Call Signs in North America - Bermuda, Bahamas, and The Caribbean

Bermuda, Bahamas, and The Caribbean

Pertaining to their status as former or current colonies, all of the British West Indies islands shared the VS, ZB–ZJ, ZN–ZO, and ZQ prefixes. The current, largely post-independence, allocation list is as follows:

• Anguilla (in amateur radio VP2E prefix)
• Antigua and Barbuda (uses V2 prefix)
• Bahamas (has the C6 Prefix)
• Barbados (uses 8P)
• Bermuda (also uses VS, in amateur radio normally VP9)
• British Virgin Islands (for amateur radio uses VP2V)
• Cayman Islands ("ZF" for amateur operation, ZF1 for Grand Cayman, "ZF8" for Little Cayman and "ZF9" for Cayman Brac islands. Visiting reciprocal for all islands is "ZF2")
• Dominica (Commonwealth of Dominica, uses J7)
• Grenada (uses J3)
• Jamaica (uses 6Y)
• Montserrat (for amateur operation VP2M prefix)
• St. Kitts and Nevis (uses V4)
• St. Lucia (uses J6)
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines (uses J8)
• Turks and Caicos Islands (typically uses VP5)