Europe · DX entity · DXCC 045

Dodecanese

Dodecanese is a DX entity in Europe, in CQ zone 20 and ITU zone 28. Its primary prefix is SV5.

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Figure 1. Dodecanese 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 0.002547 degrees, about 284 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 36.4° N 27.3° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	045
Name in the ADIF standard	DODECANESE
Continent	Europe
Primary prefix	SV5
CQ zone	20
ITU zone	28

Prefixes

SV5 is the primary prefix. The country files list 6 prefixes and prefix blocks for Dodecanese.

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SV5 J45 SW5 SX5 SY5 SZ5

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.