WQ6X Runs a 1st-time QRP Weird Prefix (WPX) RTTY Contest

Throughout the year 2023, I have been finding excuses to run radiosport contests at QRP power - RTTY contests in particular.  The January RTTY RU run with QRP power was a resounding success.  Because the WPX GiGs are truly world-wide events I took the opportunity to explore the world-wide aspects of running QRP power (<5-watts).

The newly acquired MFJ 949 IntelliTuner has made running QRP power much easier than running
a manual MFJ tuner last year.  The built-in wattmeter facility in the 949 gives a precise power output reading for the FT-2000 transceiver.  It turns out that altho the FT-2000 indicates we are running
5-watts, in fact the output power is closer to only 3-watts.

Also discovered this contest weekend is the fact that the 3-element 10-meter Long John yagi
is tunable by the MFJ-949 on 15-meters as a rotatable dipole.  While there is no gain from this approach, there IS directionality.  At other times, the yagi makes for a LOW-Noise receive
antenna, almost as good as a Beverage - AWEsome.

The BiG challenge for this year's WPX RTTY contest was of course Space-WX disturbances. 
During the 2022 event, while there were ALSO Space-WX disturbances, the SFI was a mere 117, compared to this year's SFI of a whopping 215.  As a result, upper-band conditions were not nearly
as bad as the A-Index and K-Index would have us to believe.

While every Weird Prefix contest has some weird things happening, this year (as you can see above) involved some unknown station attempting to EXTORT AB0RC into sending him money for some reason.  The jamming station went on and on for nearly a half-hour with his threat - WEIRD.

Because things are sometimes so weird, I have defined N1MM's Function Key 12 (FK-12) to send "WEIRD - WEIRD - WEIRD".  A typical weird thing is when a calling station frantically calls in (obliterating the other stations), I send him an exchange, and he promptly disappears. 
Some stations did this 3-times over the course of a half-hour - HuH?  (WEIRD!)

The REAL interesting statistic is looking to the Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) to determine where the WQ6X signal is being heard world-wide.   The problem with RBN reporting is that while our signal is being heard by SDR receivers in QTH's like EA8 (Canary Islands), if there are no HUMANS running a radio there, it simply becomes a tease that leaves me frustrated and wanting.

When it was all over, comparing the online score board to the QRP entries submitted to the 3830 scores website, I have NO idea what place the WQ6X QRP score actually took.  I get to wait for at least the preliminary scores to be published by the CQ contest team.

DiD YOU participate in the 48-hour WPX RTTY radiosport contest?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?