Call sign - Ships and Boats

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call) is a unique designation for a transmitting station. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity. Call sign - International series. Main articles: International Callsign AllocationsIncluding:

• Call sign - International series
• Call sign - Aviation
• Call sign - Ships and Boats
• Call sign - Amateur radio
• Call sign - Broadcast call signs
• Call sign - North America
• Call sign - Australia
• Call sign - Europe/Asia
• Call sign - Military call signs
• Call sign - U.S. Army
• Call sign - U.S. Air Force
• Call sign - U.S. Navy/Coast Guard
• Call sign - Transmitters requiring no call signs

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Call signs in aviation are derived from several different policies, depending on the type of flight operation being conducted, and depending on whether the caller is in an aircraft or at a ground facility. In most countries, unscheduled general aviation flights identify themselves using the call sign correseponding to the aircraft's registration number (also called N-number in the U.S., or tail-number). In this case, the call sign is spoken using the ICAO phonetic alphabet. Aircraft registration numbers internationally follow t ...

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Call sign - North America. Main article: North American call sign Broadcast stations in North America generally use call letters in the international series. There are some common conventions followed in each country. In Canada, call signs begin with the letter C, except for four stations in St. John's which begin with VO. Mexican call signs begin with an XE for medium-wave (AM) radio stations and XH in other cases. In the United States, the first letter gene ...

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Call sign, Call sign - International series, Call sign - Aviation, Call sign - Ships and Boats, Call sign - Amateur radio, Call sign - Broadcast call signs, Call sign - North America, Call sign - Australia, Call sign - Europe/Asia, Call sign - Military call signs, Call sign - U.S. Army, Call sign - U.S. Air Force, Call sign - U.S. Navy/Coast Guard, Call sign - Transmitters requiring no call signs

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Call signs in aviation are derived from several different policies, depending on the type of flight operation being conducted, and depending on whether the caller is in an aircraft or at a ground facility. In most countries, unscheduled general aviation flights identify themselves using the call sign correseponding to the aircraft's registration number (also called N-number in the U.S., or tail number). In this case, the call sign is spoken using the ICAO phonetic alphabet. Aircraft registration numbers internationally follow t ...

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Call sign, Call sign - International series, Call sign - Aviation, Call sign - Ships and Boats, Call sign - Amateur radio, Call sign - Broadcast call signs, Call sign - North America, Call sign - Australia, Call sign - Europe/Asia, Call sign - Military call signs, Call sign - U.S. Army, Call sign - U.S. Air Force, Call sign - U.S. Navy/Coast Guard, Call sign - Transmitters requiring no call signs

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Amateur radio call signs are in the international series and normally consist of a one- or two-character prefix, a number (which sometimes corresponds to a geographic area within the country), and a 1, 2, or 3 character suffix. The number following the prefix is normally a single number (0 to 9). Some prefixes, such as Djibouti's (J2), consist of a letter followed by a number. Hence, in the hypothetical Djibouti call sign, J29DBA, the prefix is J2, the number is 9, and the suffix is DBA. Others may start with a number followed by a letter, for ...

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Call sign, Call sign - International series, Call sign - Aviation, Call sign - Ships and Boats, Call sign - Amateur radio, Call sign - Broadcast call signs, Call sign - North America, Call sign - Australia, Call sign - Europe/Asia, Call sign - Military call signs, Call sign - U.S. Army, Call sign - U.S. Air Force, Call sign - U.S. Navy/Coast Guard, Call sign - Transmitters requiring no call signs

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Amateur radio call signs are in the international series and normally consist of a one- or two-character prefix, a number (which sometimes corresponds to a geographic area within the country), and a 1, 2, or 3 character suffix. The number following the prefix is normally a single number (0 to 9). Some prefixes, such as Djibouti's (J2), consist of a letter followed by a number. Hence, in the hypothetical Djibouti call sign, J29DBA, the prefix is J2, the number is 9, and the suffix is DBA. Others ma ...

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Call sign, Call sign - International series, Call sign - Aviation, Call sign - Ships and Boats, Call sign - Amateur radio, Call sign - Broadcast call signs, Call sign - North America, Call sign - Australia, Call sign - Europe/Asia, Call sign - Military call signs, Call sign - U.S. Army, Call sign - U.S. Air Force, Call sign - U.S. Navy/Coast Guard, Call sign - Transmitters requiring no call signs

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Call sign - North America. Main articles: North American call sign, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]See also:

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International call signs are formal, semi-permanent, and issued by a nation's telecommunications agency. They are used for amateur, broadcast, commercial, maritime and sometimes military radio use (including television in some countries). Each country has a set of alphabetic or numeric International Telecommunication Union-designated prefixes with which their call signs must begin. For example: The United States uses the prefixes: W, K, N, and AAA to ALZ. Only W and K are u ...

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In wartime, monitoring an adversary's communications can be a valuable form of intelligence. Consistent call signs can aid in this monitoring, so in wartime, military units often employ tactical call signs and sometimes change them at regular intervals. In peacetime, some military stations will use fixed call signs in the international series. Call sign - U.S. Army. The United States Army uses fixed call signs which begin with W, such as WAR, used by U.S. Army Headquarters. ...

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