Paul, you hold that opinion. It’s a fine opinion and cost-free to hold where
you live on I Street in Washington, DC, USA since you have no skin in the game.
If you had skin in the game and lived in the Crimea, at the present time it
seems as a ham you can get on the air with a Russian call sign, or you can be
QRT. If it were me, just call me RA3xyz!!!
I have no skin in the game either, and my opinion is not based on international
politics, but rather on my love of radio and my conviction that ham radio
should ignore politics.
On the other hand, you have different fingers.
73, de Hans, K0HB
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From: Paul Stoetzer
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 7:00 PM
To: Radio K0HB
Cc: k5zd@charter.net ; CQ-Contest ; Editor W2VU ; Publisher K2RED
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW SSB
The rules require entrants to certify that they "operated according to all
rules and regulations that pertain to amateur radio for the station location."
The only legitimate rules and regulations in Crimea are those issued by
Ukraine, the legitimate, internationally recognized government for that area.
Using a license issued by the Russian Federation is contrary to the rules of
the contest.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Saturday, October 18, 2014, Radio K0HB <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
(W2VU and K2RED added to the conversation on the advice of K5ZD)
Here's the long and short of it from my viewpoint.
A certain boy in a certain place has a hobby radio station. He wishes to
participate in radiosport contests run by hobbyist magazines in another place.
His license conditions including how he must identify his station are
dictated by whatever government has authority over that place at any given time.
Other governments, rightly or wrongly, might dispute that authority, but the
boy in that place is not subject to the authority of those other countries.
Now those hobby magazines have decided that the politicians (in their
country) shall be the ultimate authority whether the boy and his radio (in
another country) are eligible to play in their contest.
Methinks the hobby magazines are taking themselves far too seriously, and in
an international hobby have cloaked themselves in misplaced provincial
patriotism.
dit dit
73, de Hans, K0HB
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-----Original Message----- From: Randy Thompson K5ZD
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 1:23 PM
To: 'Andy Kazantsev' ; 'CQ-Contest'
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW SSB
The CQ WW Contest Committee was very divided on this issue. The Editor and
Publisher of CQ Magazine have made this policy decision. Any comments or
appeals should be directed to CQ.
Randy, K5ZD
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