DXIC RADIO STATION SERVICE CODES
An unofficial list for use by DXers Last Update 2021-01-27 This list of codes for classifying radio stations is mainly based on ITU and classic FCC codes, but is modified for DXers. |
Service |
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CODE | Station | Remarks. |
Amateur Service |
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AT | Amateur | |
AR | Amateur Civil Emergency | |
MH | Amateur Mobile | |
EA | Amateur Satellite |
Industrial & Business Service |
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BB | Business Audio | Public broadcast, announcement, auditory assistance or language translation services provided by a business. |
IB | Business | Operations of a commercial
business, philanthropic institution, school, church, or hospital. |
IF | Forest Industry | Logging and woods products. |
IP | Petroleum | Petroleum or natural gas production, prospecting or exploration, or pipeline repair. |
IS | Special Industrial | Agriculture, construction, mining, patrol or repair of public utilities,
petroleum industry support, or delivery of concrete, asphalt, fuel, or water by truck. |
IT | Telecommunications Maintenance | |
IV | Film & Video Production | Motion pictures or television programs, including drive-in audio. |
IW | Public Utility | Electric power, natural gas, water, or steam. |
IX | Manufacturers | |
IY | Relay Press | Newspaper or press association. |
YB | Trunked Business | Private system. See YX for commercial trunked systems. |
YI | Trunked Industrial | Private system. See YX for commercial trunked systems. |
MI | Industrial/Business Mobile | |
EU | Land Mobile Satellite |
Land Transportation Service |
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LA | Automobile Emergency | Garages, tow truck companies and auto clubs. |
LK | Highway Truck | |
LR | Railroad | |
LS | School Bus | |
LT | Public Transit | Includes urban rail transit and inter-city buses. Excludes sightseeing and special charter buses (code IB). |
LX | Taxicab | |
YL | Trunked Land Transportation | Owned and operated. See YX for commercial trunked systems. |
ML | Land Transportation Vehicle | |
EU | Land Mobile Satellite |
Oceanographic Service |
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OE | Oceanographic Data Interrogation | HF radar. |
Experimental Service |
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EX | Experimental | |
(X) | Experimental Mobile |
Non-Services |
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S | Sounder | HF ionospheric sounder used for the real-time selection of frequencies. |
U | Unwanted Emissions | Spurious or out-of-band emission. |
XX | Pirate | An iIlegal station. |
Record of Changes | |
2021-01-27 | "BM" and "NA" codes combined into new code "MB". "NV" code merged into "CO". "RP" code changed to "BR". "MB" code combined with "BR". "WH" code changed to "WX". "WX" code changed to "WB". |
2021-01-25 | PB code - stipulation "in the standard broadcast bands" removed. "PS" code now includes a combined PF/PM dispatch station. |
2021-01-20 | "FW" code added. "PS" code now includes a combined PF/PM dispatch station. |
2021-01-19 | "LT" code definition expanded. |
2021-01-17 | New "OX" (Operational Fixed) code for non-broadcast links. "CX" (Common Carrier Fixed) code deleted and combined with "OX". "FX" (Fixed) code term "international" deleted. |
2021-01-15 | New "PC" (Corrections) code separated from PP (Police) code. |