The RULES for Winter Field Day have changed significantly for 2025, including new starting time, ending time and duration. There is also now 11 OBJECTIVES that are multipliers (x 26 maximum) for this contest. Download a copy of the 2025 Winter Field Day Rules,
Come join the OCARC team for 2025 WINTER FIELD DAY. We need everyone to turnout to continue our winning streak and be the highest scoring club for 7 years running. Tentatively, WFD plans will be similar to the: WFD 2022 Plans
THE EVENT will be held at a NEW Huntington Beach location (It is the site we used for last year's ARRL Field Day.):
Ocean View School District
16662 Trudy Lane, Huntington Beach, CA
Click HERE for a map to the site.
Bands: 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m, 6m, 2m plus VHF and UHF (No WARC bands).
Multipliers: One for each mode operated per band.
Modes: SSB, CW, Satellite and Digital (no FT4/FT8).
Bonus Points: See the full rules for additional Bonus Points.
The full rules may be found here: 2025 WFD Rules.
| CONTACTS | SCORE | FINISH | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | CAT | PH | CW | DI | MULT. | PWR | BONUS | CLAIMED | FINAL | OVERALL | CA | ORG | OUT OF |
| 2024 | 5O | Scores Currently Unavailable. | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 5O | — | — | — | 33 | 2 | — | 160,471 | 151,858 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,662* |
| 2022 | 6O | — | — | — | 27 | 2 | — | 141,752 | 134,570 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2,246* |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — | COVID - NO CLUB GROUPS & Their SW issues | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2020 | 6O | 634 | 572 | 84 | 43 | 2 | 4,500 | 171,340 | 156,782 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 300 |
| 2019 | 6O | 806 | 505 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 6,000 | 124,016 | 112,499 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 220 |
| 2018 | 4O | 544 | 59 | 71 | 17 | 2 | 6,000 | 33,336 | 30,869 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 201 |
| 2017 | 1O | 49 | 75 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4,500 | — | 8,480 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 182 |
| 2016 | — | 122 total | 9 | 2 | — | — | 3,098 | — | — | — | — | ||
* = The WFD organization started grouping club scores with 'club groups' or individuals that specified a
club they want their score combined with for a total club effort. Example, this gave W6ZE two entries (#1 & #2).
