Unfortunate political decision from CQ Contest Committee.
Like UA9CDC so well expressed, this decision resembles Soviet Union policy
of prohibiting Amateur Radio Communication between former USSR and Israel.
If I am not mistaken, South Africa was also on the black list for Soviet
hans.
Let Ham Radio be a bridge than connects where politiks fail.
A Ham from Crimea operating with a Ukraine issued callsign nowadays face
the same risks of being prosecuted as myself during the period when I
fulfilled every possible criteria to operate from Russia, but did not
receive permit from Russia to operate.
When living and operating ham radio in a particular territory, one must
just realize that the government in that particular region decides under
what circumstances operation must take place. I would not risk operating
with a non valid license on the territory of Russia. The same applies to
hams in Ukraine.
No matter what we think from a political perspective, or through own
opinions, the country that has the full control of Crimea is Russia. I
strongly disagree that members of the international amateur radio community
shall be punished not to participate in the CQWW contest...
We are humans, members of international non-political and fantastic Amateur
Radio community, and should be smart enough to refrain from being used in
political games between two governments...
I will with pride work ANY station in CQWW contest due to the fact that my
Amateur Radio map is free from any stupid political games.
73 de RM2D (SM6LRR)
(My passport tells me I am Swedish citizen when I travel. My various
callsigns reflect from which area I operate - not where my political
opinion sits)
Let Amateur Radio remain a TRULY international hobby without some countries
claiming veto rights of the truth..
On Saturday, October 18, 2014, David Siddall <hhamwv@gmail.com> wrote:
> Andy,
>
> Politics and ham radio should be kept separate and operation should be
> encouraged everywhere. Indeed, I would say that only positive developments
> can come from continued communication, amateur radio or otherwise. There
> are better ways to deal with the current situation than to discourage (if
> not prevent) participation and even deleting QSOs that are permitted and
> perfectly legal from both sides.
>
> I hope to work you next weekend, whether it counts or not!
>
> 73, Dave K3ZJ
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Andy Kazantsev <uu0jm@mail.ru
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > Hi, gyus!
> >
> > What do you feel about it....
> >
> >
> >
> http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/2014/10/cq-policy-on-crimean-stations-using.html
> >
> > I participated in CQ WW RTTY 2014,
> > and planning to participate in CQ WW SSB&CW....
> > Spent a lot of effort and resources
> > who it will compensate?
> > Sorry if it's true ....
> >
> >
> > 73! Andy UB7K
> > ex. UU0JM, UU7J,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > С уважением,
> > Andy mailto:uu0jm@mail.ru <javascript:;>
> >
> >
> > ---
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> > вирусов avast!
> > http://www.avast.com
> >
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