WQ6X Blast from Past: ARRL 160-Meter Contest - Part 2

Earlier this year, I published a Blast from the Past Blog entry about the 160-meter contest ([CLICK HERE] to view that).  In preparation for this weekend's ARRL 160 contest, reviewing the 3830 scores
and WQ6X contest Blog postings, it would seem that the period 2015 - 2017 were not represented.
This is what happened 160-wise during those years.

• [X] - 2015 - WQ6X runs 2015 ARRL 160 contest remotely
  
  
  For the 2015 ARRL 160-Meter contest I was unable to make it to Fallbrook f
  or an NX6T multi-OP GiG.  Evidently neither could anyone else, so Dennis N6KI
  opted to run solo.  He offered up STN#1 for me to run remote after 1am local time. 
  Using the RCForb software I managed 6-hours OP time.
  
  
• [X] - 2016 - N6KI & WQ6X Dual-OP 160 Contest as NX6T
  
  
  This was one of those "winging it" operations
  on 160-Meters that netted us a 1st-place for the San Diego (SDG) section - not bad considering a barely functional coaxial inverted V @70' high.
  
  Overall, making this contest work was a function of persistence and clever operating to outwit the nitwits who like to blindly jump on run frequencies and claim them for themselves.  The irony is that because they are nitwits, they actually NEVER make any QSOs (our 1.3kw
  signal overpowers them).
  
  
• [X] - 2017 - WQ6X joins N6KI for ARRL 160 Contest
  
  
  This was an early rendition of operating NX6T remotely from my Alameda office.
  Like 2016, this GiG was all about dealing with LID operators.  What they quickly
  learn is that our 1.3kw signal easily overpowers them, however their intrusion is
  certainly an annoyance.
• [X] - 2021 - WQ6X Walks a Weird ARRL 160 Contest
  
  
  
  
  This was our 1st ARRL 160-meter contest from the WA6TQT Anza location.
  While we didn't make any amazing score, it was a great training exercise.
  
  
• [X] - 2022 - WQ6X Survives another 160-meter (barely) dual-OP Operation
  
  
  This was another dual-OP ARRL-160 contest using the newly acquired FT-2000
  transceiver to run locally while joining NX6T remotely from the Anza location.
  
  
• [X] - 2023 - WQ6X Works Another W00LY 160-Meter Contest
  This was another ARRL-160 Dual-OP operation making use of the recently acquired MFJ-993B auto tuner, which made the 8JK cobra antennas more-or-less resonate on 160-meters.  NX6T put in a good (but not award-winning) operation.  In both cases we could say we wuz there.
  
  
• [X] - 2024 - WQ6X Wings yet another WEIRD ARRL-160 Contest
  
  
  
  This was a 1st-time WQ6X QRP effort on 160-meters running from the WA6TQT Anza location. The goal was to set a QRP record for the ORG ARRL section and the Southwest Division - both of which were accomplished.  Running only 5-watts, sometimes even a crippled antenna can make itself heard when its wires are 100' above ground.
  
  

Overall, while the San Diego contest club has never leveraged a SUPER 160-meter event, our callsign is well known - enough to make it worthwhile enough to put a team together nearly every year.

Do YOU work the ARRL 160 contests?

Is NX6T or WQ6X in THOSE Logs?