update

frontend/src/components/AwardRefSelector.tsx

@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ interface Props {
   // Semicolon-delimited "AWARD@REF" entries, e.g. "POTA@FR-11553;IOTA@EU-064"
   value: string;
   onChange: (v: string) => void;
+  // Current QSO field values (state, cnty, …). When a predefined award reads one
+  // of these and it's already filled (e.g. VE9CF → state NB), the award counts
+  // automatically — we surface that so the operator needn't pick it by hand.
+  fieldValues?: Record<string, string>;
 }
 
-export function AwardRefSelector({ dxcc, value, onChange }: Props) {
+export function AwardRefSelector({ dxcc, value, onChange, fieldValues }: Props) {
   const [defs, setDefs] = useState<AwardDef[]>([]);
   const [metas, setMetas] = useState<Record<string, Meta>>({});
   const [awardCode, setAwardCode] = useState('POTA');
@@ -67,7 +71,8 @@ export function AwardRefSelector({ dxcc, value, onChange }: Props) {
       const scope = d.dxcc_filter ?? [];
       if (scope.length > 0 && (!dxcc || !scope.includes(dxcc))) return false;
       return true;
-    }).map((d) => ({ code: d.code, name: d.name }));
+    }).map((d) => ({ code: d.code, name: d.name, field: String(d.field ?? '').toLowerCase() }))
+      .sort((a, b) => a.code.localeCompare(b.code));
   }, [defs, metas, dxcc]);
 
   // Keep the selected award valid as the offered list changes with the call.
@@ -86,6 +91,12 @@ export function AwardRefSelector({ dxcc, value, onChange }: Props) {
   // For dynamic lists, restrict to the contacted entity; otherwise load all.
   const refDxcc = isDynamic ? (dxcc ?? 0) : 0;
 
+  // The field the selected award reads (state / cnty / note / …).
+  const selField = useMemo(
+    () => String(defs.find((d) => d.code === awardCode)?.field ?? '').toLowerCase(),
+    [defs, awardCode],
+  );
+
   // Search helper with a DXCC fallback: try the entity-scoped query first, but
   // if it finds nothing AND we were filtering by DXCC, retry unfiltered. This
   // fixes awards whose references carry no per-ref DXCC (e.g. SOTA summits,
@@ -130,6 +141,20 @@ export function AwardRefSelector({ dxcc, value, onChange }: Props) {
   // When q is empty/short: show auto-results (if ≤ AUTO_SHOW_MAX); when typing: show search results.
   const results: AwardRef[] = q.length >= 2 ? searchResults : (tooManyAuto ? [] : autoResults);
 
+  // Auto-match: when the selected award reads a QSO field that's already filled
+  // (e.g. RAC reads `state`, and the call resolved to state NB), find the matching
+  // reference so the operator can add it in one click — the award already counts
+  // it from the field, but this makes it explicit and confirms it.
+  const autoMatch = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!selField || !fieldValues) return null;
+    const v = String(fieldValues[selField] ?? '').trim().toUpperCase();
+    if (!v) return null;
+    const pool = (autoResults.length ? autoResults : searchResults);
+    const m = pool.find((r) => r.code.toUpperCase() === v);
+    return m ? { code: m.code, name: m.name } : null;
+  }, [selField, fieldValues, autoResults, searchResults]);
+  const autoAlreadyAdded = autoMatch ? entries.includes(`${awardCode}@${autoMatch.code}`) : false;
+
   function addRef(ref: AwardRef) {
     const entry = `${awardCode}@${ref.code}`;
     if (!entries.includes(entry)) {
@@ -230,6 +255,25 @@ export function AwardRefSelector({ dxcc, value, onChange }: Props) {
       {/* Right panel: reference search */}
       <div className="w-[172px] shrink-0 flex flex-col gap-1.5 border-l pl-2 min-w-0">
         <span className="text-xs font-semibold">References</span>
+        {/* Auto-match from the QSO field (e.g. State NB → RAC@NB). */}
+        {autoMatch && (
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            disabled={autoAlreadyAdded}
+            onClick={() => addRef({ code: autoMatch.code, name: autoMatch.name } as AwardRef)}
+            className={`text-left rounded border px-1.5 py-1 text-[11px] leading-tight ${
+              autoAlreadyAdded
+                ? 'border-emerald-300 bg-emerald-50 text-emerald-800 cursor-default'
+                : 'border-emerald-300 bg-emerald-50/60 text-emerald-800 hover:bg-emerald-100'
+            }`}
+            title={`The ${selField.toUpperCase()} field is ${autoMatch.code} — this award counts it automatically`}
+          >
+            {autoAlreadyAdded ? '✓ ' : '+ '}
+            <span className="font-mono font-semibold">{autoMatch.code}</span>
+            <span className="text-emerald-700"> from {selField}</span>
+            {!autoAlreadyAdded && <span className="block text-[10px] text-emerald-700/80">auto — click to add</span>}
+          </button>
+        )}
         <input
           className="h-6 w-full rounded border border-input bg-background px-2 text-xs focus:outline-none focus:ring-1 focus:ring-ring"
           placeholder="Search…"

frontend/src/components/DetailsPanel.tsx

@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ export function DetailsPanel({ callsign: _cs, prefix, operatorGrid, remoteGrid,
             dxcc={details.dxcc}
             value={details.award_refs ?? ''}
             onChange={(v) => onChange({ award_refs: v })}
+            fieldValues={{ state: details.state ?? '', cnty: details.cnty ?? '' }}
           />
         </div>
       )}

frontend/src/components/QSOEditModal.tsx

@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ export function QSOEditModal({ qso, onSave, onDelete, onClose, countries = [] }:
               <div className="grid grid-cols-[1fr_240px] gap-5">
                 {/* Left: pick reference-list awards (POTA/SOTA/IOTA/WWFF/…) */}
                 <div>
-                  <AwardRefSelector dxcc={draft.dxcc} value={awardRefs} onChange={setAwardRefs} />
+                  <AwardRefSelector dxcc={draft.dxcc} value={awardRefs} onChange={setAwardRefs} fieldValues={{ state: draft.state ?? '', cnty: draft.cnty ?? '' }} />
                 </div>
 
                 {/* Right: computed awards (read-only) derived from this QSO */}