ALL AFRICA AWARD
The All Africa Award is sponsored by the South African Radio League. The aim is to encourage more QSO’s with African countries.
Applicants must prove having made contact with the following 31 areas:
- One contact with a station in each of the six call areas of South Africa (ZS1 to ZS6).
- One contact in each of 25 African countries outside South Africa.
Only contacts with stations on the African continent are valid. African islands and ship-based stations do not count. "Country" means a country according to the DXCC list maintained by the ARRL. Deleted countries also count, provided that contacts were made while the country existed.
Application must be made in writing. A list of QSL cards must be included.
The list must be certified by an official of a local radio club or two licenced radio amateurs, who have seen the QSL cards. The list must contain at least the following information:
- UTC date and time of the contact
- Callsign of the station
- Transmission mode
- Frequency band
- Name of the country
Endorsements for single modes and/or bands can be requested.
Include US$ 10.00 or 10 IRC's to cover postage and handling charges. The award is free to members of the South African Radio League.
A suitable application form can be found here.
Applications should be addressed to:
The Awards Manager
SA Radio League
P.O. Box 1721
Strubensvallei
1735
South Africa
Email enquiries can be directed to zs6p@iafrica.com
Note: ZS3 before 21 March 1990 counts for V5
ZS3 note:
During 1996 changes were made to the AAA to accommodate various political changes on the African continent. The rules now require a contact with each of the six ZS call areas and 25 African countries outside South Africa.
ZS3 callsigns were issued in South West Africa during its administration by South Africa. On the 21st of March 1990, South West Africa became the new independent country Namibia (V5). ZS3 is now issued in the North Western part of the Republic of South Africa.
Click here for a map of Call sign Zones
WORKED ALL ZS AWARD
Revised 2001-06-06
The Worked all ZS series of awards is available to all Radio Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners.
Applicants must prove two way contacts (or SWL reports) with at least 100 South African callsigns. The callsigns must represent the different call areas as follows:
ZS1 16 contacts
ZS2 8 contacts
ZS3 1 contact
ZS4 6 contacts
ZS5 13 contacts
ZS6 56 contacts
In addition to the basic award (WAZS), awards for higher multiples of 100 callsigns are also available. An applicant for a higher award (WAZS-200, WAZS-300 etc.) must meet the minimum call area requirements at the time of application, or must cite the number of his/her previously issued WAZS award. Specific mode and/or band endorsements can be requested.
When an applicant applies with a total of more than 200 callsigns, the applicant will be issued with all awards below the actual level. An application with 380 callsigns, for example, will receive the basic WAZS, WAZS-200 and WAZS-300 if they have not already been issued before. Each award at every level will be sequentially numbered. An Honour Roll with the latest scores of all stations above 200 will be published on the SARL Web site, in descending order. Members of this list can apply each time they reach a new award level, or can submit an update once per calendar year, even if a new endorsement level has not been attained.
South African applicants should send QSL cards, a list of contact details and a handling and postage charge of R 20,00. This award is free to members of the South African Radio League.
Foreign applicants should submit a list of QSL cards, certified by an official of a local radio club or two licenced radio amateurs that have seen the cards. A handling and postage charge of US$ 10,00 or 10 IRCs must also be included.
Send applications to:
The Awards Manager
South African Radio League
PO Box 1721
Strubensvallei 1735
South Africa
Email enquiries can be directed to zs6p@iafrica.com
What is a callsign?
Only callsigns from the South African mainland count. ZS3 callsigns from South West Africa (now Namibia V5), old ZS callsigns from neighbouring countries (Lesotho, Swaziland and Botswana) and offshore stations (Walvis Bay, Penguin Islands, Marion, Antarctic etc.) do not count. However, special callsigns (ZS99ARA, ZT6Z, ZS25TUK etc.) from the South African mainland do count. If such special callsigns are included, remember to ascertain the correct call area. Callsigns with double digits are often misleading.
Note that different callsigns are required. Successive holders of the same callsign do not count separately, but stations with several callsigns can be claimed under all those callsigns. ZS6XY, ZS6XY/6 and ZS6XY/P are the same callsign, but ZS6XY/4 denotes a different geographical callsign area and is considered a different callsign.
Special Award
During May 2001, the Pretoria Contest Club ZS6Z donated a handsome plaque for the first station to claim WAZS-500. To level the playing field, and to allow entrants from anywhere on earth to submit their entries in time, the plaque will not be awarded before 2001-12-31. On that date, the plaque will be awarded to the station with the highest score above 500. If no entries have been received by then, the trophy will go to the first applicant to achieve WAZS-500.
SARL TOP BAND CERTIFICATE
The Top Band Certificate is sponsored by the South African Radio League. Its aim is to encourage more 160 m QSOs with southern African countries.
South African stations must submit proof of having contacted at least six different southern African call areas, of which at least five must be in the Republic of South Africa. The sixth contact can be from the remaining South African call area (ZS), or from any of the bordering countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland or Zimbabwe).
DX stations within 1000 km of the borders of South Africa need contact only three call areas in the RSA.
DX stations beyond 1000 km of the borders of the RSA need to contact only two call areas in southern Africa, one of which must be in the RSA.
All contacts after 1 January 1960 are valid for this award.
Contacts must be established in the range of 1800 to 2000 kHz. ZS amateurs can transmit between 1810 and 1850 kHz.
Endorsements for single modes can be requested.
South African applicants should send QSL cards, a list of contact details and a handling and postage charge of R 20,00. This award is free to members of the South African Radio League.
Foreign applicants should submit a list of QSL cards, certified by an official of a local radio club or two licenced radio amateurs that have seen the cards. A handling and postage charge of US$ 10,00 or 10 IRCs must also be included.
A suitable application form can be found here.
Applications should be addressed to:
The Awards Manager
South African Radio League
PO Box 1721
Strubensvallei
1735 South Africa
Email enquiries can be directed to zs6p@iafrica.com.
