I remember from way back, probably in the 80's, there was a station in Asia who was on 20M SSB begging for contacts and saying his country had been removed from the banned list.  I want to say it was VietNam, but XV5AC was active in the early 70's so maybe it was something else.  Maybe Vietnam was put on the banned list later after the war was over.

Anyway, Dick Freeling, W5TIZ, was talking to others on the frequency, and he called the FCC.  He wanted to put the FCC employee on the phone and the FCC guy told him "don't put me on a damn phone patch".  Dickie relayed the info and I don't even remember what the word from the FCC was.  I just remember "he said don't put me on a damn phone patch".

73,
Dennis/RZ

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 9:41 AM Steven Rutledge <crownhaven@bellsouth.net> wrote:

There was a post on here the other day asking if the FCC had banned US hams from contacting stations operating in contested territories, in this case, Russia and Ukraine.  I can't find the original post.  Here is the definitive answer to the DXAC from Bob Naumann, W5OV.'

(There is no “banned countries list” as there was many years ago.  We are free to work anyone on the bands.  You can choose to not work anyone you want, but there’s no rule forcing you to do so.

This situation between Russia and Ukraine is no different than how we treat any disputed territory.

The country issuing the callsign determines what DXCC they count for.

RW7F counts as European Russia – Not Ukraine, and not Crimea.  In other words, nothing special. 

The recent discussion of Scarborough applies the same rules.  The team that was given a Philippine callsign of DX0NES to go to Scarborough was disappointed to learn that they would count only as The Philippines and not as Scarborough (Chinese).  They evidently decided to not risk their lives going to Scarborough to be no more desirable than a station in Manila or Quezon City. 

Scarborough is reportedly patrolled by the Chinese Navy on a regular basis.

I hope all of you had a chance to enjoy the exceptional conditions we had for the ARRL DX CW Contest.)

73,

Robert E. Naumann  W5OV

Director of Operations


Steve, N4JQQ, DXAC, Delta

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