Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 147

Lord Howe Island

Lord Howe Island is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 30 and ITU zone 60. Its primary prefix is VK9L.

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Figure 1. Lord Howe Island and its territories. 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. At the full detail of the source; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 31.6° S 159.1° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	147
Name in the ADIF standard	LORD HOWE I.
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	VK9L
CQ zone	30
ITU zone	60

Prefixes

VK9L is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Lord Howe Island.

Show all prefixes

VK9L VK9FL

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.