Europe · DX entity · DXCC 287

Switzerland

Switzerland is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 14 and ITU zone 28. Its primary prefix is HB.

Flag of Switzerland.

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Figure 1. Switzerland and its cantons, 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 0.00251 degrees, about 279 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 46.8° N 8.2° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	287
Name in the ADIF standard	SWITZERLAND
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	HB
CQ zone	14
ITU zone	28

Prefixes

HB is the primary prefix. The country files list 2 prefixes and prefix blocks for Switzerland.

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HB HE

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.