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is the founder and chairman of Contest University.
In addition to being the director of Contest
University, Tim is also the chief operating officer
of DX Engineering, among many other things. And
he is a member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
He's been on Team USA for the World Radio Sport
Team Championship five times. He's a graduate
of Penn State and the recipient of the 2015 amateur
of the year from the Dayton Hamvention awards
committee. So Tim, welcome back to the show.
Thanks for having me here, Neil. Well, you've
got a couple of events that we're going to look
forward to because unfortunately, Hamvention
had to be canceled this year and we're all pretty
sad about that. But COVID -19 is a big issue
and we've had to deal with losing out on Hamvention,
which would have been here in just about three
weeks. So you've led the charge in making two
events happen that was supposed to happen. Well,
one of them was supposed to happen during Hamvention
weekend. The other one is kind of taking the
place of that. We're going to talk about both
of those events tonight. But first, let's talk
about Contest University. And this is when it
was supposed to be, but you've got a little different
plan for it now. Yeah, we do, Neil. And I'm very
excited about it. And thanks very much for having
me on here this evening to talk about Contest
University 2020 online via Zoom. Many people
are now familiar with zoom You know zoom was
was here before The virus was but a lot of people
didn't have exposure to it But now we've all
gotten very comfortable with with zoom and it's
very easy even if you haven't been on it yet
It's a it's very easy Did you just click on the
link and off it goes and you're hooked up and
you're watching great presentations And so we're
going to have Contest University online. And
you know, Neil, I always felt very special when
we'd have Contest University in person, and we
would have 350 people. And there would be from
all over the world. So far, we opened up registration
for Contest University online. We opened it up
on Monday evening. I'm working with Corey, W3CDG.
Corey is a whiz. He's absolutely a whiz, and
he is also the production manager at DX Engineering,
but he's really a computer whiz. Anyway, he opened
it up, and we have almost 1 ,200, 1 ,200 registrations.
for Contest University Online. Can you believe
that? And he's produced a couple of heat maps
showing where all the sign -ups are coming. And
they're coming from all over the world. Southeast
Asia, from Europe, South Africa, down in South
America, and of course, very strong in Canada
and the United States. And we still have quite
a bit of time. Contest University Online will
be on the same Thursday that it was supposed
to be on, May 14th, and it will be recorded.
So if you're busy or you're working or you can't
watch during the time on May 14th, you can look
at the recording. And so, Neil, being that we
have 1 ,200 already, I'm thinking that it could
go well over 2 ,000. And so... This is the new
abnormal or the new normal and really will set
the stage for Contest University going forward
in the future both to have it in person and online
at the same time and all you have to do is go
to the Contest University website. That's contestuniversityalloneword
.com and the register now button is right there
and you get signed up. and you'll be all set
to go. Yeah, it's easy to do. I punched my information
in a couple of days ago and you can get signed
up there and get the link to how to get into
the Zoom meeting and then you get a follow -up
email too with all the information on how to
do that. So if you can spare time on the 14th,
this is something you should do. I've had the
opportunity to be at Contest University for the
last few years now and it's incredible, the people
that you meet, the information that's there,
the presentations are just second to none and
just a really neat event. I remember the first
year I sat down and I had my high school kids
with me. uh... from school and we sat down and
then just struck up a conversation with a guy
from australia and you know he he's telling me
about all of his you know uh... station equipment
that he has over in australia and we're trying
to work out a scared and and all this kind of
thing just just sitting over breakfast and uh...
and there's so many more stories like that Um,
that contest university is just a great thing
to do. And if you can do it in person, it's,
it's great, but this is a chance for many, many
more people, uh, to join in. Cause that room,
I mean, that was a huge room and it was packed.
Yeah, it was. And, uh, Neil, can you imagine
having 1200 people in that room? Oh, no way.
Now, if you take a look on the Contest University
website at the course outline, Terry, Kate, M
&J has put up the course outline. It's just a
tremendous set of topics for HF operating. Even
if you're not a contestor, you can really get
a lot out of these presentations because all
of the professors are really, really skilled,
a lot of experience. that they're going to share.
And if you want to take a look at previous years,
there's a video section and a file section on
the website. You can take a look at past presentations
and get a flavor for just how good this is going
to be. Now, obviously this is about contesting,
but like you say, there's all kinds of information,
even if you're not a contester. Last year, or
was it last year or the year before? I can't
remember now, but anyway, it was an hour on how
to put a PL -259 on, and what good PL -259s look
like, and how many times to turn the tape, and
what kind of tape to use, and an hour on connectors,
and this is something that you're going to use
whether you're a contestor or not. Yeah, I mean
you really Neil you're you're spot -on you can't
You can't be in the hobby without having appeal
259. So Yeah, there's a lot of great expertise
and you get you got guys like Ward Silver and
zero AX the editor of the ARL handbook and the
antenna book Frank Donovan with over 60 years
experience in station building You got Nathaniel,
W2NAF, Dr. Nathaniel talking about propagation
in the ionosphere. Doug Grant, who just wrote
a book on contesting called Amateur Radio Contesting
for Beginners. He's going to be presenting. You
know, it just goes on and on and on. These are
guys that can really share a wealth of knowledge
and they're going to do it. via Zoom, and you
can stay at home. Well, that's a great plan.
The only thing you're going to lose out on is
that breakfast buffet. That's it. Well, let's
talk a little bit about registration. We said
that the website's there. You just hit the button.
How long is that registration going to go? Can
people show up the day of? What do they need
to know about getting registered for this? You
know, Neil, we're going to leave it go right
up to the beginning of Contest University so
they can sign up the day of and right to the
minutes before and they can join while it's in
progress. There's no limit. Corey is taking care
of all those particulars. So, you know, we get
2 ,000, 3 ,000, doesn't matter. We're going to
take it on and bring it on and it's going to
be fabulous. All right, so again contestuniversity
.com is where you can sign up for that and then
Any any details on zoom now, you know a lot of
club meetings and a lot of things are happening
on zoom But for anybody out there who still hasn't
done zoom any any advice for them on on getting
zoom up and running You know, it is so easy Neil
I found it doesn't matter if you're running Linux
or you're running Mac or you're running, you
know windows doesn't matter it all works and
You don't have to worry about the video Because
all the participants will not have to worry about
video, but you will be able to interact with
us and with the speakers and ask questions via
the chat room and so I encourage you to Maybe
watch a YouTube about zoom or to have your local
club I mean our our local club here met on Tuesday
night here this week and it was great on zoom
and zoom does have a free package if you want
to get started so go take a look at zoom google
zoom and take a look at it but it's so simple
and easy to use and it's going to be a great
engine for us to do ctu with Yeah, and if you
go to zoom .us you can go ahead and download
their Little applet that goes along with it.
It's a little easier if you have that Ahead of
time so check out the zoom .us and we've been
using it for club meetings around here We do
video and then we do the audio on the repeater
I'm in it for all kinds of meetings. I've got
a department meeting for my school tomorrow on
it. I've got all kinds of meetings that are happening
on Zoom, so make sure you check that out. It's
a great resource. Well, we've got one other event
that we want to talk about that is hopefully,
no offense, a one -time event because we hope
this doesn't happen again. But in place of being
at Hamvention, You've put together this QSO party
during the Saturday of Hamvention, and we talked
about that a little bit a few weeks ago, and
you were kind enough to call in when Michael
Coulter, W8CI, was here with us. But now that
the plans are a little more polished and solidified,
let's talk about how people can participate in
the Hamvention QSO party. Yeah, the Hamvention
QSO party, and you're right, Neil. Let's hope
this is a one and done. You know, we don't want
to go through this again. But the Hamvention
QSO party is to honor a long time DERA member,
Ron Moorfield, W8 ILC, and also to really give
a lot of focus to the 750 plus volunteers that
put on Hamvention every year. And, you know,
they're hurting right now. This event means so
much to them and so much to the amateur radio
community and it's not going to happen this year.
So what better way than to use our hobby of ham
radio to get on the air and celebrate all of
those volunteers for hamvention. So the contest
starts at 12 Zulu, which is 8 a .m. Eastern time
here in the United States. It goes on all day
on Saturday. And the rules are on HVQP, Hamvention
QSO party, HVQP .org. And the rules are pretty
simple. You know, Neil, it's the first year you
attended Hamvention with your signal report.
So, and if you don't remember the first year,
well, just make it up. You know, and if you've
never been to Ham Invention, just use 2020. And
the idea is to get on the air, not so much to
make a big score, but to talk to people. And
then W -8BI, which is the call sign of the Dayton
Amateur Radio Association club. W -8BI is a special
bonus station. And each time you work that bonus
station, you can add an extra 10 points or a
maximum of 120 bonus points. We don't require
you to send in logs or anything like that. Just
post your scores on 3830scores .com. The idea
is to have fun. And you say, well, it's just
SSB and CW. Well, you can operate FT8 or FT4
or RTTY or... PSK 31, whatever you want to operate,
just get on the air and have fun. And that day
is kind of a, it's sort of a sad day, but this
is a celebration of the volunteers of the Dayton
Amateur Radio Association. And they are the people
that every year give so much to all of us to
have, you know, to make sure that we have a good
time at Hamvention. And so this is the least
we can do. to make sure that they feel thank.
So that's what's going on here, Neil. I think
it's gonna be a great event. The idea was hatched
sitting around the water cooler at DX Engineering
and we presented it to Michael Coulter and the
rest of the executive team at the Hamvention
headquarters where Dara is. And they said it
was a great idea as long as we took the ball
and run with it. H -V -Q -P dot O -R -G. And
we hope that the band's just come alive calling
CQ Hamvention. Well, one thing I've heard and
I've noticed is that the band seemed to be doing
a whole lot better when everybody's at home.
It's almost magical. When there's actually people
on the bands are a whole lot better And even
two meter repeaters are more active now, I mean
it's just You know We I actually put together
a net That we have here in the Western, Pennsylvania
section every morning. It's called the Western,
Pennsylvania Health and wellness net and it's
up in the nosebleed section of 75 meters on 39
83 every morning And we get 80 check -ins. It's
great activity. Guys are on the air. They're
having a good time. You get to kind of tune out
of all the virus stuff that's on the news. And
you get back into our hobby, which is really
designed for social distancing, don't you think?
Oh, absolutely. At least you can stay a full
wavelength apart on 146 .52, right? That's, that's
six feet. So there you go. Or close to it anyway.
Well, yeah, I mean, I've been on nets, um, on
repeaters now, you know, that usually take 20
minutes and they take an hour. Uh, there there's
just so many more people on because people are
actually turning on the radio and getting on.
And, and so that's kind of a, uh... silver lining
in the in the dark cloud of uh... you know that
that the bands are more active than and people
are on and yeah you know the conditions aren't
as good but uh... there's there's still a lot
out there so uh... saturday may sixteenth that's
that's the day to get on and uh... talk to some
people and and celebrate hand -vention and the
volunteers that helped make it happen and again
the uh... exchanges is just your uh... the year
that you first went so mine will be nineteen
seventy seven i guess so uh... we'll have to
do that or or you can make one up like you said
you know everybody it seems to be bob when it
comes contesting time although i did read something
today that actually dave was more popular than
bob Do you agree with that assessment? I think
Bob's more popular. I hear a lot of a lot of
Bob's on the air and you know it's it's Bob.
Broken old bottles. Yeah. So if you don't know,
make it up. Guestimate it. If you say 1776, we'll
probably question it. but get on and give that
a try. And again, if you haven't been yet, you
know, 2020. All right, well, we're gonna take
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line. And it's Mark Brown in for BCD. Good evening,
Mark. Good evening, Neil. What's your question
for Tim here? Well, I got a couple of questions.
And good evening, Tim. First question, for Tim,
do you have a suggestion for an overlay template
for N1MM for the Hamvention QSO party? In other
words, what might be the easiest way to log this
QSO party? Yeah, that is a great question mark
and hello to you and hello to everybody in Huntsville
and mark Thanks for all you do to make the Huntsville
ham fest as success N1 mm does support the hamvention
QSO party. There is a special overlay also in
3f JP has an overlay and EI 5 di for the super
duper They also have an overlay for the Hamvention
QSO party. All created special for this one -time
contest, but N1MM does support it, and just get
the latest version, and the overlay is right
there. Awesome. You guys have really done your
homework. This one is more of a suggestion. During
last weekend's Florida QSO party, 20 meters was
long for most of the day. You know, I heard from
here in central Tennessee, I heard a lot of sixes
and sevens calling the Florida spots that I couldn't
hear. So I hope the Darrah operators spread the
love on all the bands. They will. I think you're
going to find Darrah operators all over the place.
They're going to be on 80. They're going to be
on 160. They're going to be on 40 and 20. And
we actually have a... a scheduling program that
uh... we're working with them to make sure that
that uh... that there are members are all over
the place so you should have no trouble whatsoever
finding w eight bravo india awesome i know you
guys uh... you get a lot of planning for the
uh... w one a w centennial and that worked out
uh... extremely well up there uh... a question
related to contest university Will the presenters,
Frank Donovan, Bob Sherwood and others, will
they be zooming from their homes or are they
gathering someplace like your DXE facility up
there in Talmadge? No, they'll all be from home.
So W3LPL will be in Glenwood, Maryland and Rob
Sherwood will be out in Colorado and Ed Munns
will be at his vineyard where he makes tremendous
wine. out in northern California and TV Bob N6
TV will be from his home in Silicon Valley. Doug
Grant will be up in New Hampshire. So we'll be
all over the U .S. and zooming in and it should
be a great time. Awesome. I know we're all disappointed
that we're not meeting face to face up there
in Dayton. but uh... this will be a a good a
nice substitute for uh... for getting together
on that thursday and then of course the uh...
uh... the q s o party on on saturday uh... i'll
throw in mike my two cents to zoom is easy uh...
for folks that are on the fence uh... about uh...
trying it uh... three of our local clubs are
participating using uh... by the zoom application
and our hospital campus committee started using
it uh... last sunday works extremely well very
easy so yeah i'm looking forward to work and
uh... You know, Jack and Michael, Rick, Ron Kramer
up there, the Dayton guys. And to you, Tim and
Neil, thank you guys for all you do to support
the hobby. We're keeping our fingers crossed
down here in Huntsville for the August Ham Fest.
We continue to be optimistic that things will
settle down and looking forward to having things
come to fruition in August. And we'll keep everybody
posted via our website. But Tim and Neil, thank
you both for all you do. And I'll turn it back
to you. Neil, Mark, it was great to have you
here during the centennial operation that we
did at K3LR. And again, thanks to Corey W3CDG
for coordinating the scheduling system for that.
And that's the same system we sent down to DERA.
So everything should work smooth. And Mark, God
willing, I'm going to see you in August. Hey,
thanks a lot, Tim. See you later. 73. All right,
good luck, Mark. We hope to see you in August,
too. Take care. OK, bye -bye. 859 -982 -7373
is the phone number. If you have a question,
give us a call right now at 859 -982 -7373. A
couple of comments of... Come in as the show
has gone on. Troy W9KVR says he's going to have
to sneak Contest University in during his weekly
middle school staff meeting. So Troy, I'm there
with you. I'm going to be kind of dodging in
and out and multitasking a little bit for Contest
University. We've got AP chemistry tests that
day, so that'll be... Interesting and Marty NN1C
is in the chats tonight and says, couldn't be
more excited for Contest University 2020. And
yeah, I mean, you're going to blow all the attendance
records right out the window with this thing.
Yeah, I think so. And again, I believe this sets
the stage, Neil, going forward for a hybrid in
person and online You know and in fact Marty
has helped us do live streaming in the past and
I'm very excited about having Marty as a professor
this year as well, so I Think it's gonna be great.
Yeah, I look forward to hearing what Marty has
to say And now we've got Michael Coulter, W8CI
on the line and Michael will need you to turn
your speakers down there. But good evening, Michael.
Good evening. I think I got it turned down now.
I was fumbling around for that. Hey, I really
appreciate Tim getting on there and all he's
doing for Hamvention and with the Contest University
and keeping all that alive. I mean, he's been
doing a tremendous amount of work. And he doesn't
get any money for it. And we all appreciate what
he does. I do. And appreciate what you're doing,
too, Neil. So I'm looking forward to both the
contest university as well as the QSO party that
everybody's looking forward to, especially around
these parts. Well, we're looking forward to it,
too. Again, we wish we could all be together
there. at the Green County Fairgrounds with you
in person, but that's not possible this time.
So we'll get on the air and we'll get on Zoom
and we'll still take in a lot of these activities.
And I know that there's even some more stuff
going on, but these are the two that Hamvention
is supporting and affiliated with. Yeah, that's
true and Appreciate everybody's support on this
and our club does our club is really a buzz with
it. We're ready and I've been getting emails
and Contacts from people all over the world.
They're going to participate in this event. So
The conditions are going to be great that day.
At least that's what we're planning on And we're
certainly looking forward to everybody participating
and enjoying themselves, as Tim says. So I don't
wanna hold it up. I will fade into the, and just
listen here. But thanks again. Thank you, Tim,
for all you do. So that's 73. Michael, it's great
to hear you tonight. And I know you and I spent
a lot of time together. And I know these times
are meant for those of us who really want to
make sure that we do everything possible to give
back to this hobby, which has been so good to
us. And Neil, thanks very much for having your
Thursday night deal here on HamTalk Live. You've
got pillars here like Mark N4BCD and Michael
Coulter, WHCI. This is really rough on the Hamvention
volunteers to have to cancel. Just very, very
rough. The Hamvention QSO party is going to be
a very bright spot in that Saturday, May 16th.
And I couldn't be more excited about having Michael
open Contest University on May 14th, and the
fact that we have 1 ,200 signed up for it now.
Probably going to have close to 2 ,000 participate
in Contest University. And it's just a great
opportunity to showcase how important Hamvention
is to the amateur radio community worldwide.
And Michael and I work every day to defend and
protect all that Hamvention is. So thanks again,
Neil. Thank you, Neil. I'll go ahead and hang
up. All right, Michael, take care. Thank you
for calling. Thank you. Thanks for what you do,
Neil. 73, you guys. You're very welcome. 859
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Michael were on a few weeks ago. There was some
discussion about who would be on the W8BI call
sign and that kind of thing. Do you have any
kind of idea where those stations will be and
who will be operating those? The way it's going
to come down, Neil, is that there's a scheduler
that we put together that Michael is going to
disseminate amongst the DERA members and they
will sign up for specific time slots on the various
bands and so Right now we don't have any idea.
All we know is if you work w8bi That is a DERA
volunteer and a DERA volunteer is a very important
person and we want to honor and thank every time
we talk to Whiskey8BravoIndia, that's a big deal.
It's a really big deal because that DARA volunteer
is not able to do what he or she would normally
do. And so, you know, it's almost good that it's
anonymous and we don't know where they are, but
we know that they're a part of a pillar of this
amateur radio hobby. and a very important part
of what Hamvention is all about. And Hamvention
is all about giving back to the hobby, the best
hobby in the world that we know and love. And
we get to enjoy all of these great friends that
we have because of this hobby. When you think
about it, it's really amazing, Neil. Now it sure
is, you know, I was reading the other day Some
things that you know Hams is you know, you immediately
become friends. It's like there's an immediate
almost trust there because you've got a call
sign and That's something that you just don't
get in other places and other hobbies and services.
It's just amazing. Just last weekend I was trying
to find land to build a house and I'm contacted
some some realtors and all of a sudden you know
I'm saying hey I got to know about the deed restrictions
I gotta know can I put a tower up I I need it
I need a stepper and I need this thing and you
know most people don't know what in the world
he's talking about and and then You know, the
guy texted me back and said, oh, well, what are
you trying to put up? And gave me his call sign.
And I'm like, okay, we instantly have a connection
here because, you know, he told me his call sign.
So I know he knows what I'm talking about. And
these are the kind of relationships that happen
and some of the networking that happens. And
this year you'll be able to do that from the
comfort of your own home. Two great events. Looking
forward to those. There are some other events
going on. I know a bunch of the YouTube people
are putting together some stuff. That's not necessarily
uh... affiliated with ham vincen but the timing
is good and and uh... so they're they're trying
to kind of fill some of that gap as well on their
own uh... and here at ham talk live uh... we're
going to have our usual thursday night gathering
after contest university at nine o 'clock and
and we have some things planned uh... that we're
going to uh... take time to remember ham vincen's
past and and console ourselves about not being
there and we're starting to get some things lined
up for that but So we'll have the usual Thursday
night show about Dayton it won't be from Dayton
this time, but there'll be Some other things
going on as well, but these are the two biggies
and and so I'm thankful that you came in tonight
and Talked about those. We've got another question
here from Kurt K a 7 ZDD And says will the classes
be recorded? Yes, they will and where can those
be found? So Can you tell Kurt? where to find
the replays so Kurt, thanks very much for your
question. It's a great one and Kirk and others,
you can find the replay will be available at
the contestuniversity .com website. And so we
also, Neil, we'll have a live stream going on
YouTube live during the event. So even if you're
not on Zoom, you'll be able to click on us on
YouTube live on the DX Engineering YouTube channel.
during the event too. So, several ways to get
us and also the recording link will be on contestuniversity
.com. Okay, so Kurt, there you go. There's your
answer and hope you can check out some of that
video from Contest University this year. Well,
Tim, our time is about up here, and I know you
were with the Great South Bay Club here before
this, and you've got a rig right behind you there
at a world -class station that has 40 meters
calling your name here, so we want to get you
out of here. If you would, just any last thoughts
before we go and then we'll kind of recap everything
real quickly so people can find out more information
if they need it. Well, Neil, thanks very much
for having me this evening. And you know that
I'm the CEO at DX Engineering. Our team at DX
Engineering during this whole pandemic has been
working. Our sales team works remotely from home
and our manufacturing facility adheres to all
of the CDC guidelines and we've been making cables
and making great products and supplying ham radio
enthusiasts all over the world. If we can help
you, please email us or call us and we'll do
everything we can to help you. during this time
of need to enjoy Ham Radio. It's the greatest
hobby during, you know, when you got to stay
in place and stay at home. And thanks to you
and everything you're doing for this hobby, Neil,
and we're going to continue to enjoy this hobby
and have fun with Ham Radio. and 73 from Western
Pennsylvania, K -3LR. Well, thank you very much,
Tim. And yeah, if you're stuck at home, DX Engineering
still ships. So you can still get your stuff
and get on the air. So that's always good. They
haven't shut that down. And thankfully, we're
going to see some things ease up here in the
next few weeks, I think, in different parts of
the country, so hopefully that will be better
as well. But for now, let's plan on Contest University,
contestuniversity .com, 8 .45 a .m. on Thursday,
May 14th. Log in on Zoom, it's free, just register
online and you'll get the link to Zoom. Or, as
he says, you can watch on YouTube Live as well,
but you won't be able to interact as much. as
you would on zoom and then the Hamvention QSO
party and we didn't mention the website WWROF
.org slash Hamvention dash QSO dash party so
go to WWROF .org you'll find it there it's Saturday
May 16th from 8 a .m. to 8 p .m. Eastern Time
And they'll be on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, CW,
and sideband. And again, the exchange or signal
report in the first year you attended Hamvention
and the rules are up there. You can post your
score to 3830scores .com within five days. And
if you have any questions, K3LR at K3LR .com.
Thanks Tim so much for being here. I appreciate
it and 7 -3 and I'll be talking to you soon 73
Neil, thanks for doing this You are quite welcome.
Well, that is a wrap for another edition of ham
talk live. Thanks to my guest Tim Duffy, K3LR,
and everybody out there in cyberspace for listening,
calling in, typing in, and invite you back next
Thursday, 9 p .m. Eastern Time, at HamTalkLive
.com. And you can check out our upcoming guests
at HamTalkLive .com as well. And if you like
the show, please leave us a review. That helps
other people find the show faster. So for now,
this is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7 -3. seven
five and now more than ever may the good DX be
yours