I wonder what our #IARUHF world championship is really supposed to measure or reward in a HQ national team:

A: Strategy and fine operating procedures

(My experience: HQ stations are generally a pleasure to work!)

B: Ability of the HQ team to enlist support from their country's ham population.

The kind of person I am, I prefer A over B.

But I admit, from a global perspective, B probably promotes active participation in #HamRadio better.

🤷

I participated in the IARU HF championship contest CW-only on the 20, 15 and 10 meter amateur bands. 71 contacts in total.
Other things in the weekend limited my radio time. One contact to South-America: ZW5B which looks like a serious DXing station. The rest Europe and a bit of Asia.
My writeup at https://idefix.net/~koos/newsitem.cgi/1752417783 which will eventually be updated with the results.
#hamradio #iaruhf #contest
I participated in the IARU HF Contest 2025

Mapped contacts PE4KH in the IARU HF contest 2025 Generated with ADIF to Karte by cqGMA / UDXSoft This weekend is the yearly IARU HF World Championship contest and I wanted to participate. Other things in the weekend took time and energy so I didn't ...

Just found 8N2HQ on a Japanese #KiwiSDR... you gotta enjoy the way he calls 😅 #shortwave #hamradio #IARUHF
But there's DX to be had in Japan too 🙂 like TI1K 🇨🇷 on 14248 USB. A number of JA stations are contacting him successfully #hamradio #IARUHF #shortwave #KiwiSDR
14250 USB: B5HQ, CRAC 🇨🇳 station #hamradio #IARUHF #shortwave #KiwiSDR
That said, I did find a YL on 14281 USB: DX1PRO 🇵🇭 zone 50 #shortwave #hamradio #IARUHF #KiwiSDR
Quite a lot of contest activity on 20m in Asia, here via #KiwiSDR in Oita🇯🇵... but predominantly in CW. Much less stations are using SSB. Quite surprising 😳 #hamradio #shortwave #IARUHF
Now there's a lot more slots coloured red, meaning a lot more void not being claimed by our national ham radio team... 🙄 #SN0HQ #IARUHF

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gzdjt2bb6zkdknijroh6tm6i/post/3ltroea6nmc2l
Uh-oh, #SN0HQ is off on 40m SSB 😳 ... so much for national mobilization to win #IARUHF Championship 2025 🙄 #hamradio
14265 kHz USB: DF6JC Jorg, in minutes till they (there are more operators in the site he is) become #DA0HQ ... and already calls as DA0HQ! 😂 #hamradio #IARUHF