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Winter Field Day is an annual emergency-preparedness operating event held in late January. Modeled on the summer Field Day, it asks hams to set up stations, often away from home and on emergency power, and make as many contacts as they can in 30 hours. Cold, snow, ice and short days are part of the exercise, and the event tests batteries, cables and operators in ways summer never does. First held in 2007, it is run by the Winter Field Day Association, independent of the ARRL, and is open to amateurs worldwide. Read more…