North America · DX entity · DXCC 043

Desecheo Island

Desecheo Island is a DX entity in North America, in CQ zone 8 and ITU zone 11. Its primary prefix is KP5.

Flag of the United States.

The map of this entity arrives with the DXEntity boundary layer.

Figure 1. Desecheo Island. The boundary is to come. Boundaries: not yet published (GIS-Architecture, the DXEntity layer).

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	043
Name in the ADIF standard	DESECHEO I.
Continent	North America
Primary prefix	KP5
CQ zone	8
ITU zone	11

Prefixes

KP5 is the primary prefix. The country files list 3 prefixes and prefix blocks for Desecheo Island.

Show all prefixes

KP5 NP5 WP5

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.