WQ6X Works a Weird Dual-Remote ARRL Dx Contest

wOw!  What Can I SaY?

Every radiosport weekend I look for opportunities to run GiGs from multiple callsign entries. 
For the 2024 ARRL Dx Cw contest, I setup KN6NBT' Ramona station to run WQ6X @ QRP Power throughout the weekend.  Midway thru the event, I created a separate log for K6QLF (the Alameda club's callsign) and put 2-Dozen QSOs in that log during a demonstration of remote radio operating
for ARCA - The Amateur Radio Club of Alameda; later that afternoon, I added another 26-QSO's running the K3/0-Mini from my Alameda office.  This added a 2nd log to WQ6X's 3830 Contest
Score List.

Various (unfortunately necessary) logistics kept me out of the operator chair until finally @ 03:51z. 
WQ6X opened the Dx contest on 40-Meters.  Running QRP, at first it seemed that while Numerous EU stations could be heard in Ramona, they couldn't hear WQ6X's QRP Signal on the other end.  Approximately an hour into operating, EU Propagation became 2-WaY resulting in 87-QSOs in the
log by midnight before taking a 2-hour sleep break.  An early 40-Meter opening to JA made things interesting and then quickly fizzled.

At 10:24z (2am), I awoke to a beautiful JA and Asia PIPELINE.  WQ6X settled in on 7020.20
and added 42 QSOs to the LoG.  After another sleep break, 15-QSOs were added to the log
in 25 minutes, followed by one more sleep break.  

Before heading over to the Oakland Yacht harbor (in Alameda) to give the remote demonstration,
a check of the high bands was made, ensuring that the Stepp-IR yagi is still running as ToP-NoTch
as it always does. At first, 20-Meters was a frustrating exercise spent on 20-Meters with sporadic results, similar to Friday evening.  Switching to 15-Meters found the band quite lively. 
Eventually, 4-QSOs were added to the WQ6X LoG on 15-Meters.

Arriving at the Yacht Club and setting up, 15-meters was even MORE Alive , encouraging
K6QLF to not only put 24 QSOs in the K6QLF LoG, but also call "CQ Dx Test K6QLF - K6QLF". 
For the demonstration, I ran the power-level up to 95-w, giving the the Reverse Beacon Network
(RBN) statistics a chance to report on who was hearing our call from Ramona (Southern) California.

While making the drive to W7AYT's QTH in Concord, another ham put the station in receive-mode
to up his code-speed.  We hope to add him to the operating roster this year.  From Concord, the rest of the 48-hour ARRL Dx Contest running as WQ6X @QRP Power was when/where the action actually happened.

Saturday afternoon, arriving in Concord, the K3/0-Mini was configured into the famous WQ6X
Stereo-Cw filter configuration.  When running "Run" frequencies at QRP-power, using Stereo-Cw creates a near 145-degree aural-spatial listening experience.

Depending on the frequency settings of the individual QF-1A filters, higher-pitched signals can either manifest on the Left-side or Right side of the listening experience; tuning THRU a signal shifts it from one side of the listening experience to the other - almost as if the sound is actually travelling "through" your head.  (This BTW is how binaural-beats work.)

I purposely prefer using the N1MM+ logging software to run the radio(s) as it provides a FULL 12 function keys (F1 - F12) to auto-send an array of different operational messages.  Because things have become so WEIRD lately, function key 12 (F-12) has been configured to send "W E I R D". 
With the space characters it even SOUNDS weird when sent over the air, emphasizing the point.

A typical use of the F-12 ("Weird") key happens when a DX station calls CQ again and again. 
All along, I (and possibly others) call him with no reply.  After 3-calls, out of frustration I send his callsign followed by mine (Ex: DX1DX de WQ6X WQ6X).  When met with continued silence, I fill-in that silence with the F-12 Key.  Often, 10-seconds later he is back (blindly) calling CQ, even if I have now claimed the frequency with my OWN CQ.  Now, if he starts CQ'ing, either he is NoT listening before transmitting, he is otherwise inept, his receiver and/or antenna; Or, he just does NoT care.

In retrospect, it amazes me how quickly the actual DX Cw contest happened after having published
a BLAST from the PAST Blog Entry about the ARRL Dx Contests overall.  I will include this same link 
for the up-coming Blog write-up on the up-coming ARRL Ssb contest.

DiD YOU work the ARRL Dx CW Contest?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?