Ofcom release UK ham radio callsign figures – Southgate Amateur Radio Club

In response to a Freedom of Information Request the communications regulator Ofcom has released totals for Live Amateur Radio Callsigns by Prefix

Daryl Spence M0TTY had asked Ofcom “could you please give me the current numbers of licensed Amateur Radio operators for each callsign type please.”

Ofcom’s response was that on July 5, 2018 the UK had a total of 87,983 live amateur radio callsigns. They provided the following prefix breakdown:

Call Sign Count of Live Prefix Call Signs
20 8612
21 1596
G0 8615
G1 4910
G2 164
G3 4631
G4 9157
G5 58
G6 4901
G7 5829
G8 4837
M0 8363
M1 2275
M3 9961
M5 297
M6 13777
Grand Total 87983

Unlike other countries, such as USA, in the UK you can tell the Class of licence from the callsign prefix:
• Foundation are M3 and M6
• Intermediate are 20 and 21 (in use a Regional Secondary Locator is inserted after the 2)
• Full are all the other prefixes

In December 2006 the Lifetime licence was introduced, this results in the callsign count increasing each year.

ource: What Do They Know site
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