Europe · DX entity · DXCC 294

Wales

Wales is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 14 and ITU zone 27. Its primary prefix is GW.

Flag of Wales.

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Figure 1. Wales and its unitary authorities (wales), 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 0.002562 degrees, about 285 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 52.4° N 4° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	294
Name in the ADIF standard	WALES
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	GW
CQ zone	14
ITU zone	27

Prefixes

GW is the primary prefix. The country files list 5 prefixes and prefix blocks for Wales.

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GW 2W GC MC MW

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.