[Dx4win] Custom Awards - New Zealand Counties / New Zealand Regions

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Hi Folks,

I read some information on the ADIF reflector and I thought I would
poll the custom award users here.

    https://groups.io/g/adifdev/message/9747

    ZL2STR wrote:

    I have been the awards manager for the last 15 months and to be
    honest I have had to try trawling through the stuff I was given to
    see if I can answer your questions.

    The NZ Counties Award was withdrawn around 2018 after not being
    awarded for many years. Counties were changed by the government
    around 2000 I think.

    Regions award commenced on 1 January 2000.


Are there any DX4WIN users who are tracking the New Zealand Counties
custom award?

    NZC - New Zealand Counties

If there are, I propose adding an end date of 31-December 2017 to be
consistent with ZL2STR's comments above. QSOs made after this date
will not count toward the award.  It does not seem that you could
apply for the award anymore, even if you wanted to.


I will be adding a new Custom Award:

    NZR - New Zealand Regions

starting 1-January 2000 per the comments above.  I already have a
prototype for this custom award.

NOTE:  There will be no conversion from the old NZ Counties award to
the new NZ Regions award.  If you are interested in doing this, you
will have to make the changes yourself.  Given that, it may be useful
to leave the NZ Counties award active in DX4WIN.

If I don't hear from anyone before the next Custom Award database
release (more likely, the one after that), I will remove the New
Zealand Counties custom award from DX4WIN.  I will add New Zealand
Regions award before the next Custom Award database release.  I
realize it has been a while since the last release:

    https://ad1c.us/dx4win/awards/#history

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us