☐ About These Awards
☒ Daytime DX Awards (Daytime hours are 0900 - 1300 hrs UTC)
This certificate recognises long distance reception of NDBs between the hours of 1000 and 1400 local standard time - that is, two hours before and afer noon in the listener's timezone.
☒ Long Ranger DX Awards
This certificate recognises really long distance reception of NDBs particularly at night when skywave propagation is possible.
| Miles | KM |
|---|---|
| 500-999 | 805-1607 |
| 1000-1499 | 1608-2413 |
| 1500-1999 | 2414-3217 |
| 2000-2499 | 3218-4022 |
| 2500-2999 | 4023-4826 |
| 3000-4999 | 4827-8044 |
| 5000+ | 8045+ |
☒ European NDB DX Awards (51 qualifying countries)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs located in Europe at the levels shown below.
| Countries |
|---|
| 10 |
| 20 |
| 30 |
| 40 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| ALB AUT AZR BAL BEL BIH BLR BUL COR CZE | |
| DEU DNK ENG ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GSY HNG | |
| HOL HRV IOM IRL ISL ITA JMY KAL LTU LUX | |
| MKD MLT MNE NIR NOR ORK POL POR ROU RUS |
☒ North American NDB DX Awards (4 qualifying countries)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs located in in North America. Remember that each US state and Canadian province is considered a separate 'country'.
| Countries |
|---|
| 10 |
| 30 |
| 45 |
| 60 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| GRL NL NU QC | |
☒ Caribbean / Central American NDB DX Awards (1 qualifying countries)
Available in the following categories:
| Countries |
|---|
| 3 |
| 10 |
| 15 |
| 20 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| PTR | |
☒ African NDB DX Awards (5 qualifying countries)
Available in the following categories:
| Countries |
|---|
| 1 |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| 15 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| ALG | |
| CNR CPV LBY MDR | |
☒ Asian NDB DX Awards (6 qualifying countries)
Available in the following categories:
| Countries |
|---|
| 1 |
| 3 |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| AZE | |
| GEO IRN | |
| KAZ SYR | |
| TUR |
☒ Benelux NDB Award (32 qualifying signals)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs in the 'Benelux' countries (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg).
Note that, for all certificates, at least one beacon in each of the three countries must have been received.
Note that, for all certificates, at least one beacon in each of the three countries must have been received.
| NDBs | Qualifying Signals | Order |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | ||
| 15 | ||
| 25 | ||
| 35 |
☒ French NDB Award (45 qualifying signals)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs located in France at the following levels:
| NDBs | Qualifying Signals | Order |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | ||
| 40 | ||
| 80 | ||
| 120 |
☒ German NDB Award (89 qualifying signals)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs located in Germany at the following levels:
| NDBs | Qualifying Signals | Order |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | ||
| 30 | ||
| 60 | ||
| 100 |
☒ Scandinavian NDB Award (268 qualifying signals)
☒ UK and Irish NDB Award (95 qualifying signals)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs located in the United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland, the Channel Island, the Isle of Man and the Shetland Islands) and the republic of Ireland at the following levels:
| NDBs | Qualifying Signals | Order |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | ||
| 40 | ||
| 80 | ||
| 120 |
☒ Italian NDB Award (55 qualifying signals)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs located in Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily) at the following levels:
| NDBs | Qualifying Signals | Order |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | ||
| 40 | ||
| 60 | ||
| 90 |
☒ Iberian NDB Award (23 qualifying signals)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs located in Spain and Portugal (including the Baleric Islands but excluding the Azores, the Canary Islands and spanish enclaves in Morocco) at the following levels:
| NDBs | Qualifying Signals | Order |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | ||
| 40 | ||
| 60 | ||
| 90 |
☒ North of 60 Award (187 qualifying signals)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs located at least 60 Degrees of latitude north of the Equator. This area includes Iceland, Greenland and Alaska as well as most of Scandinavia and parts of Russia and Canada.
| NDBs | Qualifying Signals | Order |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | ||
| 10 | ||
| 20 | ||
| 30 |
☒ LT Award
This certificate recognises reception of a single NDBs: LT on 305 KHz, at Alert, Nunavut, in Canada. This is the highest latitude NDB known in the Northern Hemisphere.
☒ Transatlantic DX Awards (6 qualifying signals)
This is probably the most challenging award of the program, even at its first level. However, there is a lot of interest on both sides of the Atlantic in transoceanic NDB DX.To qualify, listeners must hear NDBs on the other side.
- European listeners may count NDBs in Greenland, Canada, the United States and the islands of the caribbean as well as Central and South America.
- North American listeners may count NDBs in the Azores, the Canary Islands and Cape Verde as well as those on the European and African continents proper.
| NDBs | Qualifying Signals | Order |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||
| 10 |