Canada’s radio amateurs will be using the prefixes XK, XJ, VG and VX from May 15 to July 14 to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
In the listings below “Prefix” identifies what prefix an amateur’s call sign must have in order to use the special event call sign.
| Time | Call Sign | Prefix | Start Date | End Date | Name of Event | Trustee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coming | VE3FIRE | VE3KGK | 2022-10-09 | 2022-10-15 | Fire Prevention Week | VE3KGK |
| Coming | VC3CG | VE3VM | 2022-08-01 | 2022-08-31 | 2022 Canada Summer Games – Niagara Peninsula ARC | VE3VM |
| Coming | VC3FTDMC | VE3MZD | 2022-07-04 | 2022-07-17 | FT8 Digital mode club 5th anniversary | VE3MZD |
| Coming | VC3IC | VE3IC | 2022-07-01 | 2022-07-02 | RAC Canada Day Contest | VE3IC |
| Coming | VC7X | VE7JH | 2022-07-01 | 2022-07-01 | RAC Canada Day Contest | VE7JH |
| Coming | VB4LIGMA | VA4BEN | 2022-06-25 | 2022-08-05 | Meme appreciation month | VA4BEN |
| Coming | VB6DANK | 2022-06-25 | 2022-08-05 | Meme appreciation month | VA6ATC | |
| Coming | VC3DEEZ | 2022-06-25 | 2022-08-05 | Meme appreciation month | VE3GKT | |
| Coming | VB3C | VA3JFZ | 2022-06-25 | 2022-06-26 | ARRL Field Day | VA3JFZ |
| Coming | XM3A | VE3ZF | 2022-06-20 | 2022-07-20 | The 70th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II¿s accession to the Throne (Platinum Jubilee) | VE3ZF |
| Coming | CG6RDP | VE6BDL | 2022-06-17 | 2022-06-19 | CAARC Anniversary 50th Hamfest and Picnic | VE6BLD |
| Coming | CG3 | VE3 | 2022-06-15 | 2022-07-15 | Quinte Amateur Radio Club 75th Anniversary | VE3UO |
| Coming | CF3 | VA3 | 2022-06-15 | 2022-07-15 | Quinte Amateur Radio Club 75th Anniversary | VE3UO |
| Coming | VC5A | VE5TRF | 2022-06-01 | 2022-07-30 | VE5MA – 100th year Anniversary Call | VE5TRF |
| Coming | VE3CWM20 | VE3BXG | 2022-06-01 | 2022-06-30 | 20th Anniversary of VE3CWM club station at the Cold War Museum (“Diefenbunker”) National Historic Site | VE3BXG |
| Coming | VE2SPEED | VE2JCW | 2022-06-01 | 2022-06-30 | GRAND PRIX DU CANADA | VE2JCW |
| Coming | XL3A | VA3RVK | 2022-05-28 | 2022-06-26 | The 75th Anniversary of the adotion of the Canadian Citizenship Act | VA3RVK |
| Coming | VC7M | VE7UF | 2022-05-28 | 2022-05-29 | CQ WPX CW Contest | VE7UF |
| Coming | CF2T | VA2 | 2022-05-25 | 2022-05-31 | 75e anniversaire de l’adoption de la loi sur la citoyenneté Canadienne | VA2EW |
| Coming | XK | 2022-05-15 | 2022-07-14 | The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee | VE3YTZ | |
| Coming | XJ | 2022-05-15 | 2022-07-14 | The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee | VE3YTZ | |
| Coming | VG | 2022-05-15 | 2022-07-14 | The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee | VE3YTZ | |
| Coming | VX | 2022-05-15 | 2022-07-14 | The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee | VE3YTZ | |
| Coming | VB3EMS | 2022-05-15 | 2022-05-21 | National EMS Week | VA3KGK | |
| Current | VB3Q70 | VA3CX | 2022-05-01 | 2022-06-30 | The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee | VA3CX |
| Time | Call Sign | Prefix | Start Date | End Date | Name of Event | Trustee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past | VC3C | VE3IC | 2022-04-16 | 2022-04-17 | Ontario QSO Party | VE3IC |
| Current | VC2Z | VE2BWL | 2022-03-26 | 2022-05-29 | CQ WPX Phone & CW 2022 | VE2BWL |
| Current | VC6R | VE6SV | 2022-03-26 | 2022-05-29 | CQ WPX Contest (SSB and CW) | VE6SV |
| Current | VC2A | VE2EKA | 2022-03-26 | 2022-05-29 | CQ WW WPX Contest | VE2EKA |
| Past | CF2Z | VA2CZ | 2022-03-25 | 2022-04-24 | 100e anniversaire de la mort d’Alexander Graham Bell | VA2CZ |
| Past | VA2PEACE | VA2ZV | 2022-03-07 | 2022-04-07 | In Support of Ukraine | VA2ZV |
| Past | XO2O | VY2OM | 2022-03-05 | 2022-04-05 | 25th Anniversary of the Confederation Bridge | VY2OM |
| Past | CJ3A | VA3RVK | 2022-03-05 | 2022-04-04 | The 50th Anniversary of the 1972 Canada-Soviet Hockey Series | VA3RVK |
| Past | CG3T | VE3DZ | 2022-03-04 | 2022-04-03 | The 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Canadian Citizenship Act | VE3DZ |
| Past | VE80LAN | VE8WD | 2022-03-01 | 2022-03-31 | 80th Anniversary – 1st Operational Flight of the Lancaster Bomber of WWII | VE8WD |
| Past | VX2X | VE2EBK | 2022-02-10 | 2022-03-10 | 75e anniversaire de la première Loi sur la citoyenneté canadienne | VE2EBK |
| Past | VE3YOTA | VE3OMV | 2021-12-06 | 2022-01-06 | World Youth on the Air | VE3OMV |
| Past | VA7YOTA | VA7ASI | 2021-12-06 | 2022-01-06 | World Youth On The Air | VA7ASI |
| Past | VX3INSULIN | VE3NOO | 2021-12-01 | 2021-12-31 | 100th Anniversary of the Invention of Insulin | VE3NOO |
| Past | VC3GM | VE3ACK | 2021-12-01 | 2021-12-31 | 120th Anniversary of the Work of Guglielmo Marconi | VE3ACK |
| Past | VD1M | VO1AA | 2021-12-01 | 2021-12-31 | Marconi Meets the 21st Century | VO1AA |
| Past | CF3BP | VA3IPS | 2021-11-13 | 2021-12-12 | 100th Anniversary of Edward S Rogers III’s First Transatlantic QSO to Scotland (Dec 1921) | VA3IPS |
| Past | VE2RHFQ | VE2ENN | 2021-11-01 | 2021-11-30 | La 8000ème édition du Réseau HF du Québec | VE2ENN |
| Past | VC3TY | VE3ACK | 2021-11-01 | 2021-11-30 | 220th anniversary of physicist Thomas Young’s double-slit experiment (1801) | VE3ACK |
| Past | VB3VACCINE | VA3TEN | 2021-11-01 | 2021-11-30 | Ending Covid with Vaccinations | VA3TEN |
| Past | VE2PEACE | VE2JCW | 2021-11-01 | 2021-11-30 | JOUR DU SOUVENIR | VE2JCW |
| Past | CF3A | VA3RVK | 2021-10-30 | 2021-11-28 | The 125th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gold in the Yukon | VA3RVK |
| Past | VC3X | VE3SSJ | 2021-10-30 | 2021-11-28 | CQWW DX Contest | VE3SSJ |
| Past | VA3FIRE | 2021-10-03 | 2021-10-09 | Fire Prevention Week | VA3AHQ | |
| Past | VE3CST75 | 2021-10-01 | 2021-10-30 | 75ième anniversaire du Centre de sécurité des télécommunications (CST) | VE3RDE |
| Time | Call Sign | Prefix | Start Date | End Date | Name of Event | Trustee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past | VE3CSE75 | VE3RDE | 2021-10-01 | 2021-10-30 | 75th Anniversary of the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) | VE3RDE |
| Past | VA3VACCINE | VA3TEN | 2021-09-01 | 2021-09-30 | Promoting the End of Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Virus through Vaccinations | VA3TEN |
| Past | VE9SKCC | VE9AQM | 2021-09-01 | 2021-09-30 | Straight Key Century Club, Work All Canada | VE9AQM |
| Past | XM3T | VE3DZ | 2021-08-27 | 2021-09-27 | 50th anniversary of the adopting Multiculturalism as an official Policy in Canada (1971) | VE3DZ |
| Past | VE9M85A | VE9EMM | 2021-08-01 | 2021-08-31 | 85th Anniversary of the Moncton Area Amateur Radio Club | VE9EMM |
| Past | VE3VACCINE | VE3AS | 2021-06-15 | 2021-07-15 | Distribution of COVID-19 vaccine | VE3ES |
| Past | XM2Z | VE2MCZ | 2021-05-29 | 2021-06-28 | 50e anniversaire de l’adoption du multiculturalisme comme politique officielle au Canada (1971) | VE2MCZ |
| Past | VC3A | VE3ABN | 2021-05-28 | 2021-05-30 | CQWW WPX CW | VE3ABN |
| Past | VX31IGY | VE3 | 2021-05-27 | 2021-06-27 | First Flight on Mars by NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter | VE3NE |
| Past | VC3EMS | 2021-05-16 | 2021-05-22 | National EMS Week | VE3HOR | |
| Past | VC2AQC | VE2AQC | 2021-05-15 | 2021-07-15 | 70th Anniversary of RAQI | VE2AQC |
| Past | VC3VACCINE | VE3ES | 2021-04-01 | 2021-04-30 | Distribution of COVID-19 vaccine | VE3ES |
| Past | VC3T | VE3DZ | 2021-03-27 | 2021-05-30 | CQ WPX SSB and CW | VE3DZ |
| Past | VC2W | VE2EKA | 2021-03-27 | 2021-05-30 | CQ WPX SSB and CW Contest | VE2EKA |
| Past | VB3E | VA3RVK | 2021-03-27 | 2021-05-30 | CQ WPX SSB and CW Contest | VA3RVK |
| Past | VX3LRL | VE3LRL | 2021-03-27 | 2021-04-26 | 225th Anniversary of the 1st Vaccine | VE3LRL |
| Past | VX2Z | VE2MCZ | 2021-03-27 | 2021-04-26 | 225th Anniversary of the 1st Vaccine | VE2MCZ |
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