Rats! I will not be able to participate in the 2024 Salmon Run. Hopefully next year will be a good one.
Jay, WA0WWW, and I will activate 20 counties east of the Cascade Crest. We will use my call of K7TQ. My truck has a Scorpion 680 antenna so we will be able to be on 80 through 10 m. We will be on CW only most of the time on either 20 or 15 m frequencies ending between 038 and 039, such as 14.0386 or 21.0383 MHz. Watch the RBN for K7TQ/county, or some combination of that, because we will add the current county to the callsign. You can work us each time we change counties or bands. Our sunset will be around 0210 UTC.
80 m: Based on success in previous Salmon Runs, we will be on 80 m, ~3.535 MHz, for the first five minutes in each county, including ALL the daylight hours. We should be able to work stations in WA, ID, OR, BC, and perhaps a bit farther away.
Here is our planned timeline and a Washington map with our route.
September 14, 2024 (UTC)
Time (UTC) County
1600-1627 WHI
1646-1722 ASO
1722-1804 GAR
1804-1843 COL
1843-1939 WAL
1939-2042 FRA
2042-2149 BEN
2149-2211 KLI
2211-2319 YAK
2319-2359 KITT
September 15, 2024 (UTC)
Time (UTC) County
0000-0101 KITT
0101-0144 CHE
0144-0339 DOU
0339-0630?? GRAN/LIN
1600-1640 GRAN/LIN
1640-1713 OKA
1713-1830 FER
1830-1950 LIN
1950-2115 ADA
2115-2212 LIN
2212-2257 STE
2257-2313 SPO
2313-2359 SPO/PEND
Here is a map of Washington with our proposed route