WQ6X runs another NAQP Ssb contest: ad-HOC All the Way

While the NAQP GiGs ARE a lot of fun, more importantly, they serve as a way of live-testing
the latest equipment configuration at the WQ6X portable operation with the Concord location.

For the January 2022 club meeting of the Amateur Radio Club of Alameda, as club president I am often called upon to make presentations of interest to club members.  Wrapping it up JUST in time
for the NAQP GiG, the club presentation was entitled: "WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE in the NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY".  (LooK for an upcoming YouTube video of this presentation.)

While the majority of club members are VHF operators, many are in fact interested in making a transition to HF when they upgrade their license in the near future.  They are already running traffic nets each week on VHF/UHF.  The club presentation was on how you can translate traffic handling skills into radiosport frequency running.

As part of the presentation I shared links with some of the past Blogs I have written on the subject
of the NAQP GiGs:

• [X] - Blast from the Past: NAQP Ssb Contest
  
• [X] - WQ6X's August 2020 NAQP Ssb Contest operation
  
• [X] - WQ6X Dual-OP Jan-21 NAQP Ssb Contest
  
• [X] - WQ6X Works another Weird Dual-OP
  

 From the video archives, this 2014 video showcases a couple of minutes of my 2014 onsite operation  @NX6T (then in Fallbrook). ([CLICK HERE])

A major advantage of the Yaesu FT-2000 transceiver over the previous FT-1000mp is the built-in
DVK (Digital Voice Keyer) facility in the newer radio w/o the need for an external memory/control unit, as is needed with the 1000mp.  Theoretically, N1MM should be able to play each of the recorded messages in the Yaesu.  The F2 message ("This is Ron in California") played perfectly, while the
F1-CQ message was chopped mid-way, altho pressing the F1 key on the radio called CQ perfectly.

During last weekend's NAQP Cw Contest [X] the Stereo Cw concept was confirmed using the FT-2000.  For this weekend one of the operational goals was to test-run the Stereo Ssb concept
(I wrote about last year) with the newer Yaesu radio.  While that test was a success, unfortunately,
a last-minute mic audio cabling problem kept me out of a remote OP position w/NX6T.

When it was all over, N1MM declares that WQ6X ran 7 hours and 37 minutes of actual OP time, which includes the hour I spent lounging Saturday evening "waiting for the bands to truly open up", which they truly DiD NoT - Oh WAIL.

It was of course AFTER the contest (as shown above) that the Space-WX finally settled down. 
If I had been paying attention, I coulda run the BARTG Sprint RTTY contest in addition to the NAQP GiG.  Then again, as I always say: "there is ALWAYS Next Year".

It would seem that NX6T took 3rd place overall in the Multi-2 category and 1st-place for San Diego, California and points West of the Mississippi - well done y'all; which I coulda put some OP-time in your GiG.  Next up for NX6T is the 160 contest; at least I can join THAT one.

DiD YOU play around in the NAQP Ssb contest?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?