Winter Field Day 2027 is the weekend of January 22th and 24th 2027, and is held at Camp Reinberg in Palatine, IL.
According to the Winter Field Day Association, Winter Field Day, “…aims to help participants improve their preparedness for disasters and enhance their operational abilities in adverse conditions” and ” to encourage a diverse range of activities, including the use of non-commercial power sources, the deployment of multiple antennas, establishing satellite contacts, and more.”
CFMC members and guests certainly checked the “…adverse conditions…” box last winter. Temperatures never reached above single digits, and snow was flyin’.
The event runs from 10:00 AM Saturday till 3:59 PM Sunday and is a great way to learn about portable ops, portable antennas and casual contesting.
If conditions are favorable, we intend to operate an Earth Station capable of communicating with orbiting satellites.
We occupy a heated cabin round the clock from Friday afternoon till Noon Sunday.
CFMC came in FIRST in Illinois for the number of contacts made during Winter Field Day.
