4K1 prefix - USSR Antarctic stations, 1973-1994

Modified on Tue, 20 Mar, 2018 at 3:53 AM

The 4K1 prefix was allocated to all USSR Antarctic stations from January, 1973 (tnx DXNS #560), and this continued until late 1994.
However, 4K1G was used from 1971.

Each USSR base was allocated it's own 4K1x callsign, as follows:

Callsign	Base	DXCC	CQ Zone	IOTA	Note (click on callsign dates to see QSL and QRV dates)
4K1A	Molodezhnaya	Antarctica	39	AN-016
4K1B	Mirny	Antarctica	29	AN-016
4K1C	Vostok	Antarctica	29	AN-016
4K1D	Novolzarevskaya	Antarctica	38	AN-016
4K1E	Komsomolskaya	Antarctica	29	AN-016	QSL required
4K1F	Bellingshhausen	South Shetland Is	13	AN-010
4K1G	Leningradskaya	Antarctica	30	AN-016
4K1H	Russkaya	Antarctica	32	AN-016
4K1J	Druzhnaya	Antarctica	13	AN-016	1984-92
4K1J	Novolazarevskaya	Antarctica	38	AN-016	March 1992. QSL required
4K1K	Komsomolskaya	Antarctica	29	AN-016
4K1L	Pionerskaya	Antarctica	29	AN-016
4K1R	Moldezhnaya	Antarctica	39	AN-016	QSL required. DXNS #743 - QRV for DOSAAF-50, 1976

Many 4K1xx and 4K1xxx callsigns were also issued. These are listed here .
The first personal callsigns seem to have been issued in 1970.