DX4WIN Award Database

The DX4WIN.AWD file lists 177 custom awards.

The latest version of the database is 3.5 and was last modified on 1 August 2010. Click on this link to download the database, or use the Update script.

Installation

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

The DX4WIN.AWD file contains a version string at the top so you can determine which version you have:

dx4win.awd,v 3.5 2010-08-01 18:10:57

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. Please read the application note on Membership Lists for more information.

Release Notes

Release 3.5 - 1 August 2010

[30MDG] 30 Meter Digital Group (updated)
[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[BCA] Belgian Castles (new)
[CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated)
[DCE] Diploma Castillos de España (updated)
[DCI] Italian Castles Award (updated)
[DFCF] French Forts and Castles (updated)
[DIA] German Islands Award (new)
[DIB] Brazilian Islands (updated)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated)
[DLI] Italian Lakes Award (updated)
[FISTS] FISTS - Int'l Morse Preservation Society (updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)
[HSC] High Speed Club (updated)
[NAQRP] North American QRP CW Club (updated)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated)
[SMIRK] Six Meter Int'l Radio Klub (updated)
[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)
[WCA] World Castles Award (updated)
[WFF] World Flora Fauna (updated)
[WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air (updated)

Release 3.4 - 31 May 2010

[30MDG] 30 Meter Digital Group (updated)
[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[CISA] Canadian Islands Award (updated)
[CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated)
[DCE] Diploma Castillos de España (updated)
[DCI] Italian Castles Award (updated)
[DIB] Brazilian Islands (updated)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated)
[DLI] Italian Lakes Award (updated)
[DMHP] Diploma Monumentos Históricos Portuguese (new)
[HSC] High Speed Club (updated)
[MIA] Mediterranean Islands Award (updated)
[NAQRP] North American QRP CW Club (updated)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[PFFP] Placa Faróis Farolins Portugueses (new)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated)
[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated)
[WCA] World Castles Award (updated)
[WCC] WARC Century Club (updated)
[WFF] World Flora Fauna (updated)
[WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air (updated)

Release 3.3 - 2 May 2010

[30MDG] 30 Meter Digital Group (updated)
[CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated)
[DOK] German DOKs (updated)
[NAQRP] North American QRP CW Club (updated)
[OBLA] Russian Oblasts (updated)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[RDA] Russian District Award (updated)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[WCA] World Castles Award (updated)
[WCC] WARC Century Club (updated)

Release 3.2 - 14 April 2010

[30MDG] 30 Meter Digital Group (updated)
[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[CISA] Canadian Islands Award (updated)
[CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated)
[DCE] Diploma Castillos de España (updated)
[DEF] Diploma Estaciones Ferroviarias (new)
[DFCF] French Forts and Castles (updated)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated)
[FISTS] FISTS - Int'l Morse Preservation Society (updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)
[HSC] High Speed Club (updated)
[JCC] Japan Century Cities (updated)
[JCG] Japan Century Guns (updated)
[NAQRP] North American QRP CW Club (updated)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[RDA] Russian District Award (updated - see below)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated)
[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)
[WCC] WARC Century Club (updated)
[WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air (updated)

The RDA award underwent a major change on 1 March 2010, read this announcement. What the announcement doesn't say (or isn't obvious) is the following (paraphrased from Roman, RX3RC):

Changes are necessary only for areas AB-01, AB-02, AB-03. All CT areas change automatically. For example:

CT-01 as ZK-01
...
CT-07 as ZK-07
...
CT-36 as ZK-36

And further:

ZK-37 (ex. AB-01)
ZK-38 (ex. AB-02)
ZK-39 (ex. AB-03)

To summarize, all CT- references become ZK- references (change CT- to ZK-). AB-01 becomes ZK-37, AB-02 becomes ZK-38 and AB-03 becomes ZK-39.

Release 3.1 - 31 March 2010

[30MDG] 30 Meter Digital Group (updated)
[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[CWOP] CW Operators' Club (updated)
[DCI] Italian Castles Award (updated)
[DFCF] French Forts and Castles (updated)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe (updated)
[DLI] Italian Lakes Award (updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)
[NAQRP] North American QRP CW Club (updated)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[PIP] Portuguese Islands Plaque (updated)
[QRPA] QRP ARC Int'l (new)
[RCCC] RSGB Commonwealth Century Club (new)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[SIXC] Six Meter Club (updated)
[SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated)
[SMIRK] Six Meter Int'l Radio Klub (updated)
[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)
[WCA] World Castles Award (updated)
[WCC] WARC Century Club (updated)
[WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air (updated)

Release 3.0 - 7 February 2010

[30MDG] 30 Meter Digital Group (updated)
[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[CWOP] CW Operator's Club (new)
[DCE] Diploma Castillos de España (updated)
[DCI] Italian Castles Award (updated)
[DFCF] French Forts and Castles (updated)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe Members (updated)
[DLI] Italian Lakes Award (updated)
[DME] Spanish Villages Award (updated)
[EPC] European PSK Club (updated)
[FISTS] Int'l Morse Preservation Society (updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)
[GIOTA] Greek Islands on the Air (updated URL)
[HSC] High Speed Club (updated)
[IOBS] Islands of the Baltic Sea (renamed)
[JCC] Japan Century Cities (updated)
[JCG] Japan Century Guns (updated)
[NAQRP] North American QRP CW Club (updated)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[PIP] Portuguese Islands Plaque (new)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[SIXC] Six Meter Club (updated)
[SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (updated)
[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated)
[WANZ] Worked All New Zealand (renamed)
[WCC] WARC Century Club (new)
[WEIC] (was WECA) Worked EI Counties (renamed)
[WFF] World Flora Fauna (updated)
[WLDM] Worked-LDXG-Members (updated)
[WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air (updated)

Release 2.6 - 16 December 2009

[30MDG] 30 Meter Digital Group (new)
[DDCF] French Cantons (new)
[DFB] Brazilian Lighthouses (new)
[DIB] Brazilian Island (new)s
[DIFO] French Overseas Islands (updated)
[DLI] Italian Lakes Award (new)
[EPC] European PSK Club (updated)
[FISTS] Int'l Morse Preservation Society (new)
[NAQRP] North American QRP CW Club (new)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[SKCC] Straight Key Century Club (new)
[WAIP] Worked All Italian Provinces (updated)

Release 2.5 - 5 December 2009

[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[CISA] Canadian Islands Award (updated)
[DCE] Diploma Castillos de España (updated)
[DCI] Italian Castles (updated)
[DFCF] French Forts and Castles (updated)
[DIFM] French Islands Award (updated)
[DIFO] French Overseas Islands (new)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe Members (updated)
[EPC] European PSK Club (updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)
[HSC] High Speed Club (created list of members)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[SMIRK] Six Meter Int'l Radio Klub (updated)
[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)
[WABS] Worked All Britain "Squares" (new)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated)
[WFF] World Flora Fauna (updated)
[WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air (updated)
[YASME] YASME (new)

Release 2.4 - 19 September 2009

[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[DCI] Italian Castles (fixed)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe Members (updated)
[EPC] European PSK Club (updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)
[HLYL] Holyland (fixed)
[HOLY] Israel Provinces (fixed)
[ILLW] Int'l Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend (new)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (updated)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)
[WAIP] Italian Provinces (fixed)
[WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air (updated)

Release 2.3 - 8 September 2009

NOTE: This is the version that shipped with DX4W802

[ADL] Austrian Die Landesverbnde (renamed)
[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[CISA] Canadian Islands Award (updated)
[DCA] Azores Council Award (fixed comments)
[DCE] Diploma Castillos de España (updated)
[DIFM] French Islands Award (added missing groups Atlantic, Mediterranean and Corsica)
[DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe Members (updated)
[EPC] European PSK Club - digital only, now has reference numbers listed
[GIOTA] Greek Islands on the Air (new)
[OHCA] Finland Counties Award (updated)
[P070] PODXS 070 Club (new)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[SIXC] Six Meter Club (new)
[SMIRK] Six Meter Int'l Radio Klub (new)
[USIA] United States Islands Award (updated)
[WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air (updated)
[WPNG] Papua New Guinea "Bird of Paradise" Award (renamed)

Also fixed a couple of cases where there was a blank space between the reference number and the '=' in the file.

Release 2.2 - 27 August 2009

This was a test release, Release 2.3 above contains the list of changes (and more)

Release 2.1 - 3 August 2009

NOTE: This is the version that shipped with DX4W801

Corrected a couple of problems where the award value contained a leading blank space (" "). This only affected SDOK and WFF awards.

Release 2.0 - 1 August 2009

This is a MAJOR release. There are too many changes to list, but the file should be backwards-compatible with older versions. Some of the highlights:

• All award values should now appear like this:
  

  REF=name (REF)

  There are two reasons for this:

  1. When choosing an award value, you can sort by either reference number or name
  2. Having the reference number as part of the name ensures that you have selected the correct value
      
• These awards were updated:
  
  [ACIA] All Croatian Islands Award
  [ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
  [CAST] Diploma Castillos de Espana
  [CISA] Canadian Islands Award
  [DCI] Italian Castles Award - now has reference numbers listed
  [DFCF] French Forts and Castles (new)
  [DIE] Spanish Islands Award
  [DIFM] French Islands Award (note that ref. #s are now of the format AT001 instead of AT-001)
  [DIG] Diplom Interessen Gruppe Members - now has all valid calls listed. I'll add new ones when I update the award file
  [DME] Spanish Villages Award
  [FARO] Spanish Lighthouse Award
  [FOC]
  [IIA] Italian Islands Award
  [IOCA] Islands of Croatia Award
  [IOSA] Islands of Scotland Award
  [JCC] Japan Century Cities
  [JCG] Japan Century Guns
  [MIA] Mediterranean Islands Award
  [OHCA] Finland Counties Award
  [RDA] Russian District Award
  [SDOK] German Sonder-DOK
  [USIA] United States Islands Award
  [WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award
  [WFF] World Flora Fauna
  [WLHA] World Lighthouse on the Air
   
• W73* awards were removed
• The dx4win.awd file is more "readable" with long award lists divided into regions
  

Release 1.19 - 15 June 2009

[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (fully updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)
[IOCA] Islands of Croatia Award (major update)
[JCC] Japan Century Cities (updated)
[MIA] Mediterranean Islands Award (major update)
[RLHA] Russian Lighthouse Award (new)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[USIA] U.S. Islands Award (major update)
[WFF] World Flora Fauna (new)

Release 1.18 - 4 June 2009

[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (fixed crash)

Release 1.17 - 3 June 2009

[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (partially updated)
[ATGA] Alexander the Great Award (Northern Greece Contest Team) (new)
[CISA] Canadian Islands Award (updated)
[DOK] German DOKs (updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (updated)
[GLHA] Greek Lighthouse Award (new)
[JCC] Japan Century Cities (updated)
[JCG] Japan Century Guns (updated)
[RCFA] Russian Castles (Fortress) Award (new)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[USIA] U.S. Islands Award (updated)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated)
[WLHA] World Lighthouses on the Air (updated)

Release 1.16 - 14 December 2008

NOTE: This is the version that shipped with DX4W707.

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

Release 1.15 - 6 December 2008

NOTE: This is the version that shipped with DX4W706.

[HLYL] Israel Holyland (new)
[JCC] Japan Century Cities (updated)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated)

If you want to combine DOK and SDOK into a single DOK award, open DX4WIN.AWD in a text editor and find and remove these lines:

[SDOK]
; Deutscher Amateur Radio (DARC)
; http://www.darc.de/qsl-buero/sdok/
awdname=German Sonder-DOK
prefix=DL

Release 1.14 - 2 October 2008

[20YC] 20 Years of Peace on Cyprus (fixed prefixes)
[AECW] Work All Europe-CW (fixed prefixes, added 4O and UN1[del])
[C-22] DXCC on 22 deg North (fixed prefixes)
[CZ15] CQ Zone 15 (fixed prefixes, added 4O)
[DUF] Univers Francophone (fixed prefixes)
[DVDG] Diploma Vasco Da Gama (fixed prefixes)
[ESSB] Work All Europe-SSB (fixed prefixes, added 4O and UN1[del])
[EUAPA] European Areas PSK Award (fixed prefixes)
[EWWA] European World Wide Award (fixed prefixes, added FS, OZ, VP6/D and VR)
[GREU] The Europe Award (fixed prefixes, added 4O)
[MIA] Mediterranean Islands Award (fixed prefixes, added 4O)
[SDAP] Diplom der Spur des Apostels Paulus (fixed prefixes)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[VDA] Valaisans Districts (fixed prefixes)
[W73A] W 73 Cities in Africa - W73AF (fixed prefixes)
[W73E] W 73 Cities in Europe - W73EU (fixed prefixes, added 4O)
[WAAC] Worked All African Continent (fixed prefixes)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (added CT, EU, IS and SP)

Release 1.13 - 8 September 2008

[JCC] Japan Century Cities (updated)
[OHCA] Finland Counties Award (updated)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (updated)
[URDA] Ukrainian National Award (fixed)
[USIA] U.S. Islands Award (updated)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (updated)
[WDIA] Danish Island Award (updated)

Release 1.12 - 4 May 2008

NOTE: This is the version that shipped with DX4W705.

[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (updated)
[AECW] Work All Europe-CW (updated)
[CISA] Canadian Islands Award (updated)
[DCA] Azores Council Award (added URL)
[ESSB] Work All Europe-SSB (updated)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (modified)
[PGA] Polish Gminy Award (new)
[SDOK] German Sonder-DOK (new)
[URDA] Ukrainian National Award (new)
[WAB] Worked All Bermuda (new)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (modified)

Release 1.11 - 16 September 2007

[CISA] Canadian Islands Award (updated)
[DCA] Azores Council Award (new)
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club (modified)
[OBLA] Russian Oblasts (modified)
[RDA] Russian District Award (modified)
[RFFA] Russian Flora Fauna Award (new)
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award (modified)

Release 1.10 - 7 May 2007

[JCC] Japan Century Cities (updated)
[WACE] Worked All Chile (added)

Release 1.9 - 26 April 2007

[DEV] Estados Venezolanos (new)
[DOK] Added special DOK (SDOK) designators

Release 1.8 - 12 April 2007

[GREU] fixed prefix list
[DOK] added K55 and K56

Release 1.7 - 11 April 2007

Fixed duplicate prefix problem in AECW and ESSB awards (caused DX4WIN to crash on startup).

Release 1.6 - 11 April 2007

Added:

[DCI] Italian Castle Award
[VDA] Valaisans Districts
[WADA] Worked Antarctic Directory Award

Updated:

[AECW] Work All Europe-CW
[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
[ESSB] Work All Europe-SSB
[EWWA] European World Wide Award
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club
[OHCA] Finland Counties Award
[ROBI] Russian Robinson
[USI] U.S. Islands Award

Release 1.5 - 9 December 2006

Added:

[DIP] Portuguese Islands
[EPC] European PSK Club
[EUAPA] European Areas PSK Award
[OBLA] Russian Oblast Award
[WAAC] Worked all African Continents
[WACI] Worked all Canary Islands

Updated:

[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club
[IIA] Italian Islands award
[IOCA] Island of Croatia award
[IOSA] Islands of Scotland Award
[USIA] U.S. Islands Award

Use latest DX4WIN prefixes

Release 1.4 - 4 June 2006

Added:

[ACIA] All Croatian Islands Award
[FOC] First Class CW Operators' Club
[GRAG] Alexander the Great Award
[GREU] The Europe Award
[HSC] High Speed Club
[ILIA] Italian Lake Islands Award
[MIA] Mediterranean Islands Award
[RDA] Russian District Award

Renamed:

[ONPV] Belgium Provinces is now [WABP]

Updated:

• Added URLs to many awards
• Updated many awards
• Reformatted many awards
• Supports both old (before DX4WIN.CTY #4) and new DX4WIN prefixes. Award values use the original prefixes to maintain backwards compatibility with previous award databases.

Release 1.3 - 17 May 2006

Added:

[ARLHS] Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society
[DCS] Castelli Sammarinesi
[DIFM] French Island Award
[EWWA] European World Wide Award
[WLHA] World Lighthouses On The Air

Updated:

[CISA] Canadian Islands Award
[IIA] Italian Isl Award
[IOSA] Islands of Scotland Award
[JCC] Japan Century Cities
[JCG] Japan Century Guns
[KDN] Korean District Number
[ROBI] Russian Robinson
[USIA] U.S. Islands Award (formerly [USI])
[WAIP] Italian Provinces

Fixed:

bands in a number of awards

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