[SFDXA] CQ to Limit Contest Participation by Stations in Russia, Belarus and Donbas

[Bill]

CQ WPX Contest Blog <https://cqwpx.com/blog/>


  CQ to Limit Contest Participation by Stations in Russia, Belarus and
  Donbas Region Due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2022
Contact: Rich Moseson, W2VU, Editor
w2vu at cq-amateur-radio.com

STATEMENT OF CQ COMMUNICATIONS, INC., REGARDING CQ CONTESTS AND THE 
RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

(Northport, NY 17 March, 2022) – CQ Communications, Inc., publishers of 
CQ Amateur Radio magazine and sponsor of the CQ World Wide DX and WPX 
Contests, announced today that in light of the invasion of Ukraine by 
Russia and Belarus, it will not accept competitive entries in any of its 
sponsored contests by amateur radio stations in Russia, Belarus or the 
separatist Donbas region of Ukraine (unofficial D1 prefix). Logs 
submitted by these stations will be accepted only as checklogs. In 
addition, contacts with these stations by other participants will have 
zero point value and will not count as multipliers.

This is in line with a similar action taken by the Radio Society of 
Great Britain, following the lead of other international sports 
federations around the world.

“We regret the need to take this action,” said CQ Publisher Richard 
Ross, K2MGA, “and recognize that the vast majority of our fellow 
amateurs who are affected by it are innocent bystanders who had no role 
in their government’s decision to invade another sovereign country. 
However, in light of the great suffering being inflicted without cause 
on the people of Ukraine by Russia’s leaders, we cannot in good 
conscience stand by and do nothing.”

The CQ policy will take effect with the 2022 CQ WPX SSB Contest on March 
26 and 27. Future events will be considered on a case-by-case basis, 
depending on the situation at that time.
https://cqwpx.com/blog/cq-to-limit-contest-participation-by-stations-in-russia-belarus-and-donbas-region-due-to-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/
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