Jim Reisert : DX4WIN

Custom Award Database

•  Installation 
•  WPX Honor Roll Prefixes 
•  Checking the Installed Version 
•  Menbership Lists 
•  Version History 

The DX4WIN.AWD file contains 230 custom awards.

The award database was last updated on 14 April 2026. Navigate to the Version History to see the changes, as well as to get a link to a ZIP file containing the database.

The database is compatible with DX4WIN 7.01 and later. For earlier versions of DX4WIN, the following band-specific awards may not appear in the "Custom award" menu due to the addition of the 60 meter band in DX4WIN version 7:

• 30 Meter Digital Group (30 meters only)
• Fred Fish Memorial Award (6 meters only)
• Iceland on Six Meters Award (6 meters only)
• Six Meter Club (6 meters only)
• Six Meter Int'l Radio Klub (6 meters only)
• TenTen (10 meters only)
• WARC Century Club (30, 17 and 12 meters only)

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Installation

DX4WIN 9.0x and later

In the main DX4WIN menu, click on Help | Check for Updates. Make sure that "Custom Awards Database" is selected (checked). Click on OK to update the database.

Manual Installation

Extract CUSTAWDS.TXT from the DX4WIN9 .ZIP file and copy it to your DX4WIN SAVE directory. DX4WIN can NOT be running when you do this.

DX4WIN 8.05 and earlier

Use the DX4WIN Data Updater. Make sure that "Custom Awards (AWD)" is checked, then click on the Update button.

Manual Installation

Extract DX4WIN.AWD from the DX4WIN8 .ZIP file and copy it to your DX4WIN SAVE directory. DX4WIN can NOT be running when you do this.

The custom awards database file (CUSTAWDS.TXT or DX4WIN.AWD) contains a version string at the top so you can see which version you have installed:

dx4win.awd,v 3.26 2012-03-11 21:03:58

Note: DOK and SDOK are considered separate awards in DX4WIN. To combine them into a single award, see below.

Membership Lists

The version 3.0 and later ZIP file contains a number of membership list files (plain-text files with a .list extension). Theses can be used to identify member calls in the DX Spots window. This is only supported by DX4WIN 8.01 and later. Please read the application note on Membership Lists for more information.

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WPX Honor Roll Prefixes

Only current prefixes will be counted toward the CQ WPX (Worked All Prefixes) Honor Roll standings. Prefixes will be deleted from the Honor Roll listing ten years after they are no longer authorized for use by the governing authority or by the ITU.

The current list of deleted prefixes was last updated on 9 December 2021. Click on this link to download the file, and save it to your DX4W###\SAVE directory.

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Checking the Installed Version

There is a version check built into the Custom Award database. To see the version, click inside the Custom Award field and select the "VERSIO" award.  Then click in the Custom Award Value field to see the release date of the version you are using. See the example below:

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Membership Lists

Each release of the Custom Awards database also contains a number of membership list files. Each of the files contains one callsign per line, and can be imported into your DX4WIN Membership List:

• 30MDG.list
• AGCW.list
• CWOP.list
• DIG.list
• EPC.list
• FISTS.list
• FOC.list
• HSC.list
• NAQRP.list
• P070.list
• SKCC.list
• SMIRK.list
• WCC.list

You can import any of these files into your DX4WIN Membership List. You must first download the ZIP file for the version of the Custom Awards base you want (usually the latest). Then, extract the desired list(s) from that ZIP file. You can find more information about Membership Lists here.

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Version History

To download a ZIP file containing the award database for your version of DX4WIN, click on the appropriate hyperlink (DX4WIN8 or DXWIN9) next to the version number and date.

26.2 - 14 April 2026 [ DX4WIN8 | DX4WIN9 ]

[AGCW] Activity Group CW-DL (updated)

[ALZS] All Bulgarian Saints (updated)

[ARLH] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)

[DCE1] Diploma Castillos de España 1.0 (2012-) (updated)

[CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated)

[DIB] Brazilian Islands (DIB) (updated)

[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated)

[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)

[DME] Diploma Municipios de España (Towns of Spain Award) (updated)

[DMVE] Diploma Monumentos y Vestigios de España (updated)

[FIST] FISTS - Int'l Morse Preservation Society (updated)

[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)

[LZTT] St. Teodosii Tyrnovski Award (2015-) (updated)

[NAQR] North American QRP CW Club (updated)

[POTA] Parks on the Air (updated)

[RAZA] Russian Anomalous Zones Award (updated)

[SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated)

[SOTA] Summits on the Air (updated)

[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated)

[WCA] World Castles Award (updated)

[WFF] World Wide Flora Fauna (updated)

[WWYC] World Wide Young Contesters (updated)

 

26.1 - 23 January 2026 [ DX4WIN8 | DX4WIN9 ]

[AGCW] Activity Group CW-DL (updated)

[ALZS] All Bulgarian Saints (updated)

[DCE1] Diploma Castillos de España 1.0 (2012-) (updated)

[CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated)

[DIB] Brazilian Islands (DIB) (updated)

[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated)

[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)

[DMVE] Diploma Monumentos y Vestigios de España (updated)

[FIST] FISTS - Int'l Morse Preservation Society (updated)

[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)

[LZTT] St. Teodosii Tyrnovski Award (2015-) (updated)

[NAQR] North American QRP CW Club (updated)

[POTA] Parks on the Air (updated)

[RAZA] Russian Anomalous Zones Award (updated)

[RDA] Russian District Award (updated)

[SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated)

[SOTA] Summits on the Air (updated)

[TOTA] Towers on the Air (added)

[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)

[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated)

[WFF] World Wide Flora Fauna (updated)

[WWYC] World Wide Young Contesters (updated)

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Past Releases

Click the mouse once on a year below to display/hide that year's releases.

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Thanks to Stefano, I0MWI; Ted W8TTS; Hamad 9K2HN for their help.