☐ 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+ |
| KHz | ID | Location | S/P | ITU | Pwr | Miles | KM | Date | UTC | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 745 | BG | RUS | 998 | 1606 | 2024-06-23 | 2357 | ||||
| 387 | KM | RUS | 1499 | 2412 | 2010-03-02 | 0004 | ||||
| 390 | GYu | AZE | 1998 | 3215 | 2020-11-23 | 1606 | ||||
| 350 | XV | RSE | 2497 | 4019 | 2024-09-30 | 1850 | ||||
| 620 | U | RUS | 2998 | 4824 | 2023-11-09 | 2030 | ||||
| 332 | FIS | FL | USA | 400 | 4982 | 8018 | 2021-01-23 | 0020 | ||
| 280 | IPA | PAQ | 3000 | 8932 | 14376 | 2009-03-16 | 0236 |
☒ European NDB DX Awards (56 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 BRI BUL COR | |
| CZE DEU DNK ENG ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GRC | |
| GSY HNG HOL HRV IOM IRL ISL ITA JMY JSY | |
| KAL LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE NIR NOR ORK |
☒ North American NDB DX Awards (20 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 |
|---|---|
| AB AK BC FL GRL MA MB ME MI NB | |
| NC NL NS NT NU ON PA QC SC TX | |
☒ Caribbean / Central American NDB DX Awards (14 qualifying countries)
Available in the following categories:
| Countries |
|---|
| 3 |
| 10 |
| 15 |
| 20 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| ATG BAH BRB | |
| CYM DMA DOM GDL GRD JMC LCA | |
| PTR SAP TRD VCT | |
☒ South American NDB DX Awards (3 qualifying countries)
Available in the following categories:
| Countries |
|---|
| 1 |
| 3 |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| BRA | |
| CLM EQA | |
☒ African NDB DX Awards (18 qualifying countries)
Available in the following categories:
| Countries |
|---|
| 1 |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| 15 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| AFS | |
| AGL ALG ASC BOT | |
| CNR CPV EGY LBY MAU | |
| MDR MEL MRC MTN NGR |
☒ Asian NDB DX Awards (27 qualifying countries)
Available in the following categories:
| Countries |
|---|
| 1 |
| 3 |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| AFG | |
| ARM ARS | |
| AZE BRU | |
| CHN CYP GEO IND IRN |
☒ Australian and Pacific Islands NDB DX Awards (1 qualifying countries)
Get it in these 'denominations'
| Countries |
|---|
| 1 |
| 3 |
| 5 |
| 10 |
| NDB List Country codes | Order |
|---|---|
| PAQ | |
☒ Benelux NDB Award (42 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 (183 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 (114 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 (309 qualifying signals)
☒ UK and Irish NDB Award (130 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 (95 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 (89 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 (463 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 (184 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 |
☒ Canadian Transcontinental NDB DX Award (2 qualifying pairs of NDBs)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs on Pacific and Atlantic coasts of Canada (i.e. British Columbia and any of the Maritime Provinces). Qualifying beacons must be in these provinces but do not have to literally be on the shoreline.
| Stations | East Coast | West Coast | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 on each coast | |||
| 2 on each coast | |||
| 4 on each coast | |||
| 6 on each coast |
☒ US Transcontinental NDB DX Award (5 qualifying pairs of NDBs)
This certificate recognises reception of NDBs on Pacific and Atlantic coasts of continental United States. Qualifying beacons must be in states with oceanic shorelibes (excluding the Gulf of Mexico).
| Stations | East Coast | West Coast | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 on each coast | |||
| 2 on each coast | |||
| 3 on each coast | |||
| 4 on each coast |