[Qcwa] Contest boycotts?

Sun, 30 Mar 2003 17:14:14 -0500

I worked several hams in Italy who offered kind words and thanks for our
efforts. Look at it on the bright side now you can call CQ DX and actually
get some rare ones
73 ken w8ob
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From: "W2AGN" <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [Qcwa] Contest boycotts?


> It is odd the during the height of the Cold War, US and USSR stationed
> continued to QSO. As you say, Ham Radio was apolitical.
>
> As for the Ukrainian Ham boycotting the US, I have seen similar things
from
> this side. I support the War in Iraq, but I was saddened to see a ham
friend
> in France harassed off one of the Ham reflectors for the actions of his
> government. He was truly vilified, and I was embarrassed. (He had made no
> comments concerning Iraq, politics, etc., he was just attacked because he
> was French).
>
> I for one, am noting the calls of all stations that engage in these
> practices, Russian, Ukrainian, Frence, AND US.  If in the future all their
> CQs are met with silence, maybe they will get the hint.
>
>
>
>
> +-++-++-++-++-+ John L. Sielke
>  |W||2||A||G||N| http://www.w2agn.net [UPDATED]
>  +-++-++-++-++-+ Ex-K3HLU,TF2WKT,W7JEF,W4MPC,N4JS
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, March 30, 2003 04:09:05 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Qcwa] Contest boycotts?
>
>
> I'm not sure what response is appropriate here. The gulf (no pun
> intended) between the appeasement policies of Europe (so finely stated by
> men like Neville Chamberlain and the Vichy French) and the U.S. is
widening
> daily. If it spills over to the airwaves, I don't think I can take a "this
> is Ham Radio, it's apolitical" point of view this time. I don't know;
> voluntary bans on QSO's with DE/F or ON amateurs seems like a fine place
to
> start, even if I, as an ON9, am affected.
>
> I know I'm probably going to get a broad range of responses; we had
> hams working like crazy during the recent North Korean Dxpeditions; I
would
> rather have lunch with Hitler. Still, this is over the top and really
makes
> me angry.
>
> Any comments?
>
> 73, Bob K2PI
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