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frontend/src/components/AwardRefSelector.tsx

@@ -63,13 +63,16 @@ export function AwardRefSelector({ dxcc, value, onChange, fieldValues }: Props)
   // for a French call but not for others.
   const awards = useMemo(() => {
     return defs.filter((d) => {
-      // Computed awards (field = dxcc/state/cqz/…) are derived automatically.
+      // Computed awards (field = dxcc/cqz/…) are derived automatically.
       if (COMPUTED_FIELDS.has(String(d.field ?? '').toLowerCase())) return false;
-      const m = metas[String(d.code).toUpperCase()];
-      const hasRefs = (m?.count ?? 0) > 0 || !!m?.can_update || !!d.dynamic;
-      if (!hasRefs) return false;
       const scope = d.dxcc_filter ?? [];
       if (scope.length > 0 && (!dxcc || !scope.includes(dxcc))) return false;
+      // Offer the award even when its reference list isn't loaded yet: a custom
+      // award (e.g. "Worked All Provinces of China") has no built-in list, so
+      // requiring one would make it impossible to assign references by hand. The
+      // operator can pick from a loaded list when present, or add an unlisted
+      // reference (the right-hand panel). Dynamic / list-backed awards behave as
+      // before — they just always pass here now.
       return true;
     }).map((d) => ({ code: d.code, name: d.name, field: String(d.field ?? '').toLowerCase() }))
       .sort((a, b) => a.code.localeCompare(b.code));