so ive been doing POTA for about a year now and someone in my local club mentioned WWFF and i went down a rabbit hole last night trying to figure it out. from what i can tell its basically similar but the references are nature reserves, national parks, wildlife areas etc and its run internationally through a different organization. i found the wwff.cc site and registered but im a bit confused about a few things.

first off do i need to preactivate or announce on the WWFF activator list thing before going out? i saw something about that but wasnt sure if its mandatory or just a courtesy thing. also i noticed some of the references near me are also POTA references, is that right? like can i log the same activation for both programs at the same time or is that some kind of violation

the park im going to is a state wildlife management area, its listed as KFF-XXXX on the WWFF database. planning to run my 857D into a wire dipole up in a tree, should be fine for 40m and maybe 20m depending on how the bands are. just want to make sure im not missing anything procedurally before i waste a trip

yeah you can definitely log the same activation for both POTA and WWFF, lots of people do that. actually its pretty common with state parks and wildlife areas since they overlap a lot in the databases. just make sure you hit the minimum contact requirements for each program separately, WWFF wants 44 QSOs for a full activation credit while POTA is just 10. so youll need to stay on the air a bit longer if you want both to count.

as for announcing, its not mandatory but the WWFF spots page and posting on their facebook group or the cluster really does help. hunters from Europe especially love chasing WWFF references and theyll pile on if they see a spot. your 857D into a dipole on 40 will work great for that, 14 mhz in the afternoon if you can swing it too. have a good time out there, wildlife management areas are usually pretty quiet and the scenery is half the point honestly

wait so WWFF and POTA are totally different orgs? i thought they were connected somehow. i just activated my first POTA last month and had no idea WWFF was even a thing. might have to look into this, are there references near me that arent in POTA at all?