so i finally did my first WWFF activation last weekend, went out to a state forest near me that has a KFF reference and honestly it was a blast. set up my KX2 with a wire antenna strung between two trees and just started calling on 40m. took maybe 20 minutes to get my 44 contacts which i know is the minimum for a valid activation and then i just kept going because people kept calling me.

few things i wasnt sure about though. when i log it do i have to submit separately to WWFF or does it sync somehow if im already on POTA? i know some parks overlap with both programs. also somebody called me and said they were activating a different reference at the same time and asked if we could do a park to park type thing — is that a thing in WWFF or just a POTA concept? we made the contact either way but i didnt know if it counted differently.

overall though really enjoyed the whole experience, being out in the woods with a radio just feels different than operating from home. planning to do more of these for sure.

congrats on the first activation, 44 contacts in 20 minutes on 40m is solid especially if conditions werent great. to answer your logging question — yeah you do need to submit to wwff separately, it doesnt auto sync from pota even if the reference overlaps. you upload your adif to the wwff logbook of the world type system, i think its called the WWFF logging portal now but it changes names occasionally so just check the wwff.net site. the good news is if you have a dual reference site you can submit the same log to both programs and get credit in both, which is nice.

and yes the park to park thing absolutely exists in wwff, its kind of informally called a hunter-activator contact or sometimes people just call it a p2p like in pota. it should count for both of you, at least it did when i did one a while back. some of the wwff regulars are really into tracking those specifically.

i did my first one earlier this year and had the same logging confusion lol. took me like three tries to figure out the submission process but once you do it once its pretty straightforward. also being out in nature with the radio is genuinely addictive, ive done probably 8 or 9 activations now and every single one has been more fun than the last. what state forest was it if you dont mind me asking, im always looking for new references to hunt from home