Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 150

Australia

Australia is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zones 29 and 30 and ITU zones 55, 58 and 59. Its primary prefix is VK.

Flag of Australia.

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Figure 1. Australia 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 0.03621 degrees, about 4 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 26.4° S 133.7° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	150
Name in the ADIF standard	AUSTRALIA
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	VK
CQ zone	29, 30
ITU zone	55, 58, 59

Prefixes

VK is the primary prefix. The country files list 20 prefixes and prefix blocks for Australia.

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VK AX AX4 AX6 AX8 VI VI4 VI6 VI8 VJ VJ4 VJ6 VJ8 VK4 VK6 VK8 VL VL4 VL6 VL8

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.