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Winter Field Day

Winter Field Day is coming up soon, on January 27 & 28th. And past year’s WVARA participants want you to have as much fun as we did.

WVARA will be taking over an area of Henry W. Coe State Park to operate four stations on CW, SSB and FM phone, and assorted digital modes, on all allowed bands from 3.5_MHz to 1.2_GHz. We plan to operate continuously from 11am-pst on Saturday through 11am-pst on Sunday.

We’ll start setting up a bit after noon on Friday, January 26th. All are
welcome to check out our set-up and participate.

Watch the WVARA “chat” group for details on our organization meeting, to be held online on January 22nd. For more details on Winter Field Day in general, see [ https://www.winterfieldday.org/ ].

To get there: As you drive toward the park on E. Dunne Ave. from highway 101 in Morgan Hill, CA, look for us in the first parking lot on your right immediately past the park’s entrance sign.

Another Winter Field Day in the books for WVARA

The weekend between 1/28/and 1/29/2023 marked another successful Winter Field Day endeavor for our association.

Originally scheduled to be held in Henry Coe Park, bad weather forced us to “relocate” to Mt. Madonna County Park.

The day started cold and foggy…

But we set up successfully and celebrated appropriately:

more setup:

Green light @ 11:00 AM PST on 1/28/2023:

And, of course, a gift from mother nature to make the experience truly unforgettable:

This was my first Winter Field Day but I highly recommend it to all the WVARA members. Join us next year! You will be glad ! ! !

73,

Max – W6BG