WQ6X Opens 2022 Cw Contest Season as a Dual-OP

With the RTTY Roundup contest behind me, it was time to restart the 2022 Cw contest season by running a Dual-OP operation from W7AYT's QTH in Concord.  This year, the FT-1000mp has been moved "upstairs" awaiting the looking-into of running contests by way of some SO2-R (Single-OP 2-Radios) configuration.

Meanwhile, the newly-acquired Yaesu FT-2000 was given it's 1st real CW contest action, along
with running a couple of 2-hour shifts remotely with NX6T from our newest Super Station setup
at WA6TQT's QTH in Anza (So. California).  A couple of antenna towers in Anza were recently compromised by in-climate weather, requiring that we work our magic around the ways things currently are.  Because NAQP GiG's are 100-watt (max.) contest operations, the "strain" on
the antenna system is minimal at worst.

While the FT-1000mp runs Cw contests quite nicely, the FT-2000 color screen and analogue S-meter make for a more aesthetically enjoyable experience.  As I do with any transceiver brought into service at the Concord location, the radio memories were "carved up" into groups, always beginning with the WWV/WWVH/CHU standard frequencies, followed by the NCDXF Beacon frequencies and a number of 40/75 meter traffic net frequencies.  These frequencies allow a quick propagation check across the HF spectrum - useful when contemplating sudden/quick band changes in the middle of a radiosport contest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that the NAQP GiG is over, it would seem that NX6T scored 8th out of 16 worldwide,
took a 5th place for USA/NA and a 1st-Place for the SDG section.

For WQ6X, just showing up with the FT-2000 is all I was looking for. 
That much was certainly accomplished.

DiD YOU participate in the NAQP Cw Contest?

Is WQ6X or NX6T in YOUR LoG?