Worked All Zones (WAZ)…almost.
Browsing the world wide web this morning I happened upon a forum thread about someone chasing the WAZ award. It got me thinking - how many zones have I worked to date?
This isn’t something I monitor or have much bothered about over the years but a quick check today shows I am only 3 zones shy of WAZ. Those three required zones are the following:-
- Zone 2 - Northeastern Zone of North America
- Zone 12 - Southwest Zone of South America
- Zone 29 - Western Zone of Australia
I’m quite pleased with that and I reckon I should certainly be able to knock of those 3 zones in the next year or so as band conditions pick up.
Zone 2 is the extreme north-eastern parts of Canada (VO2 and some VE2 prefixes), zone 12 includes Chile which isn’t all that rare (often active in contests) and zone 29 includes Western Australia and the Northern Territory (VK6 and VK8 prefixes respectively).
Now I know what I’m looking for it should be relatively easy to get the contacts. Getting all the QSL cards to confirm all those contacts is another matter!