WQ6X Cobbles together a Weird 6-GiG October Radiosport weekend

On my blotter desk calendar, I've had the October 14th weekend filled w/shorthand notation
for some time, altho I had no idea what order the individual events would best produce a result. 
The only certainty was the fact that the MAKROTHEN RTTY GiG could only be run using the Yaesu FT-2000 installation @W7AYT's QTH in the SF East Bay.  The BIGGEST challenge was overcoming my laziness to make the drive to Concord Friday evening along w/morning commitments in Alameda
on Saturday - a compromise was indeed necessary.

Friday evening I remoted-in to Computer #2 in Concord; the laptop which controls the FT-2000 by way of a (Ukranian-made) RigExpert TI-5000, except, the RTTY transmit audio path somehow doesn't key the radio properly.  In the spirit of "When in Doubt CHEAT (but w/in the Rules), a patch-cable was run between the laptop headphone jack and the front-panel microphone plug into the FT-2000.

For general use of the Yaesu radio, the FT-2000RC software can be run remotely enabling
a crude form of knob-twiddling.  However, hew N1MM+ contest logger doesn't share the
COM port.  Until a com-port bridge is setup, either program can be run, but NoT BOTH together.

While there were six GiGs running that weekend, except MAKROTHEN, they all ran more-or-less
the same.  To make it easier to get the track of all the GiGs in context with one another we simply
need refer to the soapbox comments I posted on the 3830Scores website.

MAKROTHEN
Scheduling conflicts required that I run the FT-2000 in Concord
remotely from Alameda on Friday evening.  Saturday afternoon & early
Sunday morning, I was able to sit behind the radio and knob twiddle.
The space-WX was VERY accommodating for this GiG.  Working into EU
on 10-meters at 15:00z from California is QUITE a rarity - 'cept in radiosport.
The FT-2000 was run at around 70-watts into a droopy 8JK Cobra array
and a 3-element 10-m Long John yagi, which tunes nicely as a dipole
on 15-meters - Amazing.

OCDX - QRP
This was another ad-HOC QRP operation from Ramona.
The Elecraft K3/0-Mini ran a K3 in Ramona at 5-watts
in to a 3-element Stepp-IR yagi @55-ft on the hilltop.
Virtually all OC stations heard eventually heard WQ6X

PAQP - QRP
This year's PAQP made up for no-shows from SD and NV and dismal AZQP.
While I would've preferred MORE PA stations to play in this GiG having
access to another QP run on Sunday makes all the difference.
Altho only running QRP, it is safe to say that I was able to work
every PA station heard.  Using a 3-el Stepp-IR @55-feet certainly helped.
The internet spots for PA stations were more than plentiful.

NVQP - QRP
I have run many enjoyable NVQP events however, this year's NVQP GiG
was completely PATHETIC.  There were NO NV stations heard and NO NV
stations on the spotting nets.  I just happened to be looking for PA
stations (plenty of them) on 40-meters and stumbled onto W7ZR in Vegas.
Ramona is NEXT DOOR to Nevada, and yet - NOTHING  HuH?  W-E-I-R-D.

AZQP - QRP
This year's AZQP made up for no-shows from SD and NV.
While I would've preferred MORE AZ stations to play in
their own GiG, it is safe to say that while running QRP,
I was able to work every AZ station heard.
There were NO internet spots for AZ stations.

SDQP - QRP
I have run many enjoyable SDQP events - even one loading
the rain gutters on an Alameda house to work 20+ SD stations. 
However, this year's SDQP GiG was completely PATHETIC.
There were NO SD stations heard and NO SD stations on the spotting nets.
I just happened to be looking for PA stations (plenty of them) on 10-meters
and stumbled onto W0OJY.

DiD YOU work any of the above events.

HoW DiD it turn out for you?