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Following are CIRAF ZONES, used by the IFRB (InternationalFrequency Registration Board) and a number of internationalbroadcasters to specify intended audience areas for broadcasts. Theseare the zones quoted, for example, in the BBC schedules and on theFCC HF Bureau Web pages. Our appreciation goes to Dan Ferguson(CompuServe ID: 76702,771) for compiling and making this listavailable to radio hobbyists.
Click here for a world map of CIRAFZones, provided by Jacques d'Avignon.
Zone Description
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1 - Alaska
2 - Canada, west of 110 degrees
3 - Canada, 90-110 degrees
4 - Canada, 70-90 degrees, Baffin Is.
5 - Greenland
6 - West USA
7 - Central USA
8 - Eastern USA
9 - Canada, East of 70 degrees(no Baffin Is)
10 - Mexico
11 - Caribbean, Central America
12 - NW S.America
13 - NE Brazil
14 - Bolivia, Paraguay, + Chile & Argentina N of 40 deg S
15 - SE Brazil
16 - S.America, south of 40 degrees S; Falkland Is.
17 - Iceland
18 - Scandanavia
19 - USSR, N of 60 deg N, 30-50 deg East
20 - USSR, N of 60 deg N, 50-75 deg East
21 - USSR, N of 60 deg N, 75-90 deg East
22 - USSR, N of 60 deg N, 90-110 deg East
23 - USSR, N of 60 deg N, 110-135 deg East
24 - USSR, N of 60 deg N, 135-155 deg East
25 - USSR, N of 60 deg N, 155-170 deg East
26 - USSR, N of 60 deg N, East of 170 deg E
27 - UK, France, Benelux
28 - Central & Eastern Eur, not Baltics
29 - Baltics, USSR south of 60 deg N & west of 50 deg E
30 - USSR south of 60 deg N & between 50-75 deg E
31 - USSR south of 60 deg N & between 75-90 deg E
32 - Mongolia & USSR south of 60 deg N & between 90-110deg E
33 - 90-135 E, 43-60 N
34 - Sakhalin, Sikhote Alin (Vladivostok, Khabarovsk)
35 - Kamchatka
36 - Azores, Canary Is.
37 - Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
38 - Libya, Egypt
39 - Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Arabian Pen.
40 - Iran, Afghanistan
41 - Pakistan, India, Bangladesh
42 - China & Tibet, west of 90 E
43 - China & Tibet, 90-110 E
44 - China, east of 110 E, Korea
45 - Japan
46 - W.Africa
47 - Central Africa
48 - East Africa
49 - SE Asia
50 - Philippines
51 - Papua New Guinea, Micronesia, Solomon Is
52 - Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Angola
53 - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malagasy
54 - Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
55 - Australia: No.Territory, Queensland
56 - Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia
57 - Namibia, S.Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho
58 - Australia: Western Australia
59 - Australia: S.Australia, .S.Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
60 - New Zealand
61 - Hawaii
62 - Tonga, Samoa, Cook Is.
63 - French Polynesia
64 - Guam, Mariana Is.
65 - Micronesia
66 - South Atlantic
67 - Antarctica, N of 80 S; 20 W to 40 E
68 - Kerguelen Is.
69 - Antarctica, N of 80 S; 40 E to 100 E
70 - Antarctica, N of 80 S; 100 E to 160 E
71 - Antarctica, N of 80 S; 160 E to 140 W
72 - Antarctica, N of 80 S; 140 W to 80 W
73 - Antarctica, N of 80 S; 80 W to 20 W, S.Orkney Is.
74 - Antarctica, S of 80 S
75 - North of 80 N
76 - 30N 127.39W / 30N 150W / 30N 170W / 50N 170W / 56N / 142W /47N 130W / 33N 130W / BACK TO ORIGIN.
77 - 10N 110W / 0N 120W / 0N 150W / 30N 150W / 30N / 127.39W / 10N110W / BACK TO ORIGIN.
78 - 30S 82W / 30S 105W / 20S 105W / 0S 120W / 10N 110W/ 10N 95W /0N 95W / 20S 82W / BACK TO ORIGIN
79 - 40S 110E / 40S 80E / 35S 80E / 35S 40E / 26S 40E /26S 60E /20S 65.9E / 10S 63E / 10S 90E / 14S 90E /14S 110E / BACK TO ORIGIN.
80 - 40N 40W / 40N 51W / 51.50N 45W / 62N 29.36W / 62N / 12W / 44N12W / 44N 40W / BACK TO ORIGIN.
81 - 6N 28.63W / 6N 55W / 10N 60W / 15N 55W / 40N 55W / 40N 40W /22.50N 40W / BACK TO ORIGIN.
82 - 50N 170W / 30N 170W / 30N 180W / 30N 177E / 20N / 177E / 20N150E / 47.50N 150E / 50N 167E / 50N 180E / 50N 180W / BACK TO ORIGIN.
83 - 60S 180W / 55S 180W / 55S 175W / 30S 175W / 30S 82W / 40S 82W/ 40S 80W / 60S 80W / BACK TO ORIGIN.
84 - 50S 56W / 40S 56W / 40S 24.50W / 45S 24.50W / 45S / 0W /20.50S 0W / 50S 20E / BACK TO ORIGIN.
85 - 60S 80E / 40S 80E / 40S 130E / 45S 140E / 55S 155E / 55S 180E/ 60S 180E / BACK TO ORIGIN.
