Topband: Crimea DXCC status?

[Eugene Popov /RA0FF/]

 Yuri,
stop shitting on political issues amateur radio!
You want to be really smart sitting in K3-land and flinging mud at all.

P.S. why you all sat with closed mouths when your bald Uncle Ukrainian Hruŝov gave Ukraine the Russian land of Crimea?
As you look at what Mr Obama decides to donate Hawaii to Mexico?


73! de Eugene RA0FF
http://dx.bgtelecom.ru
http://www.qsl.net/ra0ff/

Thu, 22 May 2014 22:28:46 -0400 (EDT) от Yuri Blanarovich <k3bu at optimum.net>:
>From the ARRL  Letter:ARRL Responds to Ukrainian Amateur Radio League 
>Regarding DXCC Status of Crimea
>The ARRL has responded to an appeal from the Ukrainian Amateur Radio 
>League (UARL) to "consider the information regarding the status of 
>Crimea as temporarily occupied territory." UARL President Vladimir 
>Grishchenko, UT0FT, told the ARRL on May 3, that Russia's "illegal 
>annexation" of Crimea "does not change the status of this territory, 
>which legally belongs to Ukraine." ARRL CEO David Sumner, K1ZZ, on May 
>21 acknowledged the UARL's position and reiterated the ARRL Awards 
>Committee's determination that the annexation did not lend Crimea status 
>as a new DXCC entity.
>"We appreciate the high regard you have expressed for the DXCC program," 
>Sumner wrote. "However, the list of DXCC entities is simply for the 
>purpose of giving radio amateurs a consistent way to compare their DX 
>achievements. It is not intended to express a position with respect to 
>sovereignty and should not be regarded as such."
>The Awards Committee has concluded that a QSL with a call sign issued by 
>Ukraine and showing the entity name as Ukraine counts as Ukraine, while 
>a QSL with a call sign issued by Russia and showing the entity name as 
>Russia counts as Russia. "A QSL that satisfies neither condition does 
>not count for either entity," the committee said.
>Grishchenko had pointed out that the UN does not recognize Crimea's 
>annexation, and that the US government is "currently working actively to 
>preserve the territorial integrity of Ukraine." He further asserted 
>that, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), 
>Ukraine is responsible for spectrum usage in Crimea, and that only 
>Ukraine can issue licenses, despite what he called Crimea's "temporary" 
>status as an occupied territory.
>Grishchenko had asked the ARRL to consider this information when 
>determining "the conditions of meeting award requirements, as well as in 
>determining the winners of competitions held."
>Sumner told Grishchenko that the ARRL Awards Committee's determination 
>"is consistent with the treatment, for DXCC purposes, of other territory 
>that may be described as either 'temporarily occupied' or disputed."
>"We join the world community in the hope that the difficulties and 
>uncertainties currently being faced by the people of Ukraine will be 
>resolved peacefully and with full regard for human rights," Sumner 
>concluded.
>(end of quote)
>
>
>Unprecedented, ARRL legitimizing Russian occupation of Ukrainian 
>territory.
>Now can South Korea "issue" licenses for North Korea too?
>Looks like Putin has some power over ARRL.
>Until situation is resolved politically, ARRL has no business 
>legitimizing "annexation" of Crimea by masked thugs.
>
>Yuri, K3BU
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