1 digit, 3 letters......... KA2XA
A through KZ9XZZ.
follows the digit). WA2XA
A through WZ9XZZ.
Amateur (letter ``X'' may not 1 letter, 1 digit, 1 letter \4\...... K1A t
hrough K0Z.
follow digit). N1A t
hrough N0Z.
W1A t
hrough W0Z.
Amateur......................... 1 letter, 1 digit, 2 letters \4\..... K1AA
through K0ZZ.
N1AA
through N0ZZ.
W1AA
through W0ZZ.
Do.......................... 1 letter, 1 digit, 3 letters \4\..... K1AAA
through K0ZZZ.
N1AAA
through N0ZZZ.
W1AAA
through W0ZZZ.
Do.......................... 2 letters, 1 digit, 1 letter \4\..... AA1A
through AI0Z.
KA1A
through KZ0Z.
NA1A
through NZ0Z.
WA1A
through WZ0Z.
Do.......................... 2 letters, 1 digit, 2 letters \4\.... AA1AA
through AL0ZZ.
KA1AA
through KZ0ZZ.
NA1AA
through NZ0ZZ.
WA1AA
through WZ0ZZ.
Amateur (letter ``X'' may not 2 letters, 1 digit, 3 letters \4\.... AA1AA
A through AL0ZZZ.
follow digit). KA1AA
A through KZ0ZZZ.
NA1AA
A through NZ0ZZZ.
WA1AA
A through WZ0ZZZ.
Standard frequency.............. ...................................... WWV,
WWVB through WWVI, WWVL, WWVS.
Personal radio.................. 3 letters, 4 digits, or 4 letters, 4 KAA00
01 through KZZ9999,
digits.. WAA00
01 through WPZ9999,
KAAA0
001 through KZZZ9999.
Personal radio, temporary permit 3 letters, 5 digits................... KAA00
000 through KZZ99999.
Personal radio in trust 1 letter, 4 digits.................... K0001
through K9999.
territories..
Business radio temporary permit. 2 letters, 7 digits................... WT pl
us local telephone number.
Part 90 temporary permit........ 2 letters, 7 digits................... WT pl
us local telephone number.
Part 90 conditional permit...... 2 letters, 7 digits................... WT pl
us local telephone number.
General Mobile Radio Service, 2 letters, 7 digits................... WT pl
us business or residence
temporary permit. tele
phone number.
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Note: The symbol 0 indicates the digit zero.
\1\ Ships with transmitter-equipped survival craft shall be assigned four lette
r call signs.
\2\ See Sec. 2.303.
\3\ A 3 letter call sign now authorized for and in continuous use by a licensee
of a standard broadcasting
station may continue to be used by that station. The same exception applies a
lso to frequency modulation and
television broadcasting stations using 5 letter call signs consisting of 3 le
tters with the suffix ``FM'' or
``TV''.
\4\ Plus other identifying data as may be specified.
[ 34 FR 5104 , Mar. 12, 1969; as amended at 54 50239, Dec. 5, 1989]
Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec. 2.302,
see the List of CFR Sections Affected in the Finding Aids section of
this volume.
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