WQ6X Wades thru WALLs of Space-WX NoiSe to work the World

Due to Saturday participation in the Alameda Shindig representing Toastmasters clubs in Alameda,

a BiG part of the radiosport time was already over by the time of my 02L00z starting time in Concord. 
A number of intertwining events were on the air including:

• The MIQP, NEQP and ONQP QSO Parties.
• WAPC (Worked All Provinces in China) - which always offers high hopes
  and ends up being a DuD, virtually every year.
• The CQMM Cw Contest (with this year's longer operating period) which rewards
  stations who work my QRP signal with a 10-X point bonus.

This contest weekend was littered w/solar storms, creating HUGE walls of noise. 
You've heard me about weird - well on Sunday, the propagation was so WEIRD
(How Weird was it? - Ed.) that stations w/the best signals seemed to come from 90-degrees
eastward of whatever direction the Stepp-IR yagi was pointing.  (Ex: I2FT calling in on 14.030
from AZ:351 - now THAT's Weird).

Right after the ONQP ended (18:00z on Sunday) the 3rd wall of noise made its way to Ramona.  Fortunately, the CQMM's 23:59:59z ending time offered to frog-hop between 19, 15 & 20 meters,
with no band-change penalties.  

Then again, running QRP made it a challenge to get the message thru, which is when the array
of F-KEY messages are handy for sending "repeats" in many different ways.  Another "weird"
 one was a PY1 station asking for my "NR?" (number); there are no numbers, only "SEC?"
(which is close enough to continent).  Nevertheless, my response was to send "NAQ"
(North America running QRP).

While propagation paths seemed unpredictable, 10-meters eventually rewarded us with
an opening to South America (SA), with a pair of JA6 stations calling in when the Stepp-IR
was switched 180-degrees (from South America).  40-meters was LOADED with JA stations
who were unfortunately running Ssb, not the CQMM contest.

While the weekend left LoTs to be desired, it was a useful QRP exercise Experience.

DiD YOU work the state QSO Parties or the CQMM contest?

Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?