Amateur Radio in Saudi Arabia

After the deregulation of amateur radio, there are now about 100 licensed radio amateurs in Saudia-Arabia.

Class 1 licensees (HF and VHF) are using the prefixes HZ1 or 7Z1, HZ2 stations have licenses class 2 (VHF only).
They are also allowed to work on HF when using the station of a license class 1 holder.

Operation on 6m, 30m and 80m is not allowed in Saudi-
Arabia. If you have worked 7Z1AB, HZ1AB, HZ1HZ or members of the royal family in former times you do not have to worry about your DXCC credit because these stations had a special permission until 2004.

The same applies to 7Z5OO who was working as a private teacher for the royal family and had a special license as well.

Only a few HAMs are really active on the bands but most of them are foreign nationals. There is no amateur radio society or a QSL bureau in Saudi-Arabia.

Source: Deutscher Amateur Radio Club