[CQ-Contest] CQ WW SSB

[Radio K0HB]

Good answer!






73, de Hans, K0HB
"Just a Boy and his Radio"
           7⃣3⃣

On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Matt Murphy <matt at nq6n.com> wrote:

> It would seem that if CQ wishes to take a political stance on the Russian
> occupation of Crimea, the appropriate thing to do would be to not accept
> logs from any Russian stations whatsoever.
> Penalizing Crimean stations achieves the opposite of the intended effect,
> unless the idea is to punish them for allowing the occupation to happen.
> 73,
> Matt NQ6N
> On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Igor Sokolov <ua9cdc at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hans, thank you.
>> You got it absolutely right. Why should a boy who only loves radio and
>> contesting, why should he be penalized for whatever political games happen
>> around him. Why CQ magazine deprives this boy from from participation in
>> the contest CQ mag sponsors? Is that the purpose of this contest and ham
>> radio in general to divide people into first and second grade based on the
>> governments these people live under?
>> Why ARRL found may be temporary but wise solution to the problem but CQ
>> magazine decided that they know better and did it in their own way? Do they
>> understand that they do harm not only to their sponsored contest but to ham
>> radio in general?
>>
>> 73, Igor UA9CDC
>>
>>
>>  (W2VU and K2RED added to the conversation on the advice of K5ZD)
>>>
>>> Here's the long and short of it from my viewpoint.
>>>
>>> A certain boy in a certain place has a hobby radio station.  He wishes to
>>> participate in radiosport contests run by hobbyist magazines in another
>>> place.
>>>
>>> His license conditions including how he must identify his station are
>>> dictated by whatever government has authority over that place at any given
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Other governments, rightly or wrongly, might dispute that authority, but
>>> the boy in that place is not subject to the authority of those other
>>> countries.
>>>
>>> Now those hobby magazines have decided that the politicians (in their
>>> country) shall be the ultimate authority whether the boy and his radio (in
>>> another country) are eligible to play in their contest.
>>>
>>> Methinks the hobby magazines are taking themselves far too seriously, and
>>> in an international hobby have cloaked themselves in misplaced provincial
>>> patriotism.
>>>
>>> dit dit
>>>
>>> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>>> --
>>> "Just a boy and his radio"™
>>> --
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>>> . A1 Operators - http://www.arrl.org/a-1-op
>>> . Minnesota Wireless contesters - http://www.W0AA.org
>>> . Arizona Outlaws contesters - http://www.arizonaoutlaws.net
>>> . Twin City DX Assn - http://www.tcdxa.org
>>> . Minnesota Amateur Radio Technical Society - http://www.mn-arts.org/
>>> . Lake Vermilion DX Assn - http://www.lvdxa.org
>>> . Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society - http://www.rnars.org.uk/
>>> . SOC - http://www.qsl.net/soc
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>>> . SKCC - http://www.skccgroup.com/
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Randy Thompson K5ZD
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 1:23 PM
>>> To: 'Andy Kazantsev' ; 'CQ-Contest'
>>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW SSB
>>>
>>> The CQ WW Contest Committee was very divided on this issue. The Editor and
>>> Publisher of CQ Magazine have made this policy decision. Any comments or
>>> appeals should be directed to CQ.
>>>
>>> Randy, K5ZD
>>>
>>>
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