[CQ-Contest] Locust QSO Party Thursday night

[Ken Keeler]

K6VVA attempted to post an announcement of a novel 51 minute QSO 
party on the CQ-Contest  a few days ago.  It was rejected by the 
reflector administers, for little justification, stating that it was 
"over the top".  I agree that it is an unusual format, but so 
what.  Let the contesting community make their own decision on 
whether this mini-contest is worthy or not.

Most of the 'big gun' community don't bother with the Thursday night 
mini-contests sponsored by NCCC, but many across the country find 
these practice events worthwhile, and fun.  The LQP format has 
handicapping so that "Little Pistols" with small antennas and no amps 
can compete (score-wise) with bigger stations.  Now, that's a novel approach.

Locust QSO Party rules are at:  http://www.k6vva.com/lqp51.  Judge 
for yourself whether you want to participate, don't let the reflector 
bosses decide for you by rejecting the contest announcement. Whose 
reflector is this?

If this message makes it past the censors, I'll know that they are 
reasonable men.

N6RO