WQ6X Works an UNWEILDY BARTG Radiosport Weekend

wOw!  It's a GooD Thaing I revamped the F-12 "WEIRD" Button as it was used heavily to
resolve the onslaught of RTTY Rambuncousness.  Unique to the March BARTG RTTY contest
is its unique starting time: 02:00z.  As it turned out, the 1st-actual contact didn't occur until 06:35z.
Also unique to the BARTG GiG is the requirement that we send the Time-of-Day (in 24-hour format) as part of the overall EXCHANGE.

For this weekend, the Anza remote station was already pre-committed, altho Ramona remote
station ("Cliffside") was available (minus 160m which is not used in RTTY contests anyway). 
Neither Anza or Ramona have on-site RTTY soundcard capabilities, requiring I bring in a
(previously retired) RigExpert PLUS soundcard interface, keying the radio by way of the
K3's VOX facility.  

Altho the RigExpert uses what looks to be a convoluted morass of audio/com-port cables,
there is actually a method-to-its-madness, allowing AFSK RTTY to be run remotely on virtually
ANY remotely-run radio operation, with some caveats.  Pulsing internet dropouts in Concord,
make RTTY-running a unique challenge. 

 
To resolve this unique situation somewhat, CQ (F1) and TU (F3) message tones were pre-recorded
into the K3's DVK memories.  While that handled much of internet-disconnection problem, the DVK playback audio-quality is not nearly as "CRISP" as that played directly in real-time by the RigExpert PLUS.

With the already existing morass of cables in the Concord QTH's radio installation, the WQ6X
remote RTTY approach is just more of the same.  With all this in place, a relatively-low Solar
Flux Index (SFI) conspired to keep signal levels weak and band openings shorter than normal.  Fortunately, BARTG is a 48-hour contest, offering multi-opportunities for each band; as it turned
out, it certainly was needed.

The backdrop for this weekend was the multi-mode Russian DX contest and the ill-fated VA QSO Party.  Carefully reading the rules for the Russian GiG, it was noted that the QRP category was only available for multi-mode operations.  Somehow, an Ssb contact would need to make it into the log
at some point in the 24-hour contest - which happened on 20-m in the evening with a ZL2 Ssb QSO.  S57EA made only 2-Ssb QSOs on 20-Meters.  WQ6X took 4th place overall and 1st-place for NA.
For the BARTG event, WQ6X took 2nd-place for NA behind K2YG and 4th-place overall.

With all the above behind me, there was NoThing else left to do than post the scores
on the 3830 Scores Website and eventually submit the logs.

DiD YOU work any of the above events?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?