so i've been wanting to try this WWFF thing for months and finally made it out to a state park last weekend. managed to work about 15 stations on 20m with my little QRP rig which was pretty exciting. but now im looking at the logging requirements and honestly its a bit confusing. do i need to upload to their database or just submit the contacts somewhere? and what about QSL cards - are those still a thing for WWFF or is everyone doing eQSL now? also realized i might have messed up the reference number format in my log, used the wrong prefix i think

congrats on your first activation! yeah the logging can be tricky at first. you'll want to upload your log to the WWFF logsearch database - theres a link on the main wwff site. for the reference format dont worry too much, you can always correct it before you submit. as for QSLs most people do eQSL or LOTW these days but some still like the paper cards. what park did you activate?

Nice work getting out there! I did my first one a few weeks ago and had the same confusion about logging. Turns out you need to submit the log within 30 days of the activation to get credit. The WWFF logsearch thing is where it all goes but make sure your reference number matches exactly what's in their directory otherwise it won't validate properly. Found that out the hard way when half my contacts got rejected first time around lol