List of 5 Band WAZ Holders in South Africa

Last updated 2001-08-31

This list is extracted from the official list published by CQ Magazine,
the sponsors of the WAZ awards programme.

Only five ZS stations have reached the 200 zone level (i.e. all zones
confirmed on 10, 15, 20, 40 and 80 m:

Date              200  150
1983-11-08 ZS5LB   67  237  Bert is retired near Durban, occasionally active.
1988-02-25 ZS5BK  170  451  Bill died several years ago.
1989-02-18 ZS5MY  211  534  Franz spent time as 3DA0BK, now inactive.
1991-08-07 ZS6BCR 325  272  Chris is now ZS6EZ.
1994-02-11 ZS4TX  372  882  Bernie is still active from Bloemfontein.

The "200" column indicates the order in which stations reached the 200
mark.  For example, ZS5LB was the 67th person to reach 200 zones.  The
"150" column indicates certificate numbers, allocated when 150 zones
are reached.

As of 2000-08, 537 stations world-wide had reached the
highest level (200).  A total of 1202 stations had reached the entry
level of 150.  In South Africa, apart from the five stations listed
above, only ZS6KR has reached the entry level.  His certificate is
now endorsed for 189 zones, and is number 1054.  The rumour mill
indicates that ZS6WB is ready to apply, with 184 zones in hand.

You can find full information about the WAZ awards programme at
http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/wazrules.html.  There have been
three recent rule changes that might be of interest:

1.  Card for 5BWAZ applications can now be checked locally (by ZS6EZ).

2.  Contacts can now be made from anywhere in the same DXCC country.

3.  There is now a 50 MHz WAZ, with an entry level of 25.

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