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internal/award/award.go

@@ -449,8 +449,10 @@ func candidates(d *Def, re *regexp.Regexp, q *qso.QSO, rl refList, hasList bool)
 			}
 		}
 	default:
-		// Whole field value is the candidate.
-		found = []string{normalizeRef(raw)}
+		// Whole field value is the candidate, split on comma/semicolon so a
+		// multi-reference field (e.g. an n-fer POTA QSO "US-6544,US-0680")
+		// counts each reference separately.
+		found = splitRefs(raw)
 	}
 
 	if !predefined {
@@ -547,6 +549,22 @@ func stripAffix(s, lead, trail string) string {
 
 func normalizeRef(s string) string { return strings.ToUpper(strings.TrimSpace(s)) }
 
+// splitRefs splits a field value on comma/semicolon into normalized references,
+// so a multi-reference field (n-fer POTA "US-6544,US-0680") yields one entry
+// per reference. A value with no separator yields a single reference.
+func splitRefs(raw string) []string {
+	if !strings.ContainsAny(raw, ",;") {
+		return []string{normalizeRef(raw)}
+	}
+	var out []string
+	for _, p := range strings.FieldsFunc(raw, func(r rune) bool { return r == ',' || r == ';' }) {
+		if n := normalizeRef(p); n != "" {
+			out = append(out, n)
+		}
+	}
+	return dedupe(out)
+}
+
 func isDigit(b byte) bool { return b >= '0' && b <= '9' }
 
 // natLess is a natural ("human") comparison: digit runs compare as numbers, so