WQ6X Strolls thru a Strange September Contest Weekend

The second contest weekend in September is a mixed consortium of 48-hour vs. Sprint
contests as well as a [ho-hum] State QSO party and the FOC Cw contest wrapped all around it.

• [X] - FOC QSO Party (24-hours)
  
• [X] - Worked All Europe (WAE) Ssb contest (48-hours)
  
• [X] - Alabama QSO Party (12-hours)
  
• [X] - NA Sprint CW Contest (4-hours)
  

The FOC GiG allows me to test-run Cw-keying in conjunction with the Stereo-CW technique
I am so enamored with - so VERY useful in the NA Sprint Cw GiG.

While the WAE contest may have run 48-hours, being a Europe-only GiG, there weren't a plethora
of EU Ssb stations to be worked; especially as a QRP station.  Of course, I later discovered that there
IS NO QRP category in the WAE GiGs.  Nevertheless, at least I was able to say I gave it a GO.

When it comes to the 4-hour CW Sprint GiG, I had THIS to say in the 3830 Score posting:

20-meters seemed to fold-up rather quickly, moving the morass of leap-froggers down to 40-meters. 80-meters was largely a Left-coast (CA & OR) affair. For whatever reason, 70+ of the stations worked asked for a REPEAT of the NR - EVERY TIME. REALLY? Wassup with that? Then while I am repeating my NR, the call-in VULTURES obliterate the frequency with their callsigns, requiring yet another repeat. AD Nauseam.

The Albama (AQP) GiG was not much better.  I had THIS to say about AQP:

This is the 1st AQP GiG from KN6NBT's QTH in Ramona - QRP no Less. The band condx. between CA and AL were quite good, so WHERE were the AL OPs? There were POW/MIA stations on in AL but no AQP internet spots and virtually no activity heard from So. California. Wassup with that?

I guess, more than anything, this weekend was about trying out a number of disparate
contest GiGs by way of the newer STN-2 laptop at the W7AYT remote operation.

In coming posts, look for some newly added audio enhancements for this portable operation.