[CQ-Contest] Legal issues working Irag?

[VE5ZX]

> Huh?!  I must be missing something in your question.  Perhaps there are

The question was posted as a result of reading the following statement in
'MARS operations begin in Iraq, more operators sought' at
http://www.sirinet.net/~mars/mars_operations_begin_in_iraq.htm

"Several American amateurs have been reported operating on the ham bands
from Iraq , but this activity is problematic since all regular reciprocal
licensing in Iraq expired with the removal of the Saddam Hussein
government."

Sylvan, VE5ZX


> some countries where it's illegal to communicate with a ham in Iraq, but I
> don't think Canada is one of them.  If you are asking whether there might
> be some penalty from the CQ WW committee, I can't imagine why as long as
> the stations on both ends were following all the rules in their country.
>
> 73,
>
> Tim Totten, n4gn at n4gn.com
> http://www.n4gn.com
>