[SFDXA] CQ Reconsiders Policy on Crimea in CQ Contests

[Bill]

http://cqnewsroom.blogspot.com/


    Tuesday, October 21, 2014

CQ Reconsiders Policy on Crimea in CQ Contests 
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  CQ Amateur Radio

In response to requests from a large number of contesters around the 
world, CQ has reconsidered its decision regarding the acceptance of logs 
from stations in Crimea in CQ-sponsored contests.

As CQ Publisher Dick Ross, K2MGA, explained, "a large portion of the 
contesting community felt that we were unfairly denying our fellow 
amateurs in Crimea of the opportunity to fully participate in our 
contests. Since the country list for CQ contests is based on a 
combination of the Worked All Europe (WAE) and ARRL DXCC lists, and the 
ARRL has already adopted a policy regarding Crimean stations in its 
award and contest programs, we will amend our policy to be consistent 
with the ARRL's DXCC policy."

"Therefore, the listings of Crimean stations submitting logs for CQ 
contests will be based on the call sign under which they have operated. 
If they used Russian-issued calls in the contest, they will be listed 
under Russia; if they used Ukrainian-issued calls in the contest, they 
will be listed under Ukraine. This change reflects not only the desire 
of many contesters around the world, but also of a large majority of 
members of the CQ World Wide DX Contest Committee."