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Malta

Malta is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 15 and ITU zone 28. Its primary prefix is 9H.

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Figure 1. Malta and its first-level subdivisions. 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 0.0009242 degrees, about 103 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 35.9° N 14.4° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	257
Name in the ADIF standard	MALTA
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	9H
CQ zone	15
ITU zone	28

Prefixes

9H is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Malta.

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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.