Zone 1. Northwestern Zone of North America: KL (Alaska), VY1V/E8 Yukon, the Northwest and Nunavut Territories west of 102 degrees (Includes the islands of Victoria Banks. Melville, and Prince Patrick)

Zone 2. Northeastern Zone of North America: V02 Labrador, the portion of VE2 Quebec north of the 50th parallel, the VE8 Northwest 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)

Zone 3. Western Zone of North America: VE7, W6, and the W7 states of Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington

Zone 4. Central Zone of North America: VE3, VE4, VE5, VE6, VE8 Akimiski Island, and 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, CY0, FP, VE1/VE9, VY2, VO1 and the portion of VE2 Quebec south of the 50th parallel. VP9, 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/XF, XF4 (Revilla Gigedo).

Zone 7. Central American Zone: FO (Clipperton), HK0 (San Andres). HP, HR. TG, TI, TI9, V3, YN and YS

Zone 8. West Indies Zone: C6, CO. FG, FJ, FM, FS, HH, HI, J3, J6, J7, J8, KG4 (Guantanamo). KP1, KP2, KP4, KP5, PJ (Saba, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius), V2, V4, VP2, VP5, YV0 (Aves Is.), ZF, 6Y, and 8P

Zone 9. Northern Zone of South America: FY, HK, HK0 (Malpelo), P4, PJ (Bonaire, Curacao), PZ. YV, 8R, and 9Y

Zone 10. Western Zone of South America: CP, HC, HC8, and OA

Zone 11. Central Zone of South America: PY, PY0, and ZP

Zone 12. Southwest Zone of South America: 3Y (Peter I). CE, CE0 (Easter Is., Juan Fernandez Is. San Felix Is.), and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)

Zone 13. Southeast Zone of South America: CX, LU. VP8 Islands, and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)

Zone 14. Western Zone of Europe: C3. CT, CU, DL, EA, EA6, El, F, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM. GU, GW, HB, HB0, LA, LX, ON, OY, OZ, PA, SM, ZB, 3A and 4U1ITU

Zone 15. Central European Zone: ES (UR). HA, HV, I, IS0, LY (UP), OE, OH, OH0, OJ0, OK, OM, S5, SP, T7, T9, TK, UA2, YL (UQ). YU, ZA, 1A0. Z3, 9A, 9H

Zone 16. Eastern Zone of Europe: UR–UZ, EU-EW, ER, UA1, UA3. UA4, UA6, UA9 (S,W). US, UC, UO, and R1M (M V, Island)

Zone 17. Western Zone of Siberia: EZ, EY, EX, UA9 (A, C, F, G. J. K, L. M, Q. X) UK, UN-UQ, UH, UI and UJ-UM

Zone 18. Central Siberian Zone: UA8 (T, V), UA9 (H, O, U, V, Y, Z), and UAO (A, B, H, S, U, W)

Zone 19. Eastern Siberian Zone: UAO (C, D, F, I, J, K, L, Q, X, Z)

Zone 20. Balkan Zone: E4, JY, LZ, OD, SV, TA. YK, YO. ZC4, 4X and 5B

Zone 21. Southwestern Zone of Asia: 4J, 4K, 4L, A4, A6. A7, A9, AP, EK, EP, HZ, UD, UF, UG, YA, YI, 7O and 9K

Zone 22. Southern Zone of Asia: A5, S2, VU, VU (Laccadive Is.), 4S, 8Q, and 9N

Zone 23. Central Zone of Asia: JT, UA0Y BY3G-L, BY9A-L, BY9T-Z and BY0.

Zone 24. Eastern Zone of Asia: BV, BY1, BY2, BY3A-F, BY3M-S, BY3T-Z, BY4, BY5, BY6, BY7, BY8, BY9M-S, VS6, VR and XX

Zone 25. Japanese Zone: HL, JA and P5

Zone 26. Southeastern Zone of Asia: HS, VU (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), XV(3W), XU, XW, XZ and 1 S (Spratly Islands)

Zone 27. Philippine Zone: DU (Philippines), JD1 (Minami Torishima), JD1 (Ogasawara), T8(KC6) (Palau), KH2 (Guam), KH0 (Marianas Is.), V6 (Fed. States of Micronesia) and BS7 (Scarborough Reef)

Zone 28. Indonesian Zone: H4, P2, V8, YB, 4W, 9M and 9V

Zone 29. Western Zone of Australia: VK6. VK8, VK9X (Christmas Is.), VK9Y (Cocos-Keeling Is.) and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)

Zone 30. Eastern Zone of Australia: TX0, VK1, VK5, VK7, VK9L (Lord Howe Is.), VK9 (Willis Is.), VK9 (Mellish Reef), VK0 (Macquarie Is.) and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)

Zone 31. Central Pacific Zone: C2, FO (Marquesas), KH1, KH3, KH4, KH5, KH6, KH7, KH9, T2, T3, V7 and ZK3

Zone 32. New Zealand Zone: A3, FK, FO (except Marquesas and Clipperton). FW, H40(Temotu), KH8, VK9 (Norfolk Is.) VP6, YJ, ZK1, ZK2, ZL, 3D2, 5W and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)

Zone 33. Northwestern Zone of Africa: CN, CT3, EA8, EA9, IG9, IH9 (Pantelleria Is.), S0, 3V and 7X

Zone 34. Northeastern Zone of Africa: ST, SU and 5A

Zone 35. Central Zone of Africa: C5, D4, EL J5, TU, TY, TZ, XT, 3X, 5N, 5T, 5U, 5V, 6W, 9G and 9L

Zone 36. Equatorial Zone of Africa: D2, TJ, TL, TN, S9, TR, TT, ZD7, ZD8, 3C, 9J, 9G, 9Q, 9U and 9X

Zone 37. Eastern Zone of Africa: C9, ET, E3, J2, T5, 5H, 5X, 5Z, 7O and 7Q

Zone 38. South African Zone: A2, V5, ZD9, Z2, ZS1-ZS8, 3DA, 3Y (Bouvet Is.), 7P, and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)

Zone 39. Madagascar Zone: D6, FT-W, FT-X, FT-Z, FH, FR, S7, VK0 (Heard Is.) VQ9, 3B6/7, 3B8, 3B9, 5R8 and some Antarctic stations (See Notes Below)

Zone 40. North Atlantic Zone: JW, JX, OX, TF, and 4K2 (Franz Josef Land).

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.

• A few stations and their zones are 4K1A 39, 4K1B 29, 4K1C 29, 4K1D 36, 4K1E 29, 4K1F 13, 4K1G 30, 4K1H 32, 4KIJ 13, 8J1RL 39, CE9 13, DP0 36. FT-Y 30, HFJPOL 13, HL5BDS 13, KC4AAC 13, KC4AAD 13, KC4AAE 29, KC4USB 32, KC4USV 30, LU-Z 13, VK0GM 29, VP8ME 36; YB8ANT 36, and ZL5AA 30. The list changes frequently. Questions regarding the zone of a particular Antarctic station should be