[Dxbase] Creating New Contest Award

[K3SEW]

New guys like me are going to drive you nuts with questions . . . 

If logging for the "XYZ  Contest" for which there are awards. You'd need to create a new award scheme in DXBase. So should you mark those contacts in one of the field columns like SPECIAL-1 or SPECIAL-2 or NOTES?

1. Which column was found to be the best to use?

2. How can these columns be FILTERED in the Award Output section? I can't get this to work by simply entering the exact text of the column into the filter input box. Must some other item be checked off in the Award Output? It wont work the way I'm doing it.

3. I want to enter my old QSOs from various operating events (1994FieldDay, 1998CWDXcontest, 2003SKN(straight key night)  etc. etc. etc. So can tghat be placed in one of these columns and be able to filtered to do a report?