ARLA/CLUSTER: Novos prefixos em uso na Russia

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

New Russian prefix system in use

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. Thanks to SRR President Roman Thomas,
R5AA (ex-RZ3AA) for the information.

- 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.