WQ6X Works a WOBBLY QRP ARRL Dx Ssb Contest

What a difference a mere two weekends apart can make for the ARRL Dx Cw and Ssb radiosport GiGs; the Cw weekend, was robust and relatively noise-quiet, while the March Ssb event was quite modest and increasingly noise-prone.

Last November, I penned back-to-back Blog entries detailing why I love 48-hour contests
(in general) and the ARRL/CQ Dx contest GiGs (in particular).

This is what I originally wrote in November:

• [X] - WQ6X: Why I Like 48-Hour Contests
  
• [X] - BLAST's from the PAST 2.0: WQ6X in ARRL DX Contests
  These were followed by the write-up for the ARRL Dx Cw Contest.
  
• [X] - WQ6X Works a Weird Dual-Remote ARRL Dx Contest
  

To better understand what all happened during the ARRL Ssb GiG, look no further than the submission made to the 3830 Scores website.  [CLICK HERE] for to see the text below:

As mentioned above, the BiG Challenge for this sideband GiG was the "holes" in the voice waveforms caused by atmospheric noise-absorption.  As I mentioned in the recent Blog on Stereo Ssb ([CLICK HERE] to View), it seemed that all-too-often the K3's DSP-NR facility introduced significant voice-quality compromising artifact, whereas the Autek QF-1A filters (behind my use of the Stereo-Ssb process) introduces virtually NO artifact compromises.

This was important as the atmospheric noise-levels gradually increased as Sunday
progressed towards the final 4pm (PDT) end of a LoNG 48-hour DX contest.

When it was all over, my hopes for a 1st-place (overall) was DASHED by VE3WG who clearly surpassed the hard-earned WQ6X score; possibly having an Ontario QTH made the difference. 
Then again, 1st-place for USA is something to sincerely acknowledge - I am doing that here.

(Should I make a move to Ontario to enjoy better QRP conditions?) 
Then again, it's ALL up to results of the scored log submissions.

DiD YOU participate in the 2024 ARRL DX Ssb contest?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?