[Harc] Winter Field Day 2026!

[Austin Corbett]

I’ve been interested in trying to work some satellites, and it seems like
winter field day would be a great time to test that out, in support of
Jacob’s objective.

Does anyone have any experience with satellite ops?   Better yet, does
anyone have a couple of suitable Yagis?

I was just going to read up on that chapter in the ARRL handbook and try
building a couple but the timeline to get it right is a little tight for me.

Best,
Austin

On Fri, Dec 19, 2025 at 17:36 Jacob Partida via Harc <
harc at reflector.humboldt-arc.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone!
>
> Winter Field Day takes place during the last full weekend of January,
> which in 2026 is 1/24-0800 to 1/25-1300 PST. At the December HARC meeting,
> I believe we talked about setting up at Redwood Acres for the event.
>
> I was just looking through the rules and objectives here
> <https://winterfieldday.org/sop.php>, and felt inspired to start
> preparing and setting some personal goals. I figured I'd send out an email
> to get others thinking about WFD, too, particularly folks like me who are
> relatively new to amateuar radio and don't have much contesting experience.
>
> Here are the basic scoring rules...
>
>    - All ham bands *except 12, 17, 30, 60m*
>    - Three mode groups
>       - 1pt — Voice contact
>       - 2pt — CW contact
>       - 2pt — Digital contact
>    - One unique contact per band/mode combo is counted
>    - Score is total points multiplied by sum of objective multipliers
>    - Objective multipliers are:
>       - x1 Operate on 100% alternative power*
>       - x3 Operate away from home*
>       - x1 Deploy and make contacts on multiple antennas*
>       - x2 Make an FM satellite contact
>       - x3 Make a SSB or CW satellite contact
>       - x1 Send and receive at least one Winlink email*
>       - x1 Copy the WFD Special Bulletin
>       - x6 Make three contacts on six different bands*
>       - x6 Make three contacts on twelve different bands
>       - x2 Use at least two modes
>       - x4 Operate the event QRP
>       - x2 Operate six continuous hours*
>
> Last Winter Field Day, HARC W6ZZK had a final score of 1695 with 113
> contacts on voice and a multiplier of x15 (the completed objectives listed
> above with a *), with at least 3 contacts on 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, and 10m.
>
> I think it would be fun to try to beat the old score and knock out some
> more of those objectives. If need be, I'm happy to work with someone with
> more experience to lead the organization of the event. I will also be
> inviting some non-licensed friends and family to come check it out and
> maybe pick up a mic. Hopefully the weather isn't too wintery :)
>
> Anyways, I just wanted to get folks thinking about it. Happy Holidays!
>
> Jacob KO6JNQ
>
> Jacob Partida
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> Cal Poly Humboldt Marine Laboratory
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