WQ6X Contest Activities: BLAST's from the PAST: November Sweepstakes Ssb (Part 2)

The days preceding the 2025 ARRL November Sweepstakes ssb contest, I got to looking back in the Ssb Sweepstakes past, since I wrote Part 1 of this Blog. ([CLICK HERE] to reread that Blog entry.)
Since then, I have written numerous Blogs about Ssb Sweepstakes. Here is what I found looking back in the archive:

[X] 2018 - WQ6X Signs up for another SSB Sweepstakes
[X] 2019 - SS-Ssb 2019: The Radiosport GiG that Faded into Obscurity
[X] 2020 - WQ6X Survives another Frazzled Dual-OP Sweepstakes
[X] 2021 - WQ6X Wanders thru a Weirdly Wonderful Ssb Sweepstakes
[X] 2022 - WQ6X dual-OP's another ad-HOC Ssb Sweepstakes
[X] 2023 - For WQ6X SS-Ssb is FULL of Surprises
[X] 2024 - What Do We SaY about Ssb November Sweepstakes?

2018 - WQ6X Signs up for another SSB Sweepstakes

It is amazing to look at the Solar Flux Index (SFI) in 2018 which was coming up to 75.
The antenna system @W7AYT's QTH underwent a complete overhaul enabling WQ6X
to operate from EB section when not putting hours for NX6T. While the 3000-point score
won no awards, at least the new antenna configuration got a thorough workout.
2019 - SS-Ssb 2019: The Radiosport GiG that Faded into Obscurity
This Blog post accomplish a pre-blog look back at Sweepstakes events I have run in the distant past. Overall, the operation that weekend was a tough run, with bands fading out prematurely. I bitched about the time wasted by saying "PLEASE COPY", made it necessary for repeats of Check and Section. The final result was a 1st-place for EB section and a 2nd for PAC Division.
2020 - WQ6X Survives another Frazzled Dual-OP Sweepstakes
The 2020 Sweepstakes was not much to get excited about other than taking another
1st-place for EB section and a 2nd-place for PAC division. I would've expected more competition, but evidently not. On the NX6T end of the contest, it would seem that we
took a VERY CLOSE 2nd-place behind WW4LL with a possible S-West Division win if
the Arizona Outlaws (AOC) were "asleep at the wheel".
2021 - WQ6X Wanders thru a Weirdly Wonderful Ssb Sweepstakes
This Sweepstakes was not super exciting, however NX6T and WQ6X both turned in super adequate results. NX6T claimed 3rd-place overall and took a 1st-place for the Southwest Division and San Diego section, while WQ6X earned 2nd-place for PAC Division and another 1st-place for East Bay (EB) section. Almost more important was enhancing the use of stereo Ssb audio to make frequency running more effective.
2022 - WQ6X dual-OP's another ad-HOC Ssb Sweepstakes
While this was truly an ad-HOC Sweepstakes operation, there is nothing ad-HOC about the results: NX6T took another 1st place for ORG section and Southwest division. Not only did WQ6X take 1st-place for East Bay (EB) section, but surprisingly received a PAC Division
winner plaque in the mail nearly a year later. Another ad-HOC aspect of this operation
was turning an Electro Voice 664 into a mic stand for the Heil headset microphone.
2023 - For WQ6X SS-Ssb is FULL of Surprises
For this event the goal was to run QRP remote from Ramona and set a Southwest Division section record, while assisting NX6T to a similar division win. When it was all over NX6T DiD take the division and a strong 2nd-place to WX4W. WQ6X of course won the division but set
a division record. The BiG surprise was finding out that the measly 46k point score was #1 Overall in the SOU (Single Op Unlimited) QRP category. wOw! How cool is THAT?
2024 - What Do We SaY about Ssb November Sweepstakes?
This year's November Sweepstakes event was a hopeful reprise of last year's division
wins and maybe more. It was also another opportunity to perfect the art of Stereo Ssb,
a hardware technique I have written about several times ([CLICK HERE]). When it was all
over, NX6T took 4th-place as a multi-OP while WQ6X took 3rd in the SOU QRP category. However, BOTH operations scored wins for the Southwest Division - how COOL is THAT?