Europe · DX entity · DXCC 040

Crete

Crete is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 20 and ITU zone 28. Its primary prefix is SV9.

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Figure 1. Crete and its regions, 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 0.001635 degrees, about 182 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 35.3° N 24.9° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	040
Name in the ADIF standard	CRETE
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	SV9
CQ zone	20
ITU zone	28

Prefixes

SV9 is the primary prefix. The country files list 6 prefixes and prefix blocks for Crete.

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SV9 J49 SW9 SX9 SY9 SZ9

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.