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2008 LQP (Locust QSO Party) Rules are now at: http://www.k6vva.com/lqp51
RE:
Announcing: 2008 LQP (Locust QSO Party) ? General Info ? Rules are at:
http://www.k6vva.com/lqp51
The closest thing to a ?Level Playing Field? is the LQP (Locust QSO
Party), and the 2^nd running will take place Thursday, January 24, 2008,
at 6PM (PST - before the NCCC SNS and NS). The change from January 17^th
is to avoid conflict with another Thursday Night operating event. I had
planned to sponsor LQP #2 during 2007, but some Alaska Contest-Peditions
got in the way J
If you think the LQP is for Contest Sissies, think again. See who some
of the players were in the 1^st LQP and read all the LQP soapbox
comments at: http://www.k6vva.com/lqp/LQP50_SOAPBOXCOMMENTS.pdf . Kudos
to the ?Big Gun? sharp Contest Ops who cranked down their power and
demonstrated that ?skill? is still important.
LQP Category Award NCJ Subscription Winners from the 1^st LQP in
January, 2007, were: K1GU, W9RE, W7WHY, K6XX & VE3NBJ. No
KH6/KL7/KP2/KP4 or VE5/VE6/VE7/VE8 category log entries were received
last year, so the equivalent NCJ Subscription $$$ were given to the NCCC
for CQP and NS Awards use. Hopefully, there will be activity and log
submissions for NCJ Subscription winners from all categories in the 2008
LQP, including the THREE new additional entry categories:
1. ?Non-W/K/VE North America? entry category (XE1KK will love this)
2. ?LQP/NS NOOB? entry category (for those who did not play in the LQP
last year and have never shown up for an NCCC NS)
3. ?LQP Green Power? entry category (for battery/solar power only operation)
A few new tweaks to the LQP Rules include :
1. 80m and 40m DuoBander (to help mitigate skip condx problems
experienced last year)
2. TWO Locust ?Secret Swarmer? stations (a/k/a ?Mini-Locusts?) for
additional Bonus Points (one on the East Coast, and one in Central USA).
The latter should also give even the teenie weenie Little Pistol Contest
Station operators a chance to score some Bonus Points on either 40m or
80m depending upon skip condx. You won?t know who the Locust Secret
Swarmers are until you work them, so this should be an enticement to
call anyone and everyone for a QSO. When someone responds to your CQ
LQP, you never know ? it just might be a Locust Secret Swarmer with some
surprise Bonus Points J
3. This year the NCCC NS format offers Little Pistol stations even more
opportunities to rack up Q?s in the LQP.
Thursday Night, January 24^th , 2008 (USA Time) offers you 96 minutes of
Contesting Fun with two nice pee breaks sandwiched in-between if
necessary: LQP @ 51 Minutes (hosted by K6VVA), followed 9 minutes later
by the SNS @ 15 minutes (hosted by W9RE), and 15 minutes after that the
NCCC NS @ 30 minutes (hosted by N6RO). If your adrenalin is still
pumping at 8PM (PST), join us for the Post-NS NCCC Thursday Night Net on
3610 Khz (hosted by N6RO). You might want to cancel any vacation plans
that would keep you away from all the Contesting related fun that starts
at 6PM (PST) on January 24^th J
The 2008 LQP (Locust QSO Party) Rules are available at:
http://www.k6vva.com/lqp51 .
73 & Hope to work you in the new & improved fast-paced 2008 LQP?
Rick, K6VVA * The Locust
*Celebrating 51 Years as a Licensed Amateur Radio Operator
* C6AVA, KL8C (Trustee), KP2CW (Trustee)
*Co-Founding Member, NCCC
* FOC #1845 (Ex #845)
* A-1 Op
* DXCC, WAZ, WAS, etc., etc.
* CQP San Benito County Record Holder
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