{"id":2421,"date":"2025-11-07T22:10:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T06:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wvara.org\/wordpress\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:11:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T06:11:06","slug":"wvara-winter-field-day-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvara.org\/wordpress\/2025\/11\/07\/wvara-winter-field-day-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"WVARA Winter Field Day 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Winter Field Day is January 24-25, less than three months from now! &nbsp;So it\u2019s high time to mark that weekend on your calendar, and let your spouse know that you will be unavailable that weekend for non-radio responsibilities. &nbsp;(You can learn more about Winter&nbsp;Field Day at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/winterfieldday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/winterfieldday.org\/<\/a>&nbsp;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In preparation for this event, WVARA\u2019s Winter Field Day Site Selection Team (aka WWFDSST) had a very successful day today at Sunset Beach State Park near Watsonville. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Sunset\u2019s Pine Hollow Group Camp would be ideal as a WFD site, it&#8217;s closed for the winter. \u00a0Scott, KK6IK, has volunteered to see if an exception can be made for our club. \u00a0But even if that can\u2019t happen, we have identified an excellent set of individual campsites in the Pine Hollow and Dunes Campgrounds that should serve us well during the contest. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.wvara.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/07220753\/Winter_FD_2026.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-cdn.wvara.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/07220753\/Winter_FD_2026.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/wp-cdn.wvara.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/07220753\/Winter_FD_2026-300x194.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>WVARA\u2019s Winter Field Day Site Selection Team (L-R): Curt (W6RQ), Jim (WU0I), Jim (K6EI), Tim (KN6FGH), Clay (N5YJZ), and Scott (KK6IK)&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Field Day is January 24-25, less than three months from now! &nbsp;So it\u2019s high time to mark that weekend on your calendar, and let your spouse know that you will be unavailable that weekend for non-radio responsibilities. &nbsp;(You can learn more about Winter&nbsp;Field Day at:&nbsp;https:\/\/winterfieldday.org\/&nbsp;) In preparation for this event, WVARA\u2019s Winter Field Day &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wvara.org\/wordpress\/2025\/11\/07\/wvara-winter-field-day-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WVARA Winter Field Day 2026<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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