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BARA Facts - February 2025
Great
teamwork by Team BARA at Winter Field
Day 2025!!!
Another great BARA event
for us to operate, share, learn, demonstrate, and enjoy being together. We
had over 50 people attending the two days with many helping out, working as
operator/logging teams, and engaging the many families and prospective hams
that attended.
Highlights this year
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· Our score as W2OW
5I WNY was 10,305!
· 578 QSO's, an
increase over 2024 by 150%
· 109 on CW (2 points
each) and 469 on phone (1 point each)
· 17 operators across
6 bands
· Operated almost 20
of the 30 total event hours
· We achieved many of
the objectives to earn a large multiplier (15 out of 26).
This
year there were some rule and scoring changes, including longer operating
time, which meant more airtime for more people and more fun.
Attached is a breakdown of
statistics, with a quick summary here:
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Contacts by Band and Mode:
Band
CW Phone Dig Total
80
0 41 0 41
40
16 180 0 196
20
65 82 0 147
15
22 89 0 111
10
6 75 0 81
6
0 1 0 1
2
0 1 0 1
Total
109 469 0 578
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Total
Contacts by Country:
Country
Total %
United
States 535 93
Canada
28 5
Alaska
4 1
Bosnia-Herzegovina
2 0
Italy
2
0
Antigua
& Barbuda 1 0
Argentina
1 0
France
1 0
Guantánamo
Bay 1 0
Hungary
1 0
Puerto
Rico 1 0
US
Virgin Islands 1 0
Total =
12
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Please
note: Details by operator, day, time, band, and mode can be seen in the files
below:
 
These
results have been submitted to WFDA and are subject to review, revision,
and correction.
Final
deadline for logs is March 1, 2025.
Additional highlights
definitely included the chili, tortellini, pizza, donuts, cookies, and fresh
coffee, and especially the big smiles of the BARA members, as well as of the
visitors, young and not so young, who got on the air and shared the
excitement with us.
Best news is that everyone
had a great time, and nobody got sick or injured 
Let's get your feedback
and ideas ready to start planning for our next events!
Thanks all and best 73.
:Steve KA2YRA
On behalf of the BARA
Activities Group
Winter
Field Day 2025 was the most active WFD to date!
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This year's WFD
event saw over 24,000 people active on the airwaves. This is the
largest Winter Field Day to date, with over 1,300 locations registered,
2,200 logs submitted, and 300,000 QSOs made. But remember, these are
preliminary results; the log submission date does not close until March
1st. We will post the final numbers after the submission window
closes.
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Did you submit your log?
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If not, the
great news is that you still have time. The submission page on the
website will be active until the end of the month. Make sure
you submit your log before 11:59 UTC on March 1st to be considered.
Even if you made a few contacts, please consider submitting
your log.
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If you submitted your log...
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We want to say
thanks, and we hope it was a smooth process. We appreciate
your participation and hope that you had a great WFD event.
Certificates are now available to download for the 2025
Event.
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Leave us your comments!
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While we do our
best to read all the comments related to WFD on social media,
sometimes we miss something. Still, we really want to hear from
you! What did you enjoy? How was your day? What did you learn? We
read every comment that goes to this link on our website.
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The WFD Board of
Directors is made up of volunteers. We don't make a penny off of
your donations. However, we do have expenses like website
development, advertising & marketing costs, and giveaways at a
Hamfest. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so your donations may
be tax-deductible. Please consider donating to help support
WFD.
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WFDA is a 501c3
non-profit
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If you find
value in Winter Field Day and would like to support our efforts, we
invite you to make a donation. Every contribution helps us continue
to grow and enhance this event for the amateur radio community.
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We sincerely thank you in advance for your
generosity. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, your donation is
greatly appreciated and may be tax-deductible.
Thank you for
supporting Winter Field Day and helping us keep the spirit of amateur
radio alive and thriving!
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Join the conversations on online! Stay up to
date and follow us on social media.
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Winter Field Day
Held
on Saturday, January 25, 2025 thru Sunday, January 26, 2025
at
Kopernik Observatory Science, 698 Underwood Rd, Vestal, NY
A communications exercise held on the last full weekend in
January that can be worked from the comfort of your home or in a remote
location. You can participate by yourself or get your whole club involved.
Open to participants’ worldwide; amateur radio operators may use any
mode on frequencies on the HF, VHF or UHF bands. Similar to the ARRL’s
Field Day, bonus points are earned in several ways; non-commercial power
sources, operating from remote locations and satellite contacts.
Prior to this year’s event, Ham Radio 2.0 invited the
members of the Winter Field Day Team to discuss the updates to the 2025
Winter Field Day Rules. youtube.com/watch?v=Jg-JDF7j4Jk
Please visit the Winter Field Day homepage for more
information, including how to report your activity and see the final results
for each of the various classes of operation. https://winterfieldday.org/results.php
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