Eight MCACS members traveled to Assateague Island National Seashore on the last weekend in January to participate in Winter Field Day (WFD). We operated two portable HF stations that were set up in a tent on the beach, and camped for four days (three nights). We completed a total of 535 contacts during 22 hours…

Winter Field Day (WFD) 2025 was conducted to test and improve the Montgomery County Auxiliary Communications Service’s (MCACS) readiness for deployment under challenging conditions. The event was under the overall leadership of Jim Alyanak (K3MRI). This exercise aimed to balance operational effectiveness, participant engagement, and the camaraderie amateur radio operators are known for. A detailed…

MCACS had a good turnout for Winter Field Day (WFD) on January 26-27. This was the first time we participated as a group. For those who are not familiar with Winter Field Day, if is very much like the ARRL Field Day event that takes place in June, but is organized by a small not-for-profit…

Our thanks to the Upper Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department in Beallsville, MD, for allowing us to set up in the large field behind their station. We set up W3TDH’s spacious tent inside a picnic pavilion, intending to use tarps around the pavilion as a wind break. Since the weather was mild, we didn’t need to…

Winter Field Day is a wrap. We had a great turnout, the site was fantastic, the weather was milder than we had any reason to expect in January, and there were smiles all around at the end. We set up two stations in tents under a lakeside pavilion near Seneca Creek in Germantown. Many thanks…