Dear fellow international ham friends!
Please Do not mix political games into our nice hobby please.
Ukraine has rejected any support to Lugansk and Donetsk regions (no support
to schools, retired persons, people in need of hospital care).
Ukraine has no control of territories who explained themselves independent
from Kiev.
Russia has now control of Crimea, YES. We might like it or not like it -
but it is fact. But Russia does not rule Donetsk or Lugansk. They rule
themselves...
For new hams in Donetsk and Lugansk, who should issue valid licenses? Kiev?
Don't think so.... Moscow ? No! Then we would not have D1 prefix, but UA....
As said before, leave politics out of our worldwide friendship hobby
without borders.
Our hobby should not be governed from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW, right? Our
hobby is international.... No borders!
If RBN exclude D1, then RBN is a political megaphone...
73 de RM2D (SM6LRR), Mats
PS Maybe RBN should exclude RM2D also? As he is a non politically correct
Swede who have the courage to operate from Russia???
On Tuesday, 13 September 2016, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
> Recently I received a complaint from Konstantin, whose "call" is D1WW,
> saying that the RBN did not recognize his call. It turns out there is a
> reason - he is in the part of eastern Ukraine that has been illegally
> seized by the Russians, and the D1 prefix is not recognized by the ITU.
>
> I assume that he will turn up on the bands and maybe in contests this
> fall, so I thought it was worth letting people know in advance. He sent me
> a copy of his "license" if anyone wants to see it.
>
>
> --
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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