North America · DX entity · DXCC 082

Jamaica

Jamaica is a DX entity in North America, in CQ zone 8 and ITU zone 11. Its primary prefix is 6Y.

Flag of Jamaica.

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Figure 1. Jamaica and its parishes. 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 0.001594 degrees, about 177 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 18.1° N 77.3° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	082
Name in the ADIF standard	JAMAICA
Continent	North America
Primary prefix	6Y
CQ zone	8
ITU zone	11

Prefixes

6Y is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Jamaica.

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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.