Contesting

Contest University - Free!

Our friend Tim Duffy, K3LR, has announced that Contest University (CTU) USA 2020 will be held online via Zoom on Thursday May 14, starting at 1245 UTC. CTU 2020 is free. The CTU course outline has been posted online. Connection details to the CTU Zoom bridge will be posted on the Contest University site one week prior to CTU. Sessions will be recorded for viewing any time after May 14. Slide decks will be posted on the CTU website as well. At the end of CTU 2020, Dave Siddall, K3ZJ, will present the 2020 CQ Contest Hall of Fame awards. Here’s the schedule: 8:45 am EDT/12:45 UTC Welcome to CTU 2020 from W8CI, K3LR and N9JA 9:00 am EDT/13:00 UTC W3LPL – “Effective Low Band Receiving Antennas” 10:00 am EDT/14:00 UTC W2NAF – “2020 Solar Cycle Update and the HF Response to Ionospheric Storms and Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances” 11:00 am EDT/15:00 UTC N6TV – “Everything You Need to Know About USB and Serial Interfaces” 12:00 pm EDT/16:00 UTC Lunch on your own 12:25 pm EDT/16:25 UTC K1AR – Memorial reading of the Silent Keys for 2020 12:30 pm EDT/16:30 UTC NN1C – “Exuberance and Youth Contesting – Update on What is Going On” 1:00 pm EDT/17:00 UTC W0YK – “Digital Contesting Hints & Kinks” 2:00 pm EDT/18:00 UTC K1DG – “Optimizing your Station for Contest Operations” 3:00 pm EDT/19:00 UTC N0AX – “Grounding & Bonding for Contest Stations” 4:00 pm EDT/20:00 UTC NC0B – “Contest & DX Performance A Complex Subject Today Great RX Performance – TX Limitations” 5:00 pm EDT/21:00 UTC W3LPL – “60 Years of Competitive Contesting — the W3LPL Story” 6:00 pm EDT/22:00 UTC K3ZJ – Presentation of CQ Contest Hall Of Fame 2020 At the conclusion of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame induction – CTU will give away an Icom IC-7610 transceiver courtesy of Icom America to a licensed amateur in the United States that is online with Zoom at the end of the Hall of Fame Inductions.