The Radio Club of Tacoma is once again celebrating our Pacific Northwest cryptid families (Bigfoot) and their related cousins in the swamps of the southeast (Skunk Ape) with the
3rd annual National Sasquatch Awareness Day special event!
WATCH FOR CALLSIGNS - W7B, W7I, W7G, W7F, W7O, W7T, and the bonus station W4S!
DATES: 0000 Zulu (UTC) October 13, 2026, through 2359 Zulu (UTC) October 21, 2026
MODES: CW, SSB, FT-8/4, RTTY
BANDS: 80M, 40M, 20M, 17M, 15M, 12M, 10M
As always, the challenge is to try to contact all stations (including 2 contacts with W7O on different bands, dates, or modes) for the Big Stomp! And a new challenge this year is to contact all stations using the same mode (CW, Phone, Digital, Mixed).
QSOs will be posted in real-time, or at least nightly on QRZ!
REQUESTS FOR QSL CARD ONLY:
US residents please send a SASE to the address below.
Non-US residents please a self-addressed envelope, and $2 USD to the address below.
Radio Club of Tacoma
Dept: BIGFOOT
PO Box 11188
Tacoma, WA 98411
BIGFOOT CERTIFICATES
Anyone who contacts at least 1 Bigfoot Special Event Station can request the 2026 full-color BigFoot certificate. But the challenge is to contact ALL stations (including 2 QSOs with W7O stations) to spell out BIGFOOT!
To receive a certificate (and a QSL card) for this year's event:
Download and complete the Bigfoot Certificate form
Submit the Bigfoot Certificate form with a check or money order for $5 USD to the address below.
Radio Club of Tacoma
Dept: BIGFOOT
PO Box 11188
Tacoma, WA 98411
ALL requests for certificates MUST be received NO LATER THAN November 30th.
Certificates and QSL cards will be mailed out by January.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Please contact the program administrator at
SasquatchDay@outlook.com.
Please contact the program administrator at
SasquatchDay@outlook.com.
