[Dx4win] awards

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

TOTA is fixed.  I just posted a Custom Award release announcement to the
DX4WIN reflector.  You may have to wait for Paul KK4HD to "promote" the
release.  Links to ZIP files are available if you want to update the file
right away.

I wasn't sure whether I could modify only ONE custom award and release the
change without my software trying to update ALL the other custom awards.
But I figured out a simple way.  It's a good thing to know in case this
happens again.

TOTA is now updated to the list current as of 15-Sep-2026.  Previously, it
was a list from August.

73 - Jim AD1C


On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 9:48 AM Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
wrote:

> Yes, the TOTA award does not allow all the valid DXCC entities.
>
> I will see if I can make a new release in the next two days to fix
> this. If I can not, it will have to wait until the second week of
> October.
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 9:40 AM David, K2DBK via DX4WIN
> <dx4win at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >
> > To pull up a custom award when entering a QSO, the QSO has to "qualify"
> for that award. In this case, assuming that TOTA is Tower On The Air, the
> rules seem to indicate that only towers located in OK (Czech Republic)
> count, and if I put something like OK1ABC into the callsign field, I can
> pull up the TOTA award. If I use anything else, I can't.
> >
> > However, the rules (https://wwtota.com/rules/) seem a little unclear as
> to whether the tower is required to be in OK. On the rules page, it says
> "European Lookout Towers is a ham radio award program combining radio
> activity and discovering Czech observation towers.", specifically calling
> out only Czech towers.  However, on the main page it says "The project was
> created in the Czech Republic but has already crossed borders and is
> gradually expanding into other countries.", which seems to indicate that
> towers in other countries might be allowed.
> >
> > I'll defer to Jim, AD1C as the custom awards guru to see if this can (or
> should) be adjusted.
> >
> > The reason why you can pull up TOTA in the Reports section is that
> doesn't rely on a specific callsign.
> >
> > 73,
> > David, K2DBK
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net <dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of ON5GM via DX4WIN
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 3:07 AM
> > To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Dx4win] awards
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I have a problem in DX4WIN. In the “Custom Award” window, I cannot
> select the “TOTA” award, for example, because it does not appear in the
> list.
> >
> > However, in the “Report Generator”, under “Award Custom”, I can select
> TOTA and I can see the different TOTAs in all countries.
> >
> > Am I doing something wrong, or is this normal?
> >
> > I would like to ask this again, because so far no solution has been
> found.
> >
> > I am still experiencing problems when entering a custom award. When I
> use it for the first time to enter the custom award and its value, there is
> no problem. It is only on the second and subsequent attempts to enter a
> value for the custom award that I consistently have to wait three to four
> seconds before I can select a value.
> >
> > Thank you in advance for your help.
> >
> > Mark
> >
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> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us