WQ6X Muses over NAQP Ssb Contest Events

For non-RTTY operators, the NAQP Cw and Ssb GGs mark the first radiosport events of the
new year.  Overall, NAQP GiGs are utter simplicity - we just send a NAME and a STATE/Province.  DX stations simply give us their name.

Since 2010 I have been running NAQP GiGs with the San Diego Contest Club.  I used
to make the 450-mile drive to Fallbrook to join up with team-NX6T for a mere 12-hour contest. 
When we moved our operations to Ramona (@KN6NBT) and Anza (@WA6TQT), opportunities enabled me to run a Single-OP operation during hours I am not in the NX6T operator position.

Because NAQP Ssb is largely a domestic contest, weird accepts/dialects are not much of an issue. 
With a fixed contest exchange (Name / QTH), the four radio voice memories can be pre-recorded before the contest starts.  If you are just running Search and Pounce (S&P), theoretically, you can
run the entire NAQP GiG w/o uttering a single word during the entire 12-hours.  (Running a frequency requires verbally saying the calling station's callsign BE-4 play one or more of the voice memories.)

A major feature of the NAQP GiG is to accomplish a multi-band Worked All States (WAS) in a mere 10-hours of Saturday operating.  Working all Canadian provinces is one NAQP contest event is less likely due to the lack of participation on the part of Canadian operators.

Because it is a radiosport contest, you will find the PACE of an NAQP event to be QUICK and SUCCINCT.  If this is new to you, start off by S&P'ing before tackling a run frequency - the first
time you encounter 10 stations calling you simultaneously can be quite daunting.  As you S&P,
listen to how those OPs manage to keep a run frequency under control.

A unique fear of NAQP GiGs is that multi-OP stations are allowed to run all 12 hours, while single-OP stations are limited to 10-hours max.  When I dual-OP or triple-OP NAQP events, the mandatory off time requirement is automatically resolved by operating other stations.  Otherwise, determining which 2-hours to not operate becomes an overall strate4gic decision that can affect you placement in the overall standings.

Do YOU work the NAQP Ssb contest GiGs?

Is NX6T, WQ6X or one of my 1x1 callsigns in YOUR LoG?