WQ6X Creeps thru another NAQP Cw Contest GiG

This NAQP was a TesT of whut I THINK my understanding IS of the worldwide RBN system. 
LooKing back to yesterday, I Dunno if I "passed" or "failed".  While another weird, wandery Cw contest, the NAQP GiG transformed an outside HoT into a CooL world of CooL Cw; whatever
THAT Means.

Because this was a Local (i.e. NoT a Remote) Operation, the full array of external audio filters was available to tweak the weakest of weak signals.  Altho analog, the QF-1A filters (one for each ear)
are AMAZING in the PEAK position; almost TOO GooD.  This weekend, much of the time the FT-1000mp's eDSP was turned on (NR: B-setting) to clip the annoying tops off the noise (in the
left ear).  For Ssb, it turns out the NL diodes in the MFJ-752C accomplish much the same result.
Analog + Digital is Truly superior to either mode alone.

Being a part of Team #1 for the Southern California Contest Club (SCCC), I was going to Gopherit, however I wasn't going to go all out (SO2R and all that); for me, 12 hours is not long enough to make that happen.  My goal was to spend time leveraging RBN (Reverse Beacon Network) spots for the upper bands to "force" openings that might not have happened otherwise.  In the process, unexpected multipliers can be added to the log.  (This year the multiplier/QSO ratio was 81 / 209 ~38.8%)

NAQP was begun by WQ6X calling CQ on 10-meters.  Almost out of nowhere, 5 stations (MD, SD, CO, NM & CA) were added to the log; later, 2 California stations gave me the CA Mult on 10-meters and an extra 2-points.  On the other end of the radio spectrum, 5 160-meter QSOs made it into the log; after which things were eternally quiet (i.e. time to switch back to 7044.94).

On 15 meters, the RBN listed no SPOTs for WQ6X (except CO), despite, Wkg CA, CO & PA.  Signals would literally JUMP out of silence, only to disappear 5-seconds later.  Making a run frequency work on 20-meters didn't happen until 01:26z on 14037.37.  While 20-meters produced nearly 40% of the QSOs, it was largely a disappointment (compared to years previous).   

By 02:00z it was Search & Pounce time, not finding a run frequency (7044.94) until 02:39z, which produced callers until 03:38 when a switch to 80-meters (3535.35) was made with only mediocre results.

After the contest was over, I remembered that nearly 2 years ago a "BLAST from the Past" write up was written about the NAQP Cw GiG. ([CLICK HERE] to read that.)  While the NAQP GiGs aren't necessarily my favorite because they are only 12-hour events, an upside to them is that they are
only 12-hour events - GO Figure.

DiD YOU Work the NAQP Cw Contest?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?

P.S. If you look closely, you will notice a Radio Shaft DSP-40 audio-DSP unit being given consideration for inclusion to the morass of external audio filters currently in use.