Well - many of you might feel that contesting / amateur radio should be a political free zone. I probably agree with that - but I don't think it is appropriate for us to impose that upon other people
What's the big deal? EO6F loses ALL possible USA mults and QSOs. We lose just 1 mult and 1 QSO per band. If his principles require him to do that, so be it. Like most of us I try to keep politics out
This is a little different situation. The rules in ARRL DX, BERU, All-Asia and a few others specify certain areas can only work certain areas for QSO credit. In WPX, everybody can work everybody in t
I know all kinds of people who have decided, from time to time, not to work people from certain countries. It's almost always an absurd position to take, since amateurs do not necessarily represent t
I was not on last weekend but I have been following the thread. I suppose anybody can call a selctive CQ and eliminate anyone they want either in a contest, or not in a contest. It is neither illegal
I don't know about a "right" to protest. What an overworked word. It's more about the propriety of the time and forum in which to interject an element potentially detrimental to the overall effort an
Let's keep it in perspective: It was ONE person who was doing this.....out of how thousands of people who were enjoying their hobby and the contest irrespective of their personal beliefs.