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 Adams1630 - 1729 Grant1729 - 1803 Douglas1803 - 1851 Chelan1851 - 2031 Kititas2031 - 2140 Yakima2140 - 2210 Klickitat2210 - 2310 Benton2310 - 2344 Franklin2344 - 2359 Walla Walla
September 19, 2021 (UTC)
Time (UTC) County
0000 - 0130 Walla Walla0130 - 0211 Columbia0211 - 0253 Garfield0253 - 0334 Asotin0354 - 0440+ Whitman1600 - 1630 Spokane - Pend Oreille1630 - 1651 Spokane1651 - 1736 Stevens1736 - 1931 Lincoln1931 - 2047 Ferry2047 - 2117 Okanogan2117 - 2233 Douglas2233- 2359 Grant
+ longer if conditions warrant