diff --git a/frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx b/frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx
index a2d8c92..8875cac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/AwardsPanel.tsx
@@ -633,7 +633,14 @@ export function AwardsPanel({ onEditQSO, onAwardsChanged, onPaperQSL }: {
                             <td key={b} className="border-b border-l border-border/30 p-0 text-center">
                               {s === 'none' ? <span className="block w-11 h-7" /> : (
                                 <button
-                                  className={cn('block w-11 h-7 text-[11px] font-bold', CELL_STYLE[s], 'hover:brightness-110')}
+                                  className={cn('block w-11 h-7 text-[11px] font-bold', CELL_STYLE[s], 'hover:brightness-110',
+                                    // Chasing the slots still to confirm, the
+                                    // confirmed ones are context, not the answer:
+                                    // a row is kept for its W cells and its V
+                                    // cells would otherwise be the loudest thing
+                                    // on it. Faded rather than hidden — which
+                                    // band is already done is worth seeing.
+                                    refFilter === 'slots_notconf' && s !== 'worked' && 'opacity-25')}
                                   title={t('awp.cellTitle', { ref: r.ref, band: b })}
                                   onClick={() => setCell({ ref: r.ref, band: b, name: r.name })}
                                 >{CELL_LABEL[s]}</button>