100% agreement with what Tree has said. 73...Stan, K5GO/ZF9CW
On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 10:23 AM Tree <[email protected]> wrote: > I also need to respond to this sentiment: > > "it's more important at this moment to get the word out > to the Russian public that their leader's ruthless behavior is scorned > and despised by the majority of the world's people." > > Perhaps - but I believe Vladimir Putin really is receiving that message > clearly already - and having some ham radio operators complain to him will > not really concern him. > > This is a scary thing for everyone in the world - and the people in Russia > are just as scared as we all are. Maybe the best way to get the message > out to the Russian public is to engage with them where we can. > > Tree > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 7:17 AM Tree <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Guys - I need to step in here. > > > > This is not what ham radio people do. > > > > The Russian ham that you are pretending to punish is not the person > > responsible for what is happening in Ukraine. > > > > Think about the situation if you were a USA ham - and some other ham > > decided not to work you because they did not like the decisions someone > in > > Washington had made. > > > > Throughout my ham career - I have enjoyed the opportunity to meet people > > in places that I was taught were bad places and become to understand that > > they were people just like me - and were perhaps more helpless to control > > their government than I can control mine. > > > > We all have worked Russians over the years - and I bet almost everyone > > here would be in the pileup if a station from North Korea came on the > air. > > > > I will always feel the best hope for humanity is to get to know each > other > > and understand each other's situation better and have some understanding. > > Ham radio is one way to break down the political barriers and get to know > > real people. > > > > I have kind of felt sorry for the stations currently using D1 as a > > prefix. They are just pawns in a chess game and through no fault of > their > > own, ended up in a situation where they couldn't get a license. They > came > > up with a work around that allowed them to get on the air. If I was in > > their situation, I would probably do the same thing. > > > > If Vladimir Putin were a ham, I could understand you deciding not to work > > him - but let's not pretend our friends who we have been working over the > > years are responsible. > > > > I will not tolerate anything less from the members of this list. > > > > 73 Tree N6TR > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 5:46 AM Pete Smith N4ZR <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> Yup. Me too. > >> > >> 73, Pete N4ZR > >> Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network > >> web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>. > >> For spots, please use your favorite > >> "retail" DX cluster. > >> > >> On 2/24/2022 8:03 AM, MU 4CX250B wrote: > >> > Good move, Mark. We all know the current assault on Ukraine is not the > >> > fault of our many good Russian ham buddies, and while I know we all > >> > wish them well, it's more important at this moment to get the word out > >> > to the Russisn public that their leader's ruthless behavior is scorned > >> > and despised by the majority of the world's people. > >> > 73, > >> > Jim w8zr > >> > > >> > Sent from my iPhone > >> > > >> >> On Feb 24, 2022, at 5:33 AM, Mpridesti via Topband< > >> [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >>> I plan to NOT work any Russian stations during the ARRL DX SSB > >> contest as > >> >>> I object to the in unprovoked war they started. > >> >>> > >> >>> Ukraine hams have already shut down. > >> >> Regards, > >> >> > >> >> Mark, K1RX > >> >> > >> >> _________________ > >> >> Searchable Archives:http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > >> Reflector > >> > _________________ > >> > Searchable Archives:http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > >> Reflector > >> _________________ > >> Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > >> Reflector > >> > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
