[CQ-Contest] CQ WW SSB

[Martin Monsalvo]

A Ukrainian, not pro-russian, can use his valid Ukrainian callsign in
Crimea?
The referendum has no validity whatsoever.
It is like saying all CP inmigrants with a valid LU Id can vote in a
referendum to make Buenos Aires part of CP!
That is not how things  go.
73,
Martin
El 18/10/2014 13:08, "Andy Melanin" <ua3dpx at mail.ru> escribió:

> Martin, who told You that they were forced to sign Russian calls? They
> decided to be Russian citizens themselves :-))
>
> Отправлено с iPad
>
> > 18 окт. 2014 г., в 8:09, Martin Monsalvo <monsalvo at gmail.com>
> написал(а):
> >
> > With all due respect and with all the appreciation I feel towards long
> term
> > friends in both Russia and Ukraine.
> > Crimea is not part of Russia, despite the fact that it is being illegally
> > annexed to it.
> > The international community as a whole has pronounced in favor of
> > Ukraine soverignity which certainly includes Crimea. Why should CQ
> > pronounce otherwise?
> > Accepting operations from Crimea with russian calls ipso facto does not
> > contribute to contesting nor to amateur radio at all. It would only be a
> > sign that our hobby doesn't care about International Law and the
> > Independence of Nations.
> > I feel for those Ukrainian stations in Crimea that are being forced to
> sign
> > russian callsigns, but this is way above contesting and  cannot be
> > acccepted, since it is the outcome of illegal actions that no one, but
> > Russia government endorses.
> >
> > Vy 73,
> > Martin, LU5DX
> > El 17/10/2014 21:58, "Andy Kazantsev" <uu0jm at bk.ru> escribió:
> >
> >> Hi, Edward.
> >>
> >> Вы писали 18 октября 2014 г., 0:39:53:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Andy, Personally, I am sorry for your situation.  And sorry that you
> are
> >>> harmed right now.  Is it not possible for you to operate using the
> >> Ukrainian
> >>> callsign?  I think that I would have worded the CQ announcement
> >> differently
> >>> but came to the same conclusion. I believe my statement would be that
> CQ
> >>> follows the DXCC and WAE country rules and also requires that a station
> >>> identify themselves with the DXCC/WAE country that they are in.  The
> DXCC
> >>> follows the US State Dept recognized county or territory list which I
> >> have
> >>> to assume still calls that location Ukraine.  So if you signed from
> >> Ukraine,
> >>> I don't see there being a problem.  I am assuming that WAE has no
> >> separate
> >>> country status for Crimea.
> >>
> >> I currently live in Russia. And shall comply with the laws of Russia.
> >> According to these laws, I got a call UB7K  and worked in several
> >> contests, including the CQ WW RTTY (4 place World, raw scores).
> >> Also we work CQ WPX CW 2014(UA7K) and WAE CW and SSB 2014.
> >> If I'm going to continue to work, only this callsign. It is my firm
> belief.
> >> I'm not asking for a separate territory of Crimea! Why mix radio with
> >> politics?
> >> This message sponsors CQ caused a storm of dissent among contesters in
> >> Crimea. Many are ready for these competitions. And then a week before
> the
> >> competition,
> >> we know that all of our training in vain.
> >> It is very sad and does not honor the CQ magazine  and event organizers.
> >> Nevertheless it I will work in this competition, because I compete
> >> primarily with each other.
> >> Last year, I set a record 16 zone and was going to beat this year it.
> >>
> >> 73! Andy UB7K
> >> ex. UU0JM, UU7J , K1I (WRTC 2014)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> 73
> >>
> >>
> >>> Ed  N1UR
> >>
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> >> С уважением,
> >> Andy                          mailto:uu0jm at bk.ru
> >>
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