[KL7AA] Contest Weekend 25 Oct CQ WW DX

[KL7YK]

FYI for you contesters out there.**The weekend contest that starts 
Friday at 4pm local time has another restriction on place.  At least 
this one will not bite you as its an automatic deletion of Crimean Calls 
from your log entry. No penalty for working them, just no credit.
*
 From CQ Magazine (sponsors the CQ Contests):

CQ policy on stations in Crimea using Russian-issued call signs in CQ 
contests *

"After considerable deliberation, *CQ* has determined that the best 
course of action regarding Crimea and CQ contests is to follow the lead 
of the United Nations and the United States government, both of which 
continue to consider Crimea to be part of Ukraine, until such time as 
the political situation there is resolved. Therefore,

Logs will not be accepted for any *CQ Contest* from stations in Crimea 
operating with Russian-issued call signs. Contacts made by others with 
those stations will be removed from contestants' logs without penalty. 
No contact or multiplier credits will be given.

We fully realize that our action may very well disenfranchise several 
Crimean contesters who use Russian prefixes instead of Ukrainian 
prefixes. As regrettable as that may be, our action is consistent with 
international law, as well as with our own Rules."

Ron, KL7YK