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India looks to change aircraft callsign prefixAn article in the London Times newspaper indicated that India was looking to change the code it used for Aircraft identification. In other countries this has also resulted in a change to the Amateur Radio prefix. The aircraft code VT was assigned to British India in 1944, three years before the country was divided into the independent states of India and Pakistan. India kept VT (Viceroy’s Territory), while Pakistan was assigned AP. Several other former British colonies and territories still use sircraft codes that begin with V, such as Australia (VH), Antigua and Bermuda (V2), and the Falkland Islands (VP-F). There has traditionaly been a strong connection between Aircraft Code and Amateur Radio callsign prefix. For instance the United Kingdom uses G for aircraft which used to be the Amateur Radio prefix until the G series ran out in the 1990's. When other territories of the former British Empire have changed their Aircraft Codes they have also changed their Amateur Radio prefixes: Fiji changed it's aircraft code to DQ and it's Amateur Radio prefix changed from VR2 to 3D2. Kenya changed it's aircraft code to 5Y and it's Amateur Radio prefix changed from VQ4 to 5YA to 5ZZ. London Times - Aircraft to shed last vestige of colonial past Old Amateur Radio Prefixes The British Empire - The largest Empire the world has ever known
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