Author: Alan, 5B4AHJ


In the immediate post-WWII periof, the MD prefix was used by British and American military personnel from North and North-East Africa and the Middle East in this period. In some locations a separate civilian prefix was used. Allocations were as follows:


Military PrefixCivilian PrefixQTH
MD1 *MC1 *Cyrenacia, Libya
MD2 *MT2 *Tripolitania, Libya. Also used by American personnel.

MD3 *

MI3 *, MI6Eritrea. MI6 was used by ex I6 calls

MD4 *

MS4*Somalia (Italian Somaliland)

MD5 *, ME5


Suez Canal Zone, Egypt. It seems ME5 was a military prefix, not civilian.

MD6 *

-Iraq. MI6 was used by ex I6 calls in Eritrea

MD7 *

-Cyprus. MC7 not necessary as ZC4 was the Cyprus prefix

MD8

-Not known, information required. May not have been used.

MD9

-Yemen Arab Republic


The second letter of the civilian prefix is the first letter of the territory, with the exception of MI3, MI6.

* indicates that the data is from the NCDXC reference below.

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Acknowledgements


NCDXC The DXer July, 1948

Radio Regulations Annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention (Atlantic City, 1947)

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