Amateur Radio Call-signs of India - Callsigns

Callsigns

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has divided all countries into three regions; India is located in ITU Region 3. These regions are further divided into two competing zones, the ITU and the CQ. Mainland India and the Lakshadweep Islands come under ITU Zone 41 and CQ Zone 22, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands under ITU Zone 49 and CQ Zone 26. The ITU has assigned to India call-sign blocks 8TA to 8YZ, VUA to VWZ, and ATA to AWZ. The WPC allots the individual call-signs, or call sign series.

Call-sign Description
2** Callsigns used by early amateur radio operators before 1928. They were later converted to the VU series. (defunct)
AT0
  • AT0A – Antarctic expedition to Dakshin Gangotri in 1983
AT*JCB AT0JCB to AT9JCB – Special callsign allotted to mark the birth centenary of radio scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose in November/December 2007. See also AU*JCB.
AT3
  • AT3D – Special callsign for an Antarctic expedition for a 1994-1996 expedition to Antarctica.
  • AT3ANT – Special callsign for the 3rd and 5th Antarctic Activity Week.
AT6
  • AT6MM – Mahamastabhishekha Celebrations 2006 Special Event Amateur Radio Station
AT7
  • AT7CD – Bangalore Amateur Radio Club VU2ARC National Disaster Reduction Day
  • AT7LEO – Special Event Station at Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh
AT8
  • AT8LH – Mahaballipuram Amateur Radio Light House Operation International LightHouse and LightShip Week
  • AT8LHC – Kadalur Point Lighthouse - Kerala - ILLW 2009 on occasion of Centenary Celebrations
  • AT8ESP – 5th Asian Congress of Esperanto Special Event Amateur (Ham) Radio Station, Bangalore
  • AT8WWF – India's First Flora and Fauna Amateur Radio Activity at Bannerhatta National Park
ATA
  • Time signal broadcast by the National Physical Laboratory of India at New Delhi
  • Antarctic expeditions
ATN Antarctic expeditions
AU*JSB AU0JCB to AU9JCB – Special callsign allotted to mark the birth centenary of radio scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose in November/December 2007. See also AT*JCB.
VT (Aircraft)
VU0 Special call sign to celebrate the birth centenary of Mahatma Gandhi in 1969
VU2 Grade I and Advanced Grade callsigns
VU3 Grade II and Grade II restricted callsigns
VU4 Special callsign used for an Andaman and Nicobar Islands DX-pedition in 2004
VU5
  • Callsigns used by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore and Indian railways HF transmitters in pre-independence India.
  • Callsign used by the Lakshadweep Islands
  • Callsign used by a 1960 DX-pedition to the Andaman Islands
VU6 Special callsign used by a broadcast station in pre-independence India
VU7 Special callsign used by a DX-pedition in the Lakshadweep Islands in 2007
VW (Marine vessels)
CR8 Portuguese India (defunct)
AC3 Former monarchy of Sikkim (defunct)
FN8 French India (defunct)

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