We had great weather and great participation in the September 2017 Willamette Valley Summit-to-Summit Party. Fourteen operators on ten summits - that's a bunch of S2S contacts to be made!
Most folks were using a HT at just 5W, and many had some kind of improved antennas, including roll-up j-poles, several 3 element homemade yagis, and a 5/8 wave mag mount - signals were pretty good all around - enough for a contact from High Rock, WA to Marys Peak over 171 miles!
Here's who joined our Party on the Air -
Mark-KE7MSU on Marys Peak
Scott-KI7EMX on Wildcat Mountain
Mark-K7EEX on Peak 3058
Dan-KG7VAK with James on Table Rock
Carrie-K7CAC and Kevin-KE7K on Mount Sylvania
Kim-KI7NQN and Etienne-K7ATN on Silver Star (WA)
A guest appearance by Tim-KG7EJT on High Rock (WA)
Phil-NS7P and Jim-AF7JT on Sheridan Peak
Brian-AF7MD and Steve-KI7HYF on (South) Saddle Mountain
Britt-K7BDB on Mount Scott
The 2m FM event was followed a 2304 MHz SSB contact over 106 miles between KE7MSU and K7ATN with signals S8 or better, and an easy FM contact on 1296 MHz over the same path.
Previous S2S Party After-Action Reports:
http://www.pnwsota.org/content/portland-urban-s2s-party-after-action-report%20
http://www.pnwsota.org/content/willamette-valley-s2s-party-after-airwaves-cooled
http://www.pnwsota.org/blog/w7tao/2015-may-19/puget-sound-s2s-recap
Willamette Valley Summit-to-Summit Party - September 2017
