It would seem that if CQ wishes to take a political stance on the Russian
occupation of Crimea, the appropriate thing to do would be to not accept
logs from any Russian stations whatsoever.
Penalizing Crimean stations achieves the opposite of the intended effect,
unless the idea is to punish them for allowing the occupation to happen.
73,
Matt NQ6N
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Igor Sokolov <ua9cdc@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hans, thank you.
> You got it absolutely right. Why should a boy who only loves radio and
> contesting, why should he be penalized for whatever political games happen
> around him. Why CQ magazine deprives this boy from from participation in
> the contest CQ mag sponsors? Is that the purpose of this contest and ham
> radio in general to divide people into first and second grade based on the
> governments these people live under?
> Why ARRL found may be temporary but wise solution to the problem but CQ
> magazine decided that they know better and did it in their own way? Do they
> understand that they do harm not only to their sponsored contest but to ham
> radio in general?
>
> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>
>
> (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
>> --
>> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>> --
>> Proud Member of:
>> . A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op
>> . Minnesota Wireless contesters - http://www.W0AA.org
>> . Arizona Outlaws contesters - http://www.arizonaoutlaws.net
>> . Twin City DX Assn - http://www.tcdxa.org
>> . Minnesota Amateur Radio Technical Society - http://www.mn-arts.org/
>> . Lake Vermilion DX Assn - http://www.lvdxa.org
>> . Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society - http://www.rnars.org.uk/
>> . SOC - http://www.qsl.net/soc
>> . CW Operators Club – http://www.cwops.org
>> . SKCC - http://www.skccgroup.com/
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> -----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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