callsign.jp
Have you ever wondered how JA Ham's call sign system works?
This site unravels the tangled details. Thanks for visiting.
Amateur Station
An Overview of Amateur Call Signs—Past and Present in JA
Prewar Stations [in Japanese]
J-Prefix Stations during the Occupation
JA-Prefix Stations during the Occupation
KA-Prefix AMRS: Auxiliary Military Radio Stations
The Enigma of Japanese Call Sign System (by Courtesy of Rin, JG1VGX)
Assignment Criteria of Identification Signals (Official Regulation) [in Japanese]
Assignment Criteria of Identification Signals (Official Regulation) [in English]
"8j-station.info"—Special Event Stations in JA
Untold Facts [in Japanese]
Sequential Call Sign Update
Call Sign Forecast
Repeater Directory in JA [in Japanese]
Recommendable Resources
JA — JH0IXE's License Search Script [in Japanese]
http://youkai.net/search/
G — RF-man's British Amateur Callsigns
http://www.geocities.com/rf-man/ukcalls.html
I — I0JX's Ham-radio callsign assignment in Italy
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/5440/callsigns.html
SP — SP8DA's Amateur Radio Callsigns in Poland
http://www.qsl.net/sp8da/calls.html
U — NG3K's Territories, Prefixes and Suffixes of the Former USSR Amateur Radio Callsigns
http://www.ng3k.com/Cis/
VE — Industry Canada's RIC-9 - Call Sign Policy and Special Event Prefixes
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/insmt-gst.nsf/vwGeneratedInterE/sf02102e.html
VE — VE1BC's The International Call Signs, Amateur Call Signs, Section 12
http://www.coastalradio.org.uk/spud12.pdf
W — FCC's Call Sign Systems
http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/amateur/callsigns/
9M — Guideline on the Allocation of Call Sign to the Amateur Radio Service
http://www.mcmc.gov.my/facts_figures/codes_gl/guidelines/callsign/Callsign-Feb04.pdf
Other Stations
Call Sign Allocation
Examples of Experimental Stations
International Prefixes Allocation
Prewar International Prefixes Allocation
3-Letter Call Signs [in Japanese]
Recommendable Resources [in Japanese]
Broadcasting Stations' Call Signs and Historical Data Room
http://www.miera.fm/radio/callsign/
Japan's Broadcasting Stations before the War
http://homepage1.nifty.com/OkaLab/DXing/Toua.html
Radio Stations List in the Past of the Nazaki Radio Transmitting Station
http://homepage2.nifty.com/nazaki-tx1/WEB/HISTRY/2stfreqlist.htm
Ryota "Roy" Motobayashi <jj1wtl@jarl.com>