BLASTS from the Past: The CQ W.W. Ssb Contest

In reviewing previous "Blast from the Past" Blog Entries, it was noticed that the CQ W.W. DX contest has not been given a retrospective.  This Blog entry is a step towards remedying that oversight.  LooKing back, my serious participation this event goes all the way back to 2011, altho the CQ W.W. Ssb event wasn't documented until 2013.  According to the WQ6X Contest Blog, these are the events WQ6X has participated in:

• [-] - 2011 -WQ6X SOABLP - 33rd-place W6
• [-] - 2012 - NX6T Multi-Single - 3rd-place W6
• [x] - 2014 - WQ6X Multi-Single w/N6GEO -1st-place W6
• [x] - 2015 - WQ6X Runs CQ WW Contest Solo from NX6T
  1st-W6, 2nd-USA, 2nd-NA, 14th WW
• [x] - 2016 - WQ6X operates the CQ W.W. Contest that BARELY happened
  SOSB(A)/10 LP  - 1st-W6, 2nd-USA, 2nd-NA, 6th WW
• [x] - 2018 - WQ6X Wanders thru another CQ W.W. SSB contest weekend at NX6T
  2nd-Place W6
• [x] - 2019 - WQ6X Teams Up w/NX6T for Triple Team Training - Multi-2 1st-Place for W6

While there are only 5 BiG wins in the CQ W. W. Ssb GiG, they are all memorable;

especially when you consider the obstacles up against in each of the events.  The events span a period of 9 years and therefore several different periods in Solar Sunspot Cycle.

Operations were made from the W7AYT, N6GEO and NX6T QTH's, as well as a remote operation from the Clarion Hotel in the SF East Bay.  Although each of these operations were quite different, individually they represented leveraging often marginal equipment setups, all good experience for emergency preparedness.

Do YOU work the CQ W.W. Ssb contests?

Is WQ6X, N6GEO and NX6T in YOUR Logs?