[SFDXA] CQ Will Not Accept Logs from Stations in Crimea Using Russian-Issued Call Signs

Bill bmarx at bellsouth.net
Fri Oct 17 20:38:08 EDT 2014


FYI -- Announcement from CQ:
http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/
*CQ Policy on Crimean Stations Using Russian-Issued Call Signs in 
CQ-Sponsored 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.


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