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DXIC RADIO STATION CLASS CODES
An unofficial list for DXers

This list of codes for classifying radio stations is mainly based on ITU and legacy NTIA and FCC codes, but is modified for DXers.

Each Class Name is followed by the word ... Station. This word is omitted for brevity.
The term "Fixed" can also be interpreted as "Point-to-Point".


  
FA
Aeronautical
FB
Land Transportation
RN
Radio-Navigation
AT
Amateur
FC
Maritime
CC
Radio-Telephone
BC
Broadcasting
SM
Meteorological FE
Space
ZZ
Citizens
PP
Public Safety
SS
Standard Frequency & Time Signal
EX
Experimental




II
Industrial











FA
AERONAUTICAL
FB
LAND TRANSPORTATION
RN
RADIO-NAVIGATION
UAT
FIS-B Broadcast
FB
Railroad 7 AL
Aeronautical Radio Beacon
MET
Volmet Broadcast
LA
Automobile Emergency
NL
Differential GNSS
AB
Terminal Information Broadcast 1 LD
Mountain Railway
RA
Marker Beacon 9
FA
Aeronautical Enroute 2 LI
Inter-City Bus
RC
Racon
FD
Aeronautical Enroute Control 3 LJ
Highway Truck
RD
ILS
FG
Aeronautical Military
LS
School Bus
RG
Direction-Finding
AA
Aerodrome Advisory 4 LU
Urban Transit
RN
Loran
AC
Aerodrome Control 5 LV
Urban Truck
RS
Surveillance Radar
AF
Flight Test
LX
Taxi-Cab
RT
Omni-Directional Range 10
AO
Aeronautical Operational
OX
Operational Fixed
RV
DME
AR
Aeronautical Search & Rescue
YL
Trunked Land Transportation 8 AI
AIS Land
AS
Flying School
ML
Land Mobile NR
Mobile Radio-Navigation
AU
Aeronautical Ground Control
EU
Land-Mobile Satellite
AM
Aircraft Radio-Navigation
AX
Aeronautical Fixed


RO
Altimeter
MA
Aircraft 6

RM
Ship Radio-Navigation / Driftnet Buoy
EJ
Aeronautical Space


RE
Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon




EF
Radio-Location Space




EN
Radio-Navigation Space




EO
Aeronautical Radio-Navigation Space




EQ
Maritime Radio-Navigation Space
1 Incl. Automatic Weather Observation stations. 7 For narrow-gauge Mountain Railways, use code LD. For Subways and Street Railways, use code LT. 9 Station Location or Fan Marker on 75 MHz only. For LOM and LMM marker beacons, use code AL.
2 General aviation below 10,000 ft. 8 For Land Transportation entity-owned trunking systems only. For commercial subscriber trunked systems, use code YC. 10 VOR, TACAN, or VORTAC.
3 FIR Centre control above 10,000 ft.



4 Airport Radio, or Unicom stations at uncontrolled aerodromes.



5 Tower, Clearance Delivery, or Terminal, Arrival, or Departure Control stations.



6 Aircraft sub-class :
  GA Military Aircraft
  PAPrivate Aircraft










AT
AMATEUR
FC
MARITIME
CC
RADIO-TELEPHONE
AT
Amateur
IF
Navdat / Navtex Broadcast CD
Paging 5
EA
Amateur Satellite
BM
Marine Broadcast 2 CF
Radio-Telephone Fixed


NA
Notices-to-Navigators Broadcast CG
Air-to-Ground Radio-Telephone
BC
BROADCASTING
FC
Public Coast CM
Broadband
BA
Interruptible Foldback
FP
Port
IM
International Mobile Telecommunications
BC
Broadcasting
FS
Search & Rescue
P
In-House Paging 5
BI
International Broadcasting
FT
Ship Movement 3 RX
Remote Radio-Telephone
BR
Remote Pick-Up
CO
Naval
ST
Tropospheric-Scatter Fixed
BT
Television Broadcasting
CR
Limited Public Coast
VA
Satellite Feeder Link
BX
Studio-Transmitter Link 1 CV
Private Coast
YC
Trunked Specialized Mobile Radio 6
TA
Television Interruptible Foldback CX
Coast Fixed
MO
Mobile
TR
Television Remote Pick-Up
DC
Watch-Keeping Coast, DSC
EC
Fixed-Service Satellite
TX
Television Studio-Transmitter Link 1 LH
Light House
EI
Radio-Telephone Satellite
EB
Radio-Broadcasting Satellite
MD
Medical Advice Coast
HP
High-Altitude Platform Fixed
EV
Television-Broadcasting Satellite
VS
Vessel Traffic Services




MS
Ship 4



OB
On-Board Communication



SC
Survival Craft




EG
Coast Satellite


1 Incl. Inter-City Relays and International Feeders. 2 Marine Broadcasts other than Navdat or Navtex. For Notices-to-Navigators only stations, use code NA. 5 For Common-Carrier Paging, use code CD. For In-House Paging, use code P. For paging stations that are used as a one-way Dispatch broadcast (such as fire paging stations), use the code of the associated service (PF, etc.)


3 Pilotage stations. For Vessel Traffic Services stations, use code VS. 6 Commercial subscriber networks mainly for Business/Industrial or Land Transportation users. For Business/Industrial-owned trunked systems, use YI. For Land Transportation entity-owned trunked systems, use code YL.


4 Ship sub-classes :
  FV Fishing Fleet
  GV
Coast Guard Ship
  MM
Merchant Ship
  NF
River Vessel
  NS
Naval Ship
  OF
Offshore Vessel
  PL
Pleasure Craft
  SV
Rescue Vessel








ZZ
CITIZENS
SM
METEOROLOGICAL FE
SPACE
ZA
General Mobile Radio 1 MX
Meteorological Fixed Broadcast 3 FE
Earth
ZC
Radio Control
SD
Meteorological Radar 4 ME
Space / Spacecraft
ZI
ISM
SH
Hydrological
ED
Space Tele-Command
LP
Low Power 2 SM
Meteorological 5 EH
Space Research
XX
Pirate / Clandestine SN
Ionospheric Sounder
EK
Space Tracking


SP
Radar Profiler
ER
Space Telemetering
EX
EXPERIMENTAL
OE
Oceanographic Data
ES
Inter-Satellite
EX
Experimental
SA
Meteorological Aids Mobile
ET
Space Operation


SR
Radiosonde




TM
Meteorological / Hydrological Earth




EM
Meteorological Satellite




EW
Earth-Exploration Satellite


1 Incl. CB and Family Radio.
3 Synoptic, Facsimile, or Public Weather Broadcasts.


2 Low-Power Announcement, Special Event, Campus, Church, Hospital, Drive-In, Auditory Assistance, Wireless Microphone or Camera, Carrier Current, etc.
4 For Oceanographic Radars, use code OE.




5 Incl. remote Weather Station communications, as well as Seismology and Volcanology stations.








II
INDUSTRIAL
PP
PUBLIC SAFETY
SS
STANDARD FREQUENCY & TIME SIGNAL
PX
Press Fixed Broadcast
PB
Public Safety Broadcast
SS
Standard Frequency & Time Signal
IA
Agricultural
FL
Government Land 6 HR
Time Signal
IB
Business 1 FS
Search & Rescue EE
Standard-Frequency Satellite
IF
Forest Industry FX
Government Fixed 7 EY
Time-Signal Satellite
IP
Petroleum
PC
Diplomatic Corps


IS
Special Industrial 2 PF
Fire


IT
Telecommunications Maintenance
PG
Army 8

IV
Film / Video Production 3 PH
Highway Maintenance 9

IW
Public Utility 4 PJ
Corrections

IX
Manufacturers
PL
Local Government 10

IY
Relay Press
PM
Emergency Medical 11

LR
Radio-Location
PO
Forestry-Conservation 9

OX
Operational Fixed
PP
Police 12

YI
Trunked Industrial 5 PS
Special Emergency 13

ML
Industrial Mobile
PZ
Police Fixed


MR
Radio-Location Mobile
ST
Tropospheric-Scatter Fixed


EU
Land-Mobile Satellite
YP
Trunked Public Safety




ML
Public-Safety Mobile




EU
Land-Mobile Satellite


1 Commercial Business (when other codes are not applicable), Schools, Churches, Philanthropic Institutions, Animal Hospitals, and daily operations of Hospitals, Clinics, or Medical Associations. 6 For Government stations when other codes are not applicable.

2 Construction, Mining, Waste Management, or Water/Ice/Fuel Delivery. For Agricultural stations, use code IA. 7 For Diplomatic Corps stations, use code PC. For Light Houses, use code LH.


3 For live transmissions, use code TR. 8 Incl. State Guard and Militia.


4 Power,Gas, Water or Steam Utility stations. 9 State or county/county-equivalent stations. For local municipal stations, use code PL.


5 For Business/Industrial owned trunking systems only. For commercial subscriber trunked systems, use code YC. 10 Local municipal government stations (public works, parks, etc). For county/county-equivalent stations, use other appropriate codes.




11 EMS, Hospital, and Beach and Ski Patrol stations. For non-emergency Hospital operations, use code IB.




12 Incl. Customs and Border Protection.




13 Emergency Management, Disaster Relief, Civil Emergency, or Hazardous Materials Clean-Up stations. For Hospitals engaged in EMS operations and Ambulances, or Beach or Ski Patrols, use code PM. For non-emergency Hospital operations, Physicians and Veterinarians, use code IB. For Rescue Organizations, use code FS. For School Buses, use code LS.










U
Unwanted / Spurious





Obsolete Station Classes








 
Broadcasting
 
Meteorological  
Radio-Navigation
BF
Facsimile Broadcasting
SB
Radar Beacon Precipitation Gauge
RC
Marine Radio Beacon
TS
Television Sound
S3
Ursigram Broadcast
RR
Radio Range
TV
Television Video


RW
Microwave Landing System
VX
Instructional Television Fixed


S4
Direction-Finder Calibration






 
Citizens
 
Maritime
 
Radio-Telephone
ZV
Interactive Video & Data
LV
Light Ship
CC
Fixed Public Control




CD
Mobile Radio-Telephone




CI
International Radio-Telephone Fixed








 
Public Safety




S2
Epidemiological Broadcast




PY
International Police Fixed






 Record of Changes
2025-01-01 
 "PJ" code added for Dept. of Corrections.
2024-12-19 
 Numerous changes and clarifications..
2024-11-21 
 "FD" code changed from Aeronautical Oceanic to Aeronautical FIR Control.
HANGESMaintained by William R. Hepburn. This list is in not meant to represent official usage.

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