Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ
The following is published verbatim from RSGB DX News Sheet #1111, dated 1984-04-03. The information was supplied to the editors of DXNS by OK3BG.
CALLSIGN CHANGES IN THE SOVIET UNION
From May 1st 1984, USSR callsigns will be made up as follows:
The first letter of the callsign will be U or R equivalently, regardless of band. The second letter will denote the Republic, essentially as the present system:
A, N, V, W, Z = Russian SFSR
B, T, Y = Ukrainian SSR
C = Byelorussian SSR
D = Azerbaijan SSR
F= Georgian SSR
G = Armenian SSR
H = Turkmen SSR
I = Uzbek SSR
J = Tadzhik SSR
L = Kazakh SSR
M = Khirghiz SSR
O = Moldavian SSR
P = Lithuanian SSR
Q = Latvian SSR
R = Estonian SSR
In the three letter suffixed callsigns, the administrative/territorial unit (oblast, kray, autonomous republic/region/area, major cities of - Moscow Leningrad Sevestopol Minsk Alma-Ata & Tashkent) is denoted a) in the RSFSR by the first letter of the suffix in conjunction with the call area number, b) everywhere else by the first letter of the suffix. Individual stations will have three letter suffixes, ending with two letters in the AA-VZ series (e.g. UT5UAA, UT5UAB ....UT5UVZ, in the city of Kiev). Club stations will have three letter suffixes, ending with two letters in the WA-ZZ series. In the RSFSR, the existing system of call districts (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 0) will remain, in all other areas the call number will not be significant. The present two letter calls will remain unchanged (e.g. UT5AA, UA1NA, etc.)
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