Amateur radio call signs of South America

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The amateur radio call signs of South America are allocated to ham radio stations in several countries.

Call signs were first assigned to South American countries in 1913, and the call sign blocks were expanded to include amateur radio in 1947.^[1][2]

In 1995, Brazil, Argentina Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela signed up to the International Amateur Radio Permit agreement requiring governments to mutually recognise amateur radio licenes issued to citizens of other participating countries. Canada and the United States are also party to the agreement.^[3]

Argentina

Amateur radio call signs are used to uniquely identify 37,000 licensed amateur operators in Argentina. Call signs are regulated internationally by the ITU as well as nationally by the Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones of the Argentine government. Foreign amateurs can obtain permission to operate in the country from can contact the Radio Club Argentino.^[4]

The International Telecommunication Union has assigned Argentina the call sign blocks AYA - AYZ, L2A - L2Z and LOA - LWZ for all radio communication, broadcasting or transmission.^[5]

One or two letters are then used to identify which part of Argentina an amateur radio station originates from.^[6] The most common prefix used for amateur radio is the LU block, with the exception of the Provinces of Buenos Aires and Cordoba that have depleted all LU licenses and can choose LW prefix.^[7]

See also

• Amateur radio international operation
• Amateur radio license
• Call signs
• ITU prefix - amateur and experimental stations

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