[CQ-Contest] CQ Phone Test.

[Eric Scace]

   Why should we even contemplate canceling all DXpeditions for WW Phone?  If Italian hams can not do a DXpedition to IG9 at the end
of October, is their safety somehow increased?  Is there some international resource scarcity that will be reduced if Italians do
not go to IG9?

   As many countries (UK, Spain, Sri Lanka, Italy, Germany, France, Egypt and too many others) with long, recent histories of
terrorist tragedies can testify, the effort to reduce terrorist attacks is a long-term obligation that stretches over many
generations.  Unfortunately terrorism, like other criminal activities, will continue among us to some degree for the indefinite
future.  If it is somehow appropriate to cancel DXpeditions for a contest in October, does that imply that DXpeditions should be
cancelled for the forever?

   Maybe I am missing something here.  But I can't see any rationale for CQ Magazine (or any other contest or award sponsor) to
insist that ham radio operators stay at home.

-- Eric R3/K3NA


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