WINTER FIELD DAY 2026

01/24/2026 @ 12:00 pm – 01/24/2026 @ 6:00 pm

Held annually on the last full weekend in January, Winter Field Day (WFD) is a communications exercise and contest that The American Legion Post 315 Amateur Radio Club participates in, with groups and individuals around the country and the world. Similar to ARRL’s Field Day held in the summer, operators set up in parks, fields, operations centers and their backyards. The American Legion post 315 ARC will be operating from the Old City park Pavilion, Wylie, Tx, deploying our assets and testing our emergency preparedness

More info about the event is available at winterfieldday.org. More info on our specific activation to come.

PLEASE SUBMIT BEFORE MIDNIGHT, NOVEMBER 3, 2025

Winter Field Day started in 2007 by a non-ARRL group with the purpose of preparing for and practicing Emergency Communications across North America and beyond. Similar to Summer Field Day, offering additional challenges of wintertime operations, but with a more streamlined scoring system.

LOCATION: Olde city Park Pavilion, Wylie, Tx. From Jan 24 at noon through Jan 24, 6:00 pm. If the Pavilion is not available, backup location will be at Community Park

Eligibility:  All Licensed amateur Radio Operators are encouraged to participate in the Emergency communications Exercise

Operational Period:  Winter Field is held the last full weekend in January. For 2026, it will be held on January 24th and January 25th, starting at 1600 UTC on Saturday (12:00 noon CDT) and end at 21:59 UTC on Sunday, the 25th 3:59pm CDT).

All Amatuer bands may be used EXCEPT 12, 17, 30, and 60 meters. To qualify as a band worked, at least 1 valid, two-way QSO must have tken plac during this event

MODES:

ALL modes allowed, except WSJT modes (WSJT modes include FST4, FT4, FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, Q65, MSK144, WSPR, FST4W, and ECHO)

Modes are combined in 3 groups:

CW

Phone: includes SSB, AM, FM, DMR, C4FM,  etc.

Digital Phone: includes PSK, RTTY, Lovia, Packet, SSTV, ATV, JS8Call, and other soundcard modes

Please indicate if you intend on participating AmLeg315Tx Winter Field 2026

Please select one:

If operating, what modes do you want to operate?

Select which modes of operation you are interested in operating