[CQ-Contest] Unsportsmanlike conduct

[Barry Merrill]

"but one of the premises of contesting is that it requires 
cooperation of all stations involved."

Independent of the irrational actions of an individual ham,
politics have always been a hidden part of ham radio:
not all countries can be worked by all other countries.

When I operated BY1PK in 1984 I was required to agree
that I would not work certain countries (4X4, BV, and
two others that had pissed off the PRC that I can't 
immediately recall).  Last year at Dayton, the DXpedition 
to Syria reported they had had 24 hour monitoring to ensure 
that they did not QSO with 4X4, and I believe Syria is not
alone in their restrictions in working 4X4s.

Barry, W5GN

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