Put it on your calendar, September 14th, PacNW SOTA VHF Summit to Summit distance event! The goal is to get as many LONG DISTANCE S2S contacts. We are timing this to cooincide with the ARRL September VHF contest, which starts at 1800 UTC, or 11am PDT.
We'll plan on starting around the same time, that way if anybody has trouble getting enough S2S contacts to make the activation count, there will still be people around you can make contact with. Plan on 2M FM, 146.58 for the primary frequency with a backup frequency of 146.56.
This past weekend a group in Spain did a similar event this past weekend and, despite some wet and miserable weather, had numerous long distance contacts including a few S2S in excess of 150 miles and at least one unconfirmed contact of 280 miles. I think we can beat 150 miles with a little effort. In order to help with that, try to post where you'll be and what equipment you'll be using, I will add it to the map to help others visualize and plan. Try to keep the equipment simple, low watts and good antennas, we'll rely on line of sight vs just blasting out your power.