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 Prefix | Civilian Prefix | QTH |
| MD1 * | MC1 * | Cyrenacia, Libya |
| MD2 * | MT2 * | Tripolitania, Libya. Also used by American personnel. |
MD3 * | MI3 *, MI6 | Eritrea. 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.
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Acknowledgements
NCDXC The DXer July, 1948
Radio Regulations Annexed to the International Telecommunication Convention (Atlantic City, 1947)
Yahoo QSL Card Collectors Group - W2VRK
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