WQ6X Blast from the PAST: NAQP Cw - Part 2

Back in 2019, I wrote a Blast from the past Blog about the NAQP Cw contest. 
([CLICK HERE] to read that). To review the results for the following years, the
NAQP Results page was consulted - [CLICK HERE] to see that page. 
(Note that the August 2025 results have yet to be posted.)

As we come up on the 2o26 NAQP Cw GiG, I got to look back at the 12 events
which were run since that last Blog was posted.  This is whut we got:

• [X] JAN 2o20 - WQ6X Joins NX6T for NAQP Cw GiG
• [X] AUG 2o20 - WQ6X Reprises another NAQP Cw Dual-Operation
  
  
• [X] JAN 2o21 - WQ6X Helps navigate NX6T's NAQP Navigation
• [X] AUG 2o21 - WQ6X Creeps thru another NAQP Cw Contest GiG
  
  
• [X] JAN 2o22 - WQ6X Opens 2022 Cw Contest Season as a Dual-OP
• [X] AUG 2o22 - WQ6X Dual-OP's another NAQP Cw Contest
  
  
• [X] JAN 2o23 - WQ6X Runs a 1st-ever NAQP QRP dual-OP Contest
• [X] AUG 2o23 - WQ6X Dual-OPs a Solar-SLOGGed NAQP Cw Contest
  
  
• [X] JAN 2o24 - WQ6X Wangles another WEIRD NAQP-Cw WeekEnd
• [X] AUG 2o24 - WQ6X Dual-OP's Yet Another NAQP Cw Contest
  
  
• [X] JAN 2o25 - WQ6X Wangles another NAQP-Cw QRP Dual-OP
• [X] AUG 2o25 - WQ6X Dual-OPs another NAQP Cw contest

JAN 2o20
This was largely an NX6T operation for me.  Running as WQ6X from W7AYT's Concord QTH,
I managed to put a WHOPPING 42 QSOs in the log.  Joining up with N6KI at 01:00z we ran NX6T
until it finally ended at 06:00z.  As I noted in the Blog, a lot of interesting OP names were used,
in particular "YYZ", as a memorial to the passing of RUSH drummer, Neal Peart.
NX6T managed a 5th-place overall.

AUG 2o20
This was another DUAL-OP operation running 8-hours as WQ6X from the W7AYT Concord QTH and putting in two 2-hour shifts for NX6T.  In BOTH setups, our internet routers were RFI plagued: WQ6X on 20-meters and NX6T on 160 meters.  When it was all over, WQ6X put 63 QSOs in the log while NX6T managed a 6th place overall.

JAN 2o21
This event was one of the few NAQP GiGs that I did not dual-OP, for reasons that I can no longer remember.  We had plenty of operators requiring only two 2-hour stints on my part.  When it was
all over, NX6T took a distant 11th place.  At least we can say we were there.

AUG 2o21

This was another NAQP Cw GiG that was not a Dual-OP.   For reasons I no 
longer remember, NX6T could not muster a team together leaving me to run 
Single-OP from W7AYT.  When it was all over 192 QSOs made it into WQ6X's log.

JAN 2o22

For 2022 it was back to dual-OP'ing with WQ6X running from W7AYT's QTH using a newly
acquired Yaesu FT-2000 transceiver, which fit in quite nicely with the Stereo-CW method in use there.  When it was all over WQ6X managed 158 QSOs into the log and NX6T took a 9th place overall.  While nothing spectacular, it was nice to give the FT-2000 its first taste of the NAQP Cw contest.

AUG 2o22

This was the 2nd-time thru using the Yaesu FT-2000 in the NAQP Cw.
Most of the WQ6X op-time was spent cycling between 20-15-10-15-20...
In the Blog about this event I suggested that NX6T might have taken 1st place
for the Multi-2 category.  When it was all over WQ6X made a respectable (but not
award winning) 331 QSO log entry.  As predicted, NX6T DiD INDEED take a first place.

JAN 2o23

For this contest event, this was WQ6X's 1st-time running QRP (from Ramona) during
an NAQP Cw contest.  Thanks to a solar flux of 209+, this was a good time to be running
QRP The Space-WX was reasonably quiet until 01:30z when geomagnetic noise creeped
in (2+ days later, a CME hit and knocked the ionosphere around quite a bit).  When it was
all over, WQ6X had 225 QSOs in the log and NX6T took a lowly 10th place.

AUG 2o23

As it turns out, the Blog for this event was also a reverse chronological Blast from the
Past for NAQP Cw GiGs up to that point.  Therefore, this Blog is a reiteration of what was
said 3 years ago.  While the SFI was at a respectable 175+ the event was littered with Space-WX
storms giving us a K-Index of 4 throughout the event.  Despite all that chaos, NX6T managed to
take a respectable 3rd-place and out of nowhere, WQ6X's QRP run took 1st-place in the assisted
category.  GO FiGure!

JAN 2o24

This was a relatively uneventful NAQP event (as NAQP events go), with internet stability problems
(in BOTH Concord and Anza) being our biggest operating variable.  When it was all over, it would seem that BOTH NX6T and WQ6X took 8th place in their respective categories.  GO FiGuer.

AUG 2o24

By the time of this event WQ6X was getting quite used to running QRP from Ramona.
Putting in 8-hours for WQ6X and 4-hours (2x2-hour shifts) was enough to fill the 12-hour
contest operating period.  Overall, nothing outstanding was worth of note.

 JAN 2o25

This was yet another QRP dual-OP event.  Overall, nothing outstanding was worthy
of note, altho there had been a series of solar storms in the days leading to the NAQP
weekend.  When it was all over, NX6T took 7h-place while WQ6X took 3rd-place in
the QRP assisted category.  Another SFI-209 weekend certainly help things run more
intensely.

AUG 2o25

This was another QRP dual-OP with a surprise ending, altho until the results
are officially published we will not know.  This event found me dabbling in RBN
Stats and DXMap screens, looking to understand what was going on from a more
analytical angle.
When it was all over, the 3830Scores website suggested that NX6T took a 5th-place
and WQ6X manage a 2nd-place for the QRP assisted category.  We wait with bated
keyboards to know how it actually turned out.

Do YOU work the twice-yearly NAQP Cw contests?

Is WQ6X or NX6T in YOUR LoG?