Award Manager

 
This section manages the Awards. There are three options: DXCC, TOPLIST and CUSTOM AWARDS. The section DXCC AWARD manages the DXCC AWARDS.  This window will open:
 

 
Through the menu the User can select the Award. In this example the DXCC MIXED.
Bands,  modes and also the Continents are selectable (concerning continental Awards like IOTA EU, IOTA NA, etc.) Clicking on the top labels (Bands, Classic Modes, Digital Modes) it is possible to select / deselect all options together.

Caution: make these selections according with the rules of the different Awards. The User must follow the rules of the Award in order to the bands and modes valid for that Award. This section wants just to help the User to filling the application form to claim the Award, that sometimes must be done on official forms released by the Manager and with modes different from those this program presents. The Authors are not responsibles for application forms refused by the Managers because not following the rules of the Award. We always recommend the Award chasers to get any information on the rules and the kind of the application forms before to send their documents to the Manager.

The box "Show DXCC flags" if selected gets the flags of the DXCC Countries appearing beside the Country Name as shown in the picture. Since to load trhe set of the flags a time is spent, if that slows down your computer too much, you can deselect the tag. Usually, with modern Dual Core processors this time can be approx  10" to 15". The box "eQSL = valid for this Award" count also the eQSL if tagged, and the box "Count Deleted Entities" adds the Deleted DXCC to the list.  The Date Filter allows to set an interval of date especially for those Awards that have a similar feature.

 

 

With AWARD CALCULATION the computing starts. This is the report. RED background is for Country worked but not yet confirmed, GREEN background is for Country confirmed and YELLOW background means confirmed via LoTW (for those who are members - see below for info) By a left click on a callsign you select it (the background becomes blue, as 3A2MD in the picture) now with right click a un menu opens: from it you can set the QSO as CREDITED (of course by the DXCC Desk). The background color will change to CYAN.  Since the QSO credited by the DXCC Desk could not be that one shown, there is the possibility to change it, with a right click, otion Change Call for Credit. A box will show all  QSOs elegible and the user can choose that one the DXCC Desk has eventually credited. The situation can be exported in text or in Excel. A double-click opens the insert/show QSL card window . Under the bar with the Award name there is a detailed report, general and by band. Clicking on Confirmed a box like that will open:

 

 
Selecting DXCC STATUS the following box will open:
 

 
First column shows the DXCC Award to be managed, the column SELECTED shows the number of the Countries confirmed via LoTW. About the LoTW system please see the proper Web site and download the PDF and PPT documents that are in that web site. These virtual confirms can be tranformed into real credits even without a paper QSL card. BBLogger can interface LoTW: http://www.arrl.org/lotw/ please see this page.
BBLogger shows these LoTW confirms with a YELLOW background in the grid of the DXCC MIXED (see first picture). Then the user can select the QSO's to claim the credit for by a left mouse button click on the grid then with the right mouse button selecting APPLIED. The background turns its colour to  PURPLE. These QSO's, better: the number of the Countries will be transferred from the column SELECTED to  the APPLIED one. The column AWARDED shows the number of the Countries the ARRL has credited. These credits can be obtained through either paper QSL card or on-line through the LoTW system. In the grid they are with a CYAN background. When the ARRL will have credited the Countries claimend via the on-line procedure, the user can transfer them in the AWARDED column through the key APPLIED > AWARDED which is in the upper left corner of the screen DXCC STATUS. Please notice that LoTW is not the goal but the media: it is a system to get DXCC credits without paper QSL's. It works to date just for  DXCC and WAS, for other Awards paper QSL cards are requested. The TOTAL/CURRENT column contains the Credited Countries, Total and Current. Total is comprehensive of the deleted entities and Current are just the active entities. Last two column represent the entities DXCC worked and confirmed (either through paper QSL card or via LoTW) counted on the base of the info actually contained in the log. Please notice that the CHALLENGE Award is based on current entities only. Deleted entities are NOT valid. Very important: start to download the adif file from LoTW only after you aligned your credit situation with the ARRL official one, or the data shown won't be correct. It is possibile to reset all credits to zero with the small key with a triangle with a ! in the middle, who is in the upper left corner of the frame. See HERE for LoTW Procedures.
 
The section CUSTOM AWARDS manages all Awards except those in the Section TOPLIST

Of course to do such a computing it is mandatory that for each QSO the proper fields have been filled, see InsertQSO. Also the fields of old  QSOs imported from other logging programs have to be filled. That can be done selecting the QSO and re-opening it with F4 or with a  right click of the mouse. many info can be taken from the Callbook: as example for a QSO with an italian station it can import the province for il WAIP, for a QSO with a french station it will provide Department for DDFM and region for DPF. These info can be automatically loaded with Ctrl+Enter (selected Callbook) or Alt+Enter (QRZ.com). Other info are to seek through the list recallable striking the balloon with letter "i" and inserting them with a double click on the grid. There is another way to insert info on old QSOs in an automatic way:

AWARD AUTO CHECKING: in the sample below the CANADAWARD has been selected. Clicking on start key the program checks all QSO with canadian stations, and enters all the data needed according with the selected Callbook. WARNING: the routine overwrites all the info alredy recorded, so it could write incorrect data related to the time when the QSO was made (e.g. if the OM changed address). Be very careful to use this option and always check the QSL cards! Moreover, the routine checks all QSO, so it could get your computer working longtime. There is anyway the option to make this check shorter, activating the data range option. It depends also from the speed of your computer. This utility contains also the procedure to transfer the references IOTA, DAI or DCI from comment field to the proper fields in BBLogger, for logs previously imported.

 

 

Some Awards have a graphic view of the state. When present, click on GRAPHICS: a map with different entities will open, the meaning of the color is: WHITE for not worked,  RED for worked not yet confirmed, GREEN for confirmend and CYAN for credited (just for some Awards, e.g. DXCC).

 

 

In the picture you can see the graphics for SP-PA, the Award of Polish Counties. The map is adaptable to the resolution of your screen through the buttons Zoom In and Zoom Out, ant it is printable with Print.

 

AWARD CALCULATION gets the program calculating our score for that Award, DOC APPLICATION produces a standard form to apply for the DXCC Award. For other Awards it is possible to generate forms in Excel or Calc with DATA Export. Of course some of them want proper forms, anyway this software can generate a list of QSOs good to be copied or attached to the original form. Data Export contains:  EXPORT IN EXCEL (or EXPORT IN SCALC if Open Office is installed in place of di Microsoft Office), and EXPORT IN ADIF. With PRINT VIEW we can show and print the grids of the Awards and with SAVE SETTINGS we can save the selected bands, modes and continents. For DXCC only, DATA Export produces a printing of the coloured grid that appears after Award Calculation, in Excel or Calc.

 

 

The Section TOPLIST AWARDS manages the classic TOPBAND, TOPLIST and TOPMODE, and since the version 1016, the TOP SQUARES V/U/S/EHF and HF. They provide all statistic and graphic managements on WWLocator FIELDS and WWLocator SQUARES.

 

 
In the same Section there are STATISTIC BAND and STATISTIC MODE, tools to calculate and show user's statistics:
 

 
THE 117 AWARDS MANAGEABLE WITH CURRENT VERSION OF BBLOGGER:
 
DXCC - DX Century Club CQDX - CQ DX Award IOTA - Islands On The Air WAZ - Worked All Zones
WPX - Worked all Prefixes WAC - Worked All Continents BCA - Belgian Castles Award C19D - Departments of Uruguay
CCC - Commonwealth Century Club CDM - Certificate of the Mediterranean Sea CORA - Cities Of Russia Award DAI - Diploma Abbazie Italiane
DCI - Italian Castles Award DCS - Swiss Castles Award DCE - Spanish Castles Award DCIN - Insubric Castles Award
DFCF - French Forts and Castles Award DDFM - French Departments Award DPF - French Regions Award DLI - Italian Lakes Award
DIE - Spanish Islands Award DIEI - Spanish Inland Islands Award DME - Spanish Communes Award DLD - German DARC Sections Aw. (DOK)
H26 - Swiss Cantons Award 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 MMIL - Russian Oblasts Award
RDA - Russian Districts Award SPPA - Polish Counties Award (Powiaty) TOPMODE TOPBAND
POLSKA Award (Polish Provinces) TPEA - Spanish Provinces Award TRA - Argentinian Provinces Award URDA - Ukrainian Districts Award
TOPLIST USA-CA - U.S.A. Counties Award ARLHS - Lighthouses Award WACE - Worked All Chile (Call-areas)
WABRA - Worked All Brazil (States) WAIP - Worked All Italian Provinces WAJA - Worked All Japan (Prefectures) WAS - Worked All States (USA)
WASL - Worked All Swiss Lakes WAU - Worked All Ukraine (Oblasts of Ukraine) GIA - German Island Award DIA - Danish Island Award
DIFM - French Islands Award GCOTA - German Castles On The Air CASHOTA - Castles And Stately Homes On The Air COTA-RUSSIA - Russian Castles
CANADAWARD - Provinces/Territories of Canada CISA - Canadian Islands Award USISL - United States' Islands Award DCTI - Diploma Castelli del Ticino
HOLYLAND - Israelian Squares WALA - Worked All LA (Norwegian Counties) WANCA - Worked All Norwegian Communes Aw. WFF - Worked Flora Fauna
WASA - Worked All Sweden Award SCA - Swedish Communes Award IFFA - Italian Flora Fauna Award DMI - Italian Municipal Buildings Award
EURA - European Union Regions Award DAI VFOA - Via Francigena On Air Award WAB SQUARES Award WAB DX Award
WAB ISLANDS Award WAB LARGE SQUARES Award WAB CHANNEL ISLAND Award WAB BOOK HOLDERS Award
WAB OVERSEAS BOOK HOLDERS Award WABP - Worked All Belgian Provinces Award RAAG Award - (Greek Call Areas Award) CCA - Croatian Counties Award
WAHUC - Worked All HUngarian Counties IARU R1 All Bands –Worked R1 IARU Members IARU R1 28 MHz –Worked R1 IARU Members on 10 m. DDI - Italian Dioecesis Award
WLOTA - World Lighthouses On The Air SOTA - Summits On The Air SCOTIA - Scottish Islands Award DIFO - Diplome des Iles Françaises d'Outremer
ATDA - All Turkey Districts Award DIP - Diploma dal Ilhas Portuguesas JIA - Japan Islands Award PIP - Portuguese Islands Plaque
ROMANIA - Romanian Counties Award RRA - Russian Robinson Award (Russian Islands) SPIA - SP Islands Award (Polish Islands) IDCA - Italian Districts by Castles Award
DAS - Swiss Abbeys Award DAIN - Insubrian Abbeys Award WVA - World Volcanoes Award DAV - Italian Volcanic Environments
PGA - Polish Gminy Award GIOTA - Greek Islands On The Air DXCC DIAMOND - 75° Years of DXCC Award OK COUNTIES AWARD - Czech Counties
S5 COTA - Slovenian Castles SCA-OM - Slovak Castles CCA-OK - Czech Castles ZWP - Polish Castles
RHO - Romanian Historical Objects YL COTA - Latvian Castles DCFP - Diploma Castelos e Fortalezas Portuguesas DMHP - Diploma Monumentos Historicos Port.
IDES - Imperios do Divino Espirito Santo (Port.)      
 

NB: since the Release 1025 built 006 BBLogger fully substitutes Visual DAI in the managementof the D.A.I., the Italian Abbeys Award. In THIS PAGE you will find the directions to migrate from Visual DAI to BBLogger.