1. Activity is a good thing to encourage. Many of the HQ stations encourage their own countrymen to "wave the flag" and work them. It would be nice however if they weren't so focused on winning - but
Those "12 QSO own HQ only" might be what you get if one were to set up a local 'pseudo-contest' within the IARU contest, where the goal is to be the first to achieve the 12 'flagwaiving' QSOs and thi
This is good stuff, Tree. I share your views. Additionally, IARU and our National Societies should be at pains to promote ethical contesting and to discourage 'win any way' tactics. This is fundament
... How about... we offer an award to anyone who works some number (say, ten?) of different HQ stations? Working W1AW on ten band-modes wouldn't do it, you'd have to work ten different societies. Thi