Topband: Personal decision

[Stan Stockton]

100% agreement with what Tree has said.

73...Stan, K5GO/ZF9CW

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 10:23 AM Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:

> I also need to respond to this sentiment:
>
> "it's more important at this moment to get the word out
> to the Russian public that their leader's ruthless behavior is scorned
> and despised by the majority of the world's people."
>
> Perhaps - but I believe Vladimir Putin really is receiving that message
> clearly already - and having some ham radio operators complain to him will
> not really concern him.
>
> This is a scary thing for everyone in the world - and the people in Russia
> are just as scared as we all are.  Maybe the best way to get the message
> out to the Russian public is to engage with them where we can.
>
> Tree
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:17 AM Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:
>
> > Guys - I need to step in here.
> >
> > This is not what ham radio people do.
> >
> > The Russian ham that you are pretending to punish is not the person
> > responsible for what is happening in Ukraine.
> >
> > Think about the situation if you were a USA ham - and some other ham
> > decided not to work you because they did not like the decisions someone
> in
> > Washington had made.
> >
> > Throughout my ham career - I have enjoyed the opportunity to meet people
> > in places that I was taught were bad places and become to understand that
> > they were people just like me - and were perhaps more helpless to control
> > their government than I can control mine.
> >
> > We all have worked Russians over the years - and I bet almost everyone
> > here would be in the pileup if a station from North Korea came on the
> air.
> >
> > I will always feel the best hope for humanity is to get to know each
> other
> > and understand each other's situation better and have some understanding.
> > Ham radio is one way to break down the political barriers and get to know
> > real people.
> >
> > I have kind of felt sorry for the stations currently using D1 as a
> > prefix.  They are just pawns in a chess game and through no fault of
> their
> > own, ended up in a situation where they couldn't get a license.  They
> came
> > up with a work around that allowed them to get on the air.  If I was in
> > their situation, I would probably do the same thing.
> >
> > If Vladimir Putin were a ham, I could understand you deciding not to work
> > him - but let's not pretend our friends who we have been working over the
> > years are responsible.
> >
> > I will not tolerate anything less from the members of this list.
> >
> > 73 Tree N6TR
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:46 AM Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Yup.  Me too.
> >>
> >> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> >>
> >> On 2/24/2022 8:03 AM, MU 4CX250B wrote:
> >> > Good move, Mark. We all know the current assault on Ukraine is not the
> >> > fault of our many good Russian ham buddies, and while I know we all
> >> > wish them well, it's more important at this moment to get the word out
> >> > to the Russisn public that their leader's ruthless behavior is scorned
> >> > and despised by the majority of the world's people.
> >> > 73,
> >> > Jim w8zr
> >> >
> >> > Sent from my iPhone
> >> >
> >> >> On Feb 24, 2022, at 5:33 AM, Mpridesti via Topband<
> >> topband at contesting.com>  wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> 
> >> >>> I plan to NOT work any Russian stations during the ARRL DX SSB
> >> contest as
> >> >>> I  object to the in unprovoked war they started.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Ukraine hams have already shut down.
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >>
> >> >> Mark, K1RX
> >> >>
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