2021 Salmon Run

Results

For the second time in 2021, my plans for a state QSO Party were squashed. Due to mechanical difficulties with my 2002 Ford Ranger, Mike and I were unable to take part in this year's Salmon Run.

The Plan

Mike, N7WA, and I will meet near the center of Washington Friday evening and on Saturday, September 18, and Sunday, September 19, we will activate all 20 of the Washington counties east of the Cascade Crest. We'll use my call of K7TQ. My truck has a Scorpion 680 screwdriver antenna so we will be able to be on 80, 40, 20, and 15 m. We will be CW only on 20 and 40 m frequencies ending between 038 and 039, such as 14.0386 or 7.0382 MHz. Watch the RBN for K7TQ/county, or some combination of that, because we'll add the current county to the callsign. You can work us each time we change bands or counties. Our sunset will be around 0210 UTC so after that we will be mostly on the lower bands.

80 m: Based our success in 2019 on 80 m, we will be on 80, ~3.535 MHz, for the first five minutes in each county, including ALL the daylight hours. We should be able to make contact with stations in WA, ID, OR, BC, and perhaps a bit farther away.

Here is our planned time line and a Washington map with our route.

September 18, 2021 (UTC)

Time (UTC) County

  • 1600 - 1630 Adams

  • 1630 - 1729 Grant

  • 1729 - 1803 Douglas

  • 1803 - 1851 Chelan

  • 1851 - 2031 Kititas

  • 2031 - 2140 Yakima

  • 2140 - 2210 Klickitat

  • 2210 - 2310 Benton

  • 2310 - 2344 Franklin

  • 2344 - 2359 Walla Walla

September 19, 2021 (UTC)

Time (UTC) County

  • 0000 - 0130 Walla Walla

  • 0130 - 0211 Columbia

  • 0211 - 0253 Garfield

  • 0253 - 0334 Asotin

  • 0354 - 0440+ Whitman

  • 1600 - 1630 Spokane - Pend Oreille

  • 1630 - 1651 Spokane

  • 1651 - 1736 Stevens

  • 1736 - 1931 Lincoln

  • 1931 - 2047 Ferry

  • 2047 - 2117 Okanogan

  • 2117 - 2233 Douglas

  • 2233- 2359 Grant

+ longer if conditions warrant