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>