so i've been reading about WWFF for a while now and kept putting it off because it seemed complicated to get started but honestly it was way easier than i expected once i just went for it. activated a state forest near me, KFF-something, i'd have to look up the exact reference. took my KX2 and a sotabeams linked dipole, found a nice clearing, set up in about 20 minutes and got on 40m.

ended up making 47 contacts over about 2 hours which i know isnt a ton but for my first time i was pretty happy with it. called CQ WWFF for a while and also spotted myself on the wwff spotter page which definitely helped. got a pile up for maybe 15 minutes which was fun and a little chaotic honestly.

my questions are — do i need to do anything special to submit the log, and also does it matter if i operated from inside my car at one point because it started drizzling? i was still within the boundary of the reference area. also wondering if anyone uses 20m more than 40m for these, propagation was kinda weird that day and i felt like i was missing a lot of europe that might have been calling.

congrats on the first activation, 47 contacts is solid especially if you were dealing with rain and weird prop. to answer your log question — you upload through the wwff logbook portal, same concept as SOTA if you've done that. just export your log in adif format and submit it there, they'll process it and your contacts who are registered will get the credit automatically. pretty painless once you do it the first time.

and yeah the car thing is totally fine as long as you were within the reference boundary, which it sounds like you were. the rules are about operating within the designated natural area, not about being outdoors in any specific way. plenty of people operate from their vehicles especially if weather turns.

on the 20m vs 40m thing — i usually start on 40 for local and regional contacts then jump to 20 when i want to grab europe or further out. mid afternoon on weekends 20m can be really productive for DX. honestly just spot yourself on both and see what bites, you can always run two spots back to back. some activators run two rigs but thats a whole other rabbit hole.

im also pretty new to WWFF and just wanted to say this is encouraging to hear. ive been nervous to try an activation because im not sure i can get enough contacts but 44 sounds doable even for me. wait you said 47 sorry. anyway good to know the car thing is ok because i was worried about that same situation, i dont always want to be sitting in the wet lol