WW7LW Operates in 2017 Salmon Run
In Past years Chuck AC7QN and Rich KR7W operating as WW7LW in the WA State QSO Party - aka Salmon Run - would venture over to the east side of the state as a ROVER (now called EXPEDITION) station visiting 3 or 4 counties- sometimes from a county line. This practice stopped when KR7W sold his old VW EuroVan mobile ham shack. For the 2016 Salmon Run AC7QN, KR7W and WT7N ventured to Ferry County's San Poil River area and set up a camp site Expedition Station. That effort was fun but didn't provide the previous thrills of quickly setting up, operating for a time, tearing down, driving to a new county or county line, and repeating the process. The stationary expedition station also didn't provide other SR participants a chance to work some of the other hard to get counties. We missed, "Thanks for going there, guys!" kind of appreciative comments. After many hours of studying Google Earth... our plan was hatched: Day 1, Friday, Sept 15: From Tacoma... d