[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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