Wednesday, January 28, 2026

WQ6X Wonders about Winter Field Day Weekend

En-route to Alameda to setup a remote run of the now annual Winter Field Day (WFD) and the BARTG RTTY Sprint contests, I got to musing over this particular weekend from years past - a
sort of Blast from the Past look.  Unlike the ARRL [summer] Field Day GiG in June, the January WFD event is more a worldwide event than just a domestic one.  Indeed, it is run by the Winter Field Day Association.  ([CLICK HERE] to see their website and [CLICK HERE] to read the rules.)

While the Winter Field Day event has been around for over 10 years, it would seem that
WQ6X has only engaged in this GiG twice:

  • [X] - 2o25 - WQ6X Wings yet another Weird Winter Field Day
  • [X] - 2o24- WQ6X Works another Weird (but WooLY) Winter Field Day
(2o24)- WQ6X Works another Weird (but WooLY) Winter Field Day
It's actually surprising to me that I didn't officially discover the WFD event until 2024,
when you consider that the GiG has been around since 2015.

(2o25) - WQ6X Wings yet another Weird Winter Field Day
The enjoyment of running the 2024 WFD GiG encouraged me to do it again.
 
And of course, (2o25) becomes (2o26).

StaY TuNeD to find out how 2o26 turned out.


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