CQ Zone 14 covers western Europe. It’s an area that includes some of the highest levels of Amateur Radio activity. So earning an award for working stations within that zone should be an easy task. The Activity Group of Belarus (AGB) offers the Zone 14 award to track your progress towards this.
The initial award (Level III) for FT8 requires just 8 contacts with stations in 5 different DXCC entities for applicants outside of Europe. But the awards program can keep you engaged well beyond this low level starting point. The Level II award requires 20 QSOs and 15 DXCC entities while the top Level I award demands 25 QSOs and 20 DXCC entities.
But there are scores of additional awards waiting to be obtained for different mode or single band efforts. The Zone 14 Award is issued for contacts made using the FT8, FT4, JT65, JT9, T10 and JS8 digital modes. They also single out band efforts on any band between 160M and 2M.
Like all AGB awards, the Zone 14 Award is completely free. AGB can deliver it in either JPG or PDF format.
The digital certificate includes a map showing the countries that make up CQ Zone 14 and the Amateur Radio prefixes that are commonly used within them.
Like several other clubs that offer a large number of awards, AGB relies on the UltimateAAC application. Just point the app to your WSJT-X ADIF file to load it up and the program will let you know which awards, such as AGB Zone 14, you qualify for. Applying for the award at that point is a simple click away.