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Revision as of 22:35, 25 April 2009
Worked All Zones, or WAZ, is an amateur radio operating award given to those amateur radio operators who successfully complete two-way amateur radio communications with other amateur radio stations located in each of the 40 geographic zones of the world, as defined by the award sponsor,CQ Amateur Radio.[1][2] It is available to radio amateurs world-wide. The basic award is for making such contacts using any combination of amateur radio bands and modes.
Specialty awards
Specialty awards are available for establishing two-way contact with stations in all 40 zones using certain transmission modes including: CW, AM, SSB, amateur satellites, Radioteletype (RTTY), a digital mode other than RTTY, or Slow-scan television (SSTV).
Specialty awards are also available for contacts entirely on specific amateur radio bands: 6m (50 MHz), 10m (28 MHz), 12m (24 MHz), 15m (21 MHz), 17m (18 MHz), 20m (14 MHz), 30m (10 MHz), 40m (7 MHz), 80m (3.5 MHz), and 160m (1.8 MHz). There is also a specialty WAZ award for using the EME moonbounce mode of propagation.
Endorsements are available for making all contacts from a mobile station or using low power.
5-Band WAZ
A special award is available for confirming contact using five HF bands (excluding the 160, 60, 30, 17, and 12 meter bands). There are no band or mode endorsements associated with 5BWAS.
References
- ^ CQ Amateur Radio Web site, WAZ Map
- ^ Worked All Zones Award Rules, WAZ Zone/Country/Entities List
External links
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- ^ A special award is available for confirming contact using five HF bands (excluding the 160, 60, 30, 17, and 12 meter bands). There are no band or mode endorsements associated with 5BWAZ.