So ive been doing POTA for about a year now and someone in our club mentioned WWFF and honestly i had no idea it was even a thing. Did some reading last night and it seems like its basically the same idea but international and with a different set of references. Were lucky enough to have a few KFF references nearby that are also in the WWFF database which is cool i guess.

My question is — is there anything specific i need to do differently for a WWFF activation versus what im used to with POTA? Like do i need to register somewhere separately or is the logging handled the same way. I use HAMRS on my tablet and just upload to the POTA site after. Not sure if WWFF has its own portal or what the deal is. Also do hunters actually spot for WWFF or is it kind of a ghost town compared to POTA.

Planning to head out to a state natural area next weekend with the KX3 and a linked dipole, weather permitting. Any advice appreciated.

WWFF does have its own portal, wwff.us for the US side of things, and yeah you do need to set up an account over there separately from POTA. The logging is a bit different in that you upload an ADIF just like POTA but they have their own system for processing it. One thing worth knowing is that a lot of references overlap — if youre activating a KFF reference it often counts toward WWFF at the same time, so you can get credit in both programs with the same activation which is pretty sweet.

Activity level is definitely lower than POTA, ill be honest about that. But the hunters who are into it are really dedicated and youll often get called by Europeans and other DX stations which i always enjoy. Just make sure you announce on the WWFF spotting network or even just the regular POTA spots since a lot of people watch both. Your KX3 and dipole setup will be more than enough, i do most of mine with a similar setup.

yeah WWFF is great, i got into it because i chase a lot of the european activators on 17m and 20m. the spots show up on the regular pota map sometimes too depending on how the activator logs it so dont stress too much about it being a ghost town. some days its super quiet and other days you get a pileup from stations youve never heard from before which is fun. good luck next weekend