South America · DX entity · DXCC 120

Ecuador

Ecuador is a DX entity in South America, in CQ zone 10 and ITU zone 12. Its primary prefix is HC.

Flag of Ecuador.

loading the map…

Figure 1. Ecuador and its provinces, 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 0.006785 degrees, about 755 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 1.8° S 78.1° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	120
Name in the ADIF standard	ECUADOR
Continent	South America
Primary prefix	HC
CQ zone	10
ITU zone	12

Prefixes

HC is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Ecuador.

Show all prefixes

HC HD

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.