WQ6X runs another All Asian Operation remote SO2R (NoT!)

This year's All Asian Ssb GiG has to qualify as one of the WEIRDEST I have every run, and I have run a diversity of events for A.A. Ssb, from a portable operation in Alameda (2010), a camp site atop Mt. Abel (8300' N/W of LAX in 2011) and a kitchen portable setup from N6GEO's cabin in Twain Hart (2012).  Since the beginning of the WQ6X Contest Blog in 2013, a number of events have been documented:

• [x] - 2013 - Single-OP from N6GEO's QTH in Brentwood.
• [x] - 2015 - Onsite @ NX6T in Fallbrook.
• [x] - 2016 - WQ6X joins up with NX6T for All Asian Ssb
  
• [x] - 2017 - WQ6X runs A.A. Ssb from SF East Bay. 
• [x] - 2018 - WQ6X runs another A.A. Ssb from Concord.
• [x] - 2019 - WQ6X dual-OPs A.A. Ssb w/NX6T from W7AYT.
• [x] - 2020 - WQ6X joins up again with NX6T for All Asian Ssb.

For 2021, because the Concord location has been a signal vortex in recent months, my thinking was to run as WQ6X remotely from N6GEO's QTH in Twain Hart.  As I recall, there is a beautiful clearing in the Northwest direction from the back of the lot.

Along with All Asian, there was the CWOPS Open 3-Part GiG (altho I missed Parts 1&2) and a pair of state QSO parties (COQP & TNQP).

With the announcement that NX6T from Anza would be "Dark" for Labor Day weekend, thoughts turned to what should be done with this radiosport weekend.  It occurred to me that with 2 K3/0 setups (a K3/0 in Concord and a K3/0-Mini in Alameda) that it should be possible to remote into N6GEO's Twain Hart location, instead of making the 3+ hour trip to the cabin (fire smoke permitting).

It took most of Friday afternoon to correctly activate the K3/0-Mini setup; just in time to work JA7YRR @01:04z.  After that (repeated throughout the weekend) - NoThing!  All too often on 20, I would hear the same 3 JA stations; all loud - and no one else.  My guess is when the 2021 results are tabulated, participation-level for this year (compared to 2019-20) will be reduced by ~25%.

Considering that first QSO to be flukey, it was back to Concord to fluke together an N6GEO connection using the original K3/0.  Getting radio access to the Twain Hart station by way of
an Ethernet -> wireless connection was the easy part.  Controlling the RRC-1258 interface box,
not so easy.

The K3/0 units give DVK access to the remote K3 transceiver, which allows recording the standard
4 contest messages (CQ, EXCHG, TU & WQ6X).  With the DVK, I was able to run frequencies and Search & Pounce.  To run Cw, I had to resort to drastic measures, I inadvertently ended up running SO2-IR (SO-1R + Internet radio).  What that meant for this operation was to use the K3/0 to listen from N6GEO's QTH (kinda like using it as an SDR) and transmitting from the WQ6X setup in Concord.

I'm sure that doing this violated all kinds of rules, so I submitted the logfile for those events
as a CHECKLOG; I simply wanted the experience of doing this and didn't care about actual log placement in the results.

It wasn't until Monday (after the contest) that I realized it would have been possible to run Cw from N6GEO by rerouting the Cw RIG-Expert's Cw cable from the on-site FT-1000mp to the K3/0's Cw paddle jack - real obvious when you think about it.

While the scores this weekend were barely passable, more important was the opportunity to try different remote setups and overall, make a few QSOs here and there, with repeatable success.
Having access to the Stereo-Cw concept (documented last week) made pileup running easier.

DiD YOU work any of the radiosport contests this weekend?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?