ARRL Field Day 2026 · Club Results
SFARC Field Day 2026
Five transmitters plus a GOTA station, a field full of visitors, and 1,637 contacts in the log. Here is how the weekend went.
1,637
Total QSOs
120+
Visitors to the site
5 + GOTA
Transmitters
Bonus points: We captured most of the available bonus points this year. The one that got away — the satellite QSO. Something to plan for in 2027.
The Log
Contacts by band and mode
| Band | CW | Digital | Phone | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QSOs | Power | QSOs | Power | QSOs | Power | |
| 160m | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80m | 22 | 100 W | — | — | — | — |
| 40m | 223 | 100 W | — | — | — | — |
| 20m TOP BAND | 641 | 100 W | 238 | 100 W | 186 | 100 W |
| 15m | 414 | 100 W | 175 | 100 W | — | — |
| 10m | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6m | — | — | 19 | 50 W | — | — |
| 2m | — | — | — | — | 8 | 50 W |
| 222 / 432 / Other | No contacts logged | |||||
| Satellite | The one bonus we missed — next year | |||||
Every contact was made at 100 watts or less, with 6m and 2m running just 50 watts. No amplifiers, no commercial power — just wire, antennas and skill.
Mode Split
Where the contacts came from
| CW | Digital | Phone |
1,300
CW contacts
Roughly two out of every three
432
Digital contacts
Including 19 on 6m
194
Phone contacts
Plus 113 more on GOTA
Get On The Air
113 contacts. 12 operators. One microphone.
The GOTA station is where Field Day earns its keep. Newcomers, family members and freshly licensed hams took the mic and worked the country — four of these operators do not have a callsign yet.
| Operator | Call | Phone QSOs |
|---|---|---|
| Maxim Graff | KO6NEZ | 68 |
| Natali Woodmansee | WB6NAT | 11 |
| Jeremy Graff | KO6KUL | 9 |
| Jack Stenhouse | not yet licensed | 5 |
| Corde Wagner | K6LDA | 3 |
| Andrea Nowak | KO6NMP | 3 |
| Duane Chorty | KO6NYI | 3 |
| Andrew Myers | KO6NYJ | 3 |
| Lan Graff | KO6MWK | 3 |
| Chase Galland | not yet licensed | 3 |
| Eumin Son | not yet licensed | 1 |
| Tracy Gallard | not yet licensed | 1 |
| GOTA Total | 113 |
By The Numbers
A few things worth bragging about
1 CONTACT EVERY 53 SECONDS
Averaged across the 24-hour operating period, the club logged roughly 68 QSOs an hour.
20M FOR THE WIN
1,065 contacts across CW, digital and phone — more than half of everything in the log.
THE CW TEAM MAKING IT HAPPEN
1,300 CW contacts — roughly two out of every three QSOs came off a paddle.
A BUSTLING CAMPGROUND
More than 120 people came through the site over the weekend — the best kind of crowded.
4 FIRST-TIME OPERATORS
Four of the twelve GOTA operators do not hold a callsign yet — and they still put contacts in the log.
Thank you to everyone who showed up
Setup crews, operators, loggers, cooks, antenna raisers and the folks who just stopped by to see what all the wire was for. See you in the field next June — and somebody bring a satellite rig.
Band and mode totals reflect the contacts logged at the five main transmitters. GOTA totals are listed separately. Official submitted total: 1,637 QSOs.