WQ6X Negotiates another Summertime NAQP RTTY Contest

The NAQP RTTY contest is an excellent event from which to learn RTTY contest operating procedure.  Because we send our Name and QTH, the information exchange becomes more personable, encouraging more exchanges.

This was another ad-HOC RTTY operation from W7AYT's QTH in Concord. It seemed like 80%+
of the contacts made required the use of a crow bar
or the jack hammer being stored in the garage here. 

The BiG disappointment was only 1 QSO on 15 meters. The BiG Surprise was a 10-meter opening yielding 20 QSOs, with a majority of them on the east coast. Sweeping the 3-el Long John yagi thru a 180-degree arc found callers. 

The beacons said the band was dead, and yet
real human operators proved the beacons wrong.
40-meters was a bit of a disappointment, altho
over a dozen stations were worked above 7.100. 

On the low bands, being able to switch between the CHA-250 Vertical and the 8JK-Cobra's often found
one antenna to be a better receiver.  Ironically the CHA-250 vertical often heard LESS noise than the 8JK-pair. 

Thank You Yaesu, for the A/B antenna button - the ability it enables is immeasurable.
The FT-1000mp ran full 100-watt RTTY no problem producing very little heat.  Front-ended by
an older but classic RigExpert PLUS unit, the Yaesu sends flawless AFSK.  My next goal is for
the installation to work in FSK mode instead of AFSK.  

The W7AYT QTH is evidently located in or near a receive signal vortex.  Particularly on 80/40
METERS, it seems the Yaesu "hears" way less than they "hear" me; almost a 3:2 signal exchange. 
I used to think the FT-1000mp front-end had been compromised.  As it turns out the ICOM 7000
also encounters the receive-vortex problem; pointing to the geographical location as the main culprit.

When it was all over, while I didn't post a SUPER score, I reached my personal operating-goal of at least 100+ QSOs; this year was 106.  DiD YOU work the NAQP RTTY contest?  Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?