ITU Callsigns - Great Britain.
Callsign blocks:- G, M, 2.
ISO 3166 code:- GBR.EU
Timezone:- UTC (daylight savings time applies)
Amateur Allocations are as follows:-
Standard class A & B licences commence with G or M.
Novice class A & B licences commence with 2.
Location. Ordinary Prefix. Club Prefix. Novice Prefix.
England G M GX MX 2E
Isle of Man GD MD GT MT 2D
Ulster GI MI GN MN 2I
Wales GW MW GC MC 2W
Scotland GM MM GS MS 2M
Jersey (CI) GJ MJ GH MH 2J
Guernsey (CI) GU MU GP MP 2U
All callsigns with a 2 letter suffix are class A.
For callsigns with a 3 letter suffix, the intermediate digit indicates
the class:-
Class A 0 2 3 4
Class B 1 6 7 8
The digit 5 has not yet been issued for 3 letter suffix callsigns.
The following special callsigns exist:-
GB3 +2 letters Voice/tv repeater
GB3 +3 letters Beacon
GB7 +2 letters AX25 node
GB7 +3 letters AX25 bbs
GB0 Class A special event station
GB1 Class B special event station
2B Novice special event station
GB2RS Radio Society of Great Britain news broadcasts
GB2CW Radio Society of Great Britain cw practice broadcasts
GB2ATG BARTG news broadcasts
Other allocations include:
G9 Test and development licences
M9 Maritime mobile (vhf) licences
G +2 letters Coastal radio stations (BT)