South America · DX entity · DXCC 108

Brazil

Brazil is a DX entity in South America, in CQ zone 11 and ITU zones 12, 13 and 15. Its primary prefix is PY.

Flag of Brazil.

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Figure 1. Brazil and its states, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.04106 degrees, about 5 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 14.2° S 54.4° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	108
Name in the ADIF standard	BRAZIL
Continent	South America
Primary prefix	PY
CQ zone	11
ITU zone	12, 13, 15

Prefixes

PY is the primary prefix. The country files list 76 prefixes and prefix blocks for Brazil.

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PY PP PP6 PP7 PP8 PP9 PQ PQ2 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PR PR6 PR7 PR8 PR9 PS PS6 PS7 PS8 PS9 PT PT2 PT6 PT7 PT8 PU PU6 PU7 PU8 PU9 PV PV6 PV7 PV8 PV9 PW PW6 PW7 PW8 PW9 PX PX6 PX7 PX8 PX9 PY6 PY7 PY8 PY9 ZV ZV6 ZV7 ZV8 ZV9 ZW ZW6 ZW7 ZW8 ZW9 ZX ZX6 ZX7 ZX8 ZX9 ZY ZY6 ZY7 ZY8 ZY9 ZZ ZZ6 ZZ7 ZZ8 ZZ9

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.