so i finally did my first WWFF activation last weekend at a state forest not too far from me, KFF reference. been meaning to try this for ages and just never got around to it. i threw my KX3 in a backpack with a 40m linked dipole, hiked in about a mile and a half to a nice clearing and just started calling CQ WWFF.

honestly didnt expect much since ive mostly done POTA and figured WWFF would be quieter but i got a solid pile for about 45 minutes, mostly on 40m, couple contacts on 20m when things slowed down. logged about 67 QSOs total which felt pretty good for a first time.

my question is around the logging side of things — do i upload to wwff.cc directly or is there somewhere else it needs to go? i see some references also get spotted on POTA which confused me a bit. and do contacts with other WWFF activators count double or is it just a bonus thing? i read the rules but they were a little confusing honestly.

congrats on the first activation, 67 QSOs is a great start especially on a new program. for the log upload you want to go to wwff.cc and submit your ADIF there, make sure your ADIF has the WWFF reference in the right field or it wont parse correctly, ive seen people trip over that one. some logging programs handle it automatically but others you have to add it manually.

the POTA overlap thing — yeah some parks are dual listed which is handy because you can upload the same log to both programs and get credit for both activations at once. not all references overlap though, just depends on whether the land is also in the POTA database. and yeah if you work another activator who is also activating a WWFF reference at the same time, that counts as a P2P contact and both of you get a little flag on the log, its not double points exactly but its tracked separately and chaser-hunters like seeing those.

oh nice i was just looking at wwff last week wondering if its worth getting into alongside POTA. did you find the chasers were different people or mostly the same crowd? im curious if its a seperate community or if everyone kind of does both