WQ6X Teaches HF and Runs CQ WW Ssb

Every 4th Saturday of the month, the Amateur Radio Club of Alameda (ARCA) hosts membership meeting; currently in person from the conference room @ the Oakland Yacht club on the waterfront
in Alameda.  For the September and October meetings, I gave a 2-part presentation on running HF radios, targeting in particular Technician class licensees as well as General/Extras for whom running on HF is new to them.

After the presentation I demonstrated running a Kenwood TS-590s on HF thru an LDG auto-tuner
into a V-shaped Buddi-pole antenna setup outside overlooking the yacht harbor.  The idea was to familiarize attendees with HF in order that we could put together a 5-hour November Sweepstakes multi-OP operation as K6QLF (Kilowatt Six Quebec London Foxtrot). 
Links to the talks can be found at ARCAHam.Org.

Radiosport-wise, I was just screwing around that weekend playing around with a number of station changes.  With so many things going on all weekend, the first QSO didn't happen until 02:50z on Sunday.  Luckily, the FT-2000 ran flawlessly into a 10-meter Long John yagi, which amazingly
enough, tuned AWEsomely on 15-meters as a rotatable dipole.  For 20 & 40 the usual 8JK Cobra dipoles, accomplished the job, although there was rampant RF all over the shack.

The solar storms that weekend sprayed noise all over the bands killing things Saturday evening,
so instead I made time for a 75-meter round table sked at 05:30z and then signed off for the night.  Conditions were only marginally better on Sunday - with the SFI only 135 (altho up from 122) with
A-Index=28 & K-Index=4 - Bummer Dewd!

Sunday morning, at 10:00z, looking for some sort of Asian opening on 40-meters every run frequency
I found was almost immediately BOMBARDED by RTTY QRM and what I call a "data burbler". 
At 11:00z the QRM came from what I call a "Data Spritzer" (that's what it sounded like), followed
up almost immediately by Bill-Bob and his brother Barney having their 6am ragchew up 1.2kc
from me - oblivious to the fact that I had been there for an hour already.  

Then, at 11:13z the7.160.60 run frequency became the National Tuneup Frequency - the NTF.

It certainly is a GooD thing I was just screwing around and not looking to submit any kind of a high score.  In that case I would want to run remote - 'cept I was too lazy to set any of that up; considering that I had missed over 1/2 of the contest operating period already.  The important CQ WW weekend
is the CW GiG, which happens after Thanksgiving.

DiD YOU work the CQ WW Ssb contest?

What WEIRDNESS DiD YOU encounter?