CQ
Zone คือ การแบ่งโซนเพื่อใช้อ้างอิงในการแข่งขัน โดยนิตยสาร CQ
Magazine ของ USA ซึ่งเป็นนิตยสารที่แพร่หลายทั่วโลก
และใช้ CQ Zone นั้นเป็นสิ่งแลกเปลี่ยนในการแข่งขัน
สำหรับการแข่งขันรายการที่จัดโดยนิตยสารฯ และหมายเลข CQ Zone นี้ก็เป็นที่นิยมที่จะพิมพ์ไว้เพื่อการอ้างอิงใน QSL CARD ของนักวิทยุสมัครเล่นทุกคน
รายการแข่งขันที่ใช้
CQ Zone ในการแลกเปลี่ยน คือ CQ WW DX
CONTEST PHONE และ CQ WW DX CONTEST CW ซึ่งจะจัดแข่งขันในสัปดาห์สุดท้ายของเดือน
ตุลาคม และ พฤศจิกายน ของทุกปี (ตามลำดับ) เป็นการแข่งขันในย่านความถี่ HF ซึงจะมีนักวิทยุสมัครเล่นทั่วโลกให้ความสนใจเข้าร่วมการแข่งขัน หรือ Check
Log (หมายถึงการเข้าร่วมการแข่งขัน
แต่ไม่ประสงค์ที่จะต้องการรับรางวัล ส่ง LOG เพื่อให้ผู้จัดการแข่งขันใช้สำหรับตรวจสอบกับสถานีที่ติดต่อได้จริง)
การแบ่ง
CQ Zone ของ CQ Magazine
CQ
Zone ถูกแบ่งออกเป็น 40 CQ Zone โดยเริ่มจาก Zone
1 Zone 1. Northwestern Zone of North America และไปสิ้นสุดที่ Zone
40. North Atlantic Zone: JW (Svalbard), JX (Jan Mayen), OX (Greenland), RI1FJ
(Franz Josef Land), and TF (Iceland).
โดยประเทศไทยถูกจัดให้อยู่ใน
Zone 26 ที่เรียกว่า Southeastern Zone of
Asia: อันประกอบไปด้วย 3W
(Vietnam), E2 (Thailand), VU (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), XU (Cambodia), XW
(Laos), XZ (Myanmar), and 1S/9M0 (Spratly Islands) รวม 7
DXCC Countries.
การแบ่ง
CQ Zone ของ CQ Magazine
Zone
1. Northwestern Zone of North America: KL (Alaska), VY1 Yukon, VE8 the
Northwest and VY0 Nunavut Territories west of 102 degrees (Includes the islands
of Victoria, Banks, Melville, and Prince Patrick).
Zone
2. Northeastern Zone of North America: VO2 (Labrador), the portion of VE2
Quebec north of the 50th parallel, and Nunavut Territories east of 102 degrees
(Includes the islands of King Christian, King William. Prince of Wales,
Somerset, Bathurst, Devon, Ellesmere, Baffin and the Melville and Boothia
Peninsulas, excluding Akimiski Island, Bear Islands and East Pen Island in
Hudson Bay).
Zone
3. Western Zone of North America: VE7 (British Columbia), W6, and the W7 states
of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.
Zone
4. Central Zone of North America: VE3 (Ontario), VE4 (Manitoba), VE5 (Saskatchewan),
VE6 (Alberta), VY0 Akimiski Island, and Bear Islands, and Fox Island and East
Pen Island in Hudson Bay. The W7 states of Montana and Wyoming, W0, W9, W8
(except West Virginia), W5, and the W4 states of Alabama, Tennessee, and
Kentucky.
Zone
5. Eastern Zone of North America: 4U1UN, CY9 (St. Paul Is.), CY0 (Sable Is.),
FP (St. Pierre Miquelon), VE1 (Nova Scotia) and VE9 (New Brunswick), VY2
(Prince Edward Is.), VO1 (Newfoundland) and the portion of VE2 Quebec south of
the 50th parallel. VP9 (Bermuda), W1, W2, W3 and the W4 states of Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and the W8 state of West
Virginia.
Zone
6. Southern Zone of North America: XE (Mexico), XF4 (Revilla Gigedo).
Zone
7. Central American Zone: FO (Clipperton), HK0 (San Andres Is.), HP (Panama),
HR (Honduras), TG (Guatemala), TI (Costa Rica), TI9 (Cocos Is.), V3 (Belize),
YN (Nicaragua) and YS (El Salvador).
Zone
8. West Indies Zone: C6 (Bahamas), CO (Cuba), FG (Guadeloupe), FJ (St. Barts),
FM (Martinique), FS (Saint Martin), HH (Haiti), HI (Dominican Republic), J3
(Grenada), J6 (St. Lucia), J7 (Dominica), J8 (St. Vincent), KG4 (Guantanamo
Base), KP1 (Navassa Is.), KP2 Virgin Islands), KP4 (Puerto Rico), KP5 (Navassa
Is.), PJ5 (Eustatius), PJ6 (Saba), PJ7 (Sint Maarten). V2 (Antigua and
Barbuda), V4 (St. Kitts and Nevis), VP2E (Anguilla), VP2M (Montserrat), VP2V
(British Virgin Is.), VP5 (Turks and Caicos Is.), YV0 (Aves Is.), ZF (Cayman
Is.), 6Y (Jamaica), and 8P (Barbados).
Zone
9. Northern Zone of South America: FY (French Guyana), HK (Colombia), HK0
(Malpelo Is.), PJ2 (Curacao), PJ4 (Bonaire), PZ (Surinam), YV (Venezuela), 8R
(Guiana),P4 Aruba and 9Y (Trinidad and Tobago Is.).
Zone
10. Western Zone of South America: CP (Bolivia), HC (Ecuador), HC8 (Galapagos
Is.), and OA (Peru).
Zone
11. Central Zone of South America: PY (Brazil), PY0 (Fernando de Noronha, PY0
(St. Peter and Paul Rocks) and PY0 Trinidad Martin Vaz, ZP (Paraguay).
Zone
12. Southwest Zone of South America: CE (Chile), CE0 (Easter Is.), CE0(Juan
Fernandez Is.), CE0 (San Felix Is.), 3Y (Peter I) and some Antarctic stations
(See Notes Below).
Zone
13. Southeast Zone of South America: CX (Uruguay), LU (Argentina), VP8
Falklands, VP8 South Georgia, VP8 South Orkney, VP8 South Shetlands, VP8 South
Sandwich and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)
Zone
14. Western Zone of Europe: C3 (Andorra), CT (Portugal), CU (Azores Is.), DL
(Germany), EA (Spain), EA6 (Balearic Is.), El (Ireland), F (France), G
(England), GD (Isle of Man), GI (Northern Ireland), GJ (Jersey), GM (Scotland),
GU (Guernsey), GW (Wales), HB (Switzerland), HB0(Liechtenstein), LA (Norway),
LX (Luxembourg), ON (Belgium), OY (Faroe Is.), OZ (Denmark), PA (Netherlands),
SM (Sweden), ZB (Gibraltar), 3A (Monaco) and 4U1ITU (ITU, Geneva).
Zone
15. Central European Zone: E7 (Bosnia Herzegovina), ES (Estonia), HA (Hungary),
HV (Vatican), I (Italy), IS0 (Sardinia), LY (Lithuania), OE (Austria), OH
(Finland), OH0 (Aland Is.), OJ0 (Market Reef), OK (Czech Rep.), OM (Slovakia),
S5 (Slovenia), SP (Poland), T7 (San Marino), TK (Corsica), UA2,F,K, RA2,UB2-UI2
(Kaliningrad), YL (Latvia), YU (Serbia), ZA (Albania), Z3 (Macedonia), 1A0
(SMOM), 4O (Montenegro), 9A (Croatia), 9H (Malta).
Zone
16. Eastern Zone of Europe: EW (Belarus), ER (Moldova), UA1, UA2(except for RA2
and UA2-UI2), UA3. UA4, UA5,UA6, UA7,UA9,UA9 (S,T,W), and UR (Ukraine).
Zone
17. Western Zone of Siberia: EX (Kirgizstan), EY (Tajikistan), EZ
(Turkmenistan), UA8,9 (A, B,C,D, F, G, J. K, L, M, N, Q,R, X), UK (Uzbekistan),
UN (Kazakhstan).
Zone
18. Central Siberian Zone: UA8,9 (H,I,O,P,U, V,Y,Z),
and UAO (A, B, H, O,R, S,T, U,V, W)
Zone
19. Eastern Siberian Zone: UA0 (C, D, F, I, J, K, L, Q, X, Z)
Zone
20. Balkan Zone: E4 (Palestine), JY (Jordan), LZ (Bulgaria), OD (Lebanon), SV
(Greece), SV/A (Mt. Athos), SV5 (Dodecanese), SV9 (Crete), TA (Turkey), YK
(Syria), YO (Romania), ZC4 (UK Sov. Base), 4X (Israel) and 5B (Cyprus).
Zone
21. Southwestern Zone of Asia: A4 (Oman), A6 (United Arab Emirates), A7
(Qatar), A9 (Bahrain), AP (Pakistan), EK (Armenia), EP (Iran), HZ (Saudi
Arabia), YA (Afghanistan), YI (Iraq), 4J (Azerbaijan), 4L (Georgia), 7O
(excluding Socotra I. and Abd al Kuri Is.) and 9K (Kuwait).
Zone
22. Southern Zone of Asia: A5 (Bhutan), S2 (Bangladesh), VU (India), VU
(Lakshadweep Is.), 4S (Sri Lanka), 8Q (Maldives.), and 9N (Nepal).
Zone
23. Central Zone of Asia: JT (Mongolia), UA0Y, BY3G‑L (NeiMenggu), BY9G‑L
(GanSu), BY9M‑R (NingXia), BY9S‑Z (QingHai) and BY0.
Zone
24. Eastern Zone of Asia: BV9P (Pratas Is.), BV (Taiwan), BY1, BY2, BY3A‑F
(TianJin), BY3M‑R (HeBei), BY3S-X (ShanXi), BY4, BY5, BY6, BY7, BY8, BY9A‑F
(ShaanXi), VR (Hong Kong), and XX (Macau).
Zone
25. Japanese Zone: HL (South Korea), JA (Japan), and P5 (North Korea).
Zone
26. Southeastern Zone of Asia: 3W (Vietnam), E2 (Thailand), VU (Andaman and
Nicobar Islands), XU (Cambodia), XW (Laos), XZ (Myanmar), and 1S/9M0 (Spratly
Islands)
Zone
27. Philippine Zone: BS7 (Scarborough Reef), DU (Philippines), JD1 (Minami
Torishima), JD1 (Ogasawara), T8 (Palau), KH2 (Guam), KH0 (Mariana Is.), V6
(Fed. States of Micronesia).
Zone
28. Indonesian Zone: H4 (Solomon Is.), P2 (Papua New Guinea), V8 (Brunei), YB
(Indonesia), 4W (East Timor), 9M (West and East Malaysia) and 9V (Singapore).
Zone
29. Western Zone of Australia: VK6 (Western Australia), VK8 (Northern
Territory), VK9X (Christmas Is.), VK9C (Cocos‑Keeling Is.) and some Antarctic
stations :(See Notes Below)
Zone
30. Eastern Zone of Australia: FK/C (Chesterfield Is.), VK1 (Capital
Territory), VK2 (New South Wales), VK3 (Victoria) and VK4 (Queensland), VK5
(South Australia), VK7 (Tasmania), VK9L (Lord Howe Is.), VK9M (Mellish Reef),
VK9 (Willis Is.), VK0M (Macquarie Is.) and some Antarctic stations (See Notes
Below).
Zone
31. Central Pacific Zone: C2 (Nauru), FO (Marquesas), KH1 (Baker Howland Is.),
KH3 (Johnson Is.), KH4 (Midway Is.), KH5K (Kingman Reef), KH5 (Palmyra Jarvis),
KH6 (Hawaii), KH7K(Kure), KH9 (Wake Is), T2 (Tuvalu), T30 (Western Kiribati),
T31 (Central Kiribati), and T32 (Eastern Kiribati),T33 (Bananba Is), V7
(Marshall Is.), and ZK3 (Tokelau)
Zone
32. New Zealand Zone: A3 (Tonga), E5 (North and South Cook Is.) FK New
Caledonia but NOT Chesterfield Is.), FO (French Polynesia and Austral Is. but
NOT Marquesas and Clipperton), FW (Wallis Is.), H40(Temotu), KH8 (American
Samoa), KH8S (Swains), VK9N (Norfolk Is.), VP6 (Pitcairn and Ducie), YJ
(Vanuatu), ZK2 (Niue Is.), ZL (New Zealand), ZL7 (Chatham Is.), ZL8 (Kermadec
Is.), ZL9 (Auckland and Campbell Is.), 3D2 (Fiji, Rotuma, and Conway Reef), 5W
(Western Samoa) and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below).
Zone
33. Northwestern Zone of Africa: CN (Morocco), CT3 (Madeira Is), EA8 (Canary
Is.), EA9 (Ceuta and/or Melilla), IG9 (Pelagic Is.), IH9 IG9 (Pantelleria Is.
or Pelagic Islands), S0 (Western Sahara), 3V (Tunisia), and 7X (Algeria).
Zone
34. Northeastern Zone of Africa: ST (Sudan), SU (Egypt), Z8 (South Sudan) and
5A (Libya).
Zone
35. Central Zone of Africa: C5 (The Gambia), D4 (Cape Verde Is.), EL (Liberia),
J5 (Guinea Bissau), TU (Cote d’Ivoire), TY (Benin), TZ (Mali), XT (Burkina
Faso), 3X (Guinea), 5N (Nigeria), 5T (Mauritania), 5U (Niger), 5V (Togo), 6W
(Senegal), 9G (Ghana) and 9L (Sierra Leone).
Zone
36. Equatorial Zone of Africa: D2 (Angola), S9 (Sao Tome Principe), TJ
(Cameroon), TL (Central African Rep.), TN (Congo), TR (Gabon), TT (Chad), ZD7
(St. Helena Is.), ZD8 (Ascension Is.), 3C (Equatorial Guinea), 3C0 (Annobon
Is.), 9J (Zambia), 9Q (Democratic Rep. of Congo), 9U (Burundi) and 9X (Rwanda).
Zone
37. Eastern Zone of Africa: C9 (Mozambique), ET (Ethiopia), E3 (Eritrea), J2
(Djibouti), T5 (Somalia), 5H (Tanzania), 5X (Uganda), 5Z (Kenya), 7O (Socotra
and Abd al Kuri islands ONLY) and 7Q (Malawi).
Zone
38. South African Zone: A2 (Botswana), V5 (Namibia), ZD9 (Tristan da Cunha
Gough Is.), Z2 (Zimbabwe), ZS (South Africa) and ZS8 (Marion Is), 3DA
(Swaziland), 3Y (Bouvet Is.), 7P (Lesotho), and some Antarctic stations (See
Notes Below)
Zone
39. Madagascar Zone: D6 (Comoros), FH (Mayotte), FR (Reunion),FT-G (Glorioso),
FT-J&E (Juan de Nova and Europa), FT-T (Tromelin), FT‑W (Crozet Is.), FT-X
(Kerguelen Is.), FT‑Z (Amsterdam St. Paul Is.), S7 (Seychelles), VK0 (Heard
Is.), VQ9 (Chagos), 3B6/7 (Agalega St.Brandon Is.), 3B8 (Mautitius Is.), 3B9
(Rodriguez Is.), 5R (Madagascar) and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)
Zone
40. North Atlantic Zone: JW (Svalbard), JX (Jan Mayen), OX (Greenland), RI1FJ
(Franz Josef Land), and TF (Iceland).
Antarctic notes:
The boundaries of CQ zones 12, 13, 29, 30, 32, 38
and 39 converge at the South Pole.
Stations KC4AAA and KC4USN are at the South Pole,
and will count for any one of the listed zones.
Most Antarctic stations indicate their zone on the
QSL card.
VK0GM 29, VP8ME 38;
YB8ANT 38, and ZL5AA 30. The list
changes frequently. Questions regarding the zone of a particular Antarctic
station should be directed to the WAZ Manager.
