Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 515

Swains Island

Swains Island is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 32 and ITU zone 62. Its primary prefix is KH8.

Flag of American Samoa.

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Figure 1. Swains Island and its first-level subdivisions. 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. At the full detail of the source; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 11.1° S 171.1° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	515
Name in the ADIF standard	SWAINS I.
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	KH8
CQ zone	32
ITU zone	62

Prefixes

KH8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Swains Island.

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KH8

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.