Winter Field Day 2018 was held at the Salvation Army EDS building 10629 Burt Circle and was a great success! Operating away from home and on temporary antennas made for 1500 bonus points. Two stations operated on 20 and 40 meters for most of the 24 hour operation period. 20 meters was set up in the conference room and was run on a battery, 40 meters operated from the SATERN radio room and ran from
a generator. Not using commercial power means another 1500 in bonus points. K0CTU also had a successfull contact via AO-91 one of the new cube sats... Another 1500 bonus points.
The group made 519 contacts during the operating period and had several visitors to the station. The powerline noise having been corrected meant stations from around the country were easily contacted, even with poor propogation of late.
Winter Field Day Association (WFDA) is a dedicated group of Amateur Radio Operators who believe that emergency communications in a winter environment is just as important as the preparations and practice that is done each summer but with some additional unique operational concerns.