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HamTalk Live. Tim Duffy, K3LR is the founder
and chairman of Contest University. In addition
to becoming the director of Contest University,
Tim is president of his local club, the Mercer
County Amateur Radio Club, the Radio Club of
America, the Western Pennsylvania ARRL section
manager, and chief operating officer of DX Engineering.
Tim is a member of the CQ Contest Hall of Fame.
and was on Team USA for the World Radio Team
Championship four times and a graduate of the
Pennsylvania State University. Tim is a recipient
of the 2015 Amateur of the Year Award presented
by the Dayton -Hamvention Awards Committee. So
Tim, thank you so much for taking time out of
your busy schedule to be on HamTalk Live this
evening. Well, thanks very much for having me,
Neil. It's a real pleasure to be here this evening.
Well, tell our listeners a little bit of the
history of Contest University why you started
this and and how it became popular with all of
these contesters So Neil, I've been going to
the Dayton Hamvention over 40 years now since
I was 13 years old I've been going and The Hamvention
itself has been always the focus out of Harrah
Arena. But one of the areas that has been very
fascinating for contesters and DXers is in the
evenings at the Contest and DX Hotel to learn
about the various tips and tricks for contesting
and DXing. And this used to be done in the hallways
and in some suites that were packed with guys
at the Biltmore Hotel and the Admiral Benbow
Hotel and the Sheraton Hotel. And back in the
early part of 2000, there was a contest seminar,
contest university that was held out in the Washington
DC area. It was a one -day deal hosted by the
Potomac Valley Radio Club. And even before that,
there were contest universities that would gather
in guys' homes, in their living room. They would
spend a day talking. And this was hosted by the
Yankee Clipper Contest Club. So my thought was,
why not take all these crowded suites and hotel
lobbies and hotel hallways and jam -pack the
information so that anybody could have access
to it at a day -long contest university in Dayton,
Ohio, and do it just before the Dayton Hamvention
starts so that if you wanted to go to the Hamvention,
you had one travel situation. What happened,
Neil, was amazing. We have a lot of attendees
to contest university that never go to the Hamvention.
They come to contest university on Thursday,
And then they go home. And that just blew my
mind. So now we're celebrating 10 years of doing
this. I thought the first year if we got 50 guys,
we'd be lucky. We got 150 guys. And this year
we have almost 300 participants at Contest University
in Dayton. Well, that's just really amazing and
such a fabulous idea to bring that to everyone.
What has happened though is this is the spread.
So tell us a little bit about how Contest University
has gone on even in other countries now. Contest
University caught fire and it has been produced
in 15 different countries. And I've been a part
of many of those. In fact, I helped the first
time that we did it in Italy and the second time
that we did it in Italy. I also presented it
the first time we did it in London. But Contest
University has been held in Russia, in Australia,
in Brazil, in Finland, many times in Germany.
And here just two months ago in Italy, which
was the seventh Contest University, they have
two a year. It's so popular. They had over 400
people attend. That's amazing. And, and so this
year, um, is sold out as, as, uh, we know. And,
um, you say that's right around 300 of people,
right? Yeah. Uh, it is, uh, it's pretty incredible
because it's starting to tax the space that we
have available and each year we have all new
content. So the professors that we have. each
year worked very, very hard on their presentations
to make sure that they have the latest information
in contesting, and there's some DXing in there,
but a lot of it is technology -based or analytics
-based. We're very excited this year to have
Val NV9L, who is one of our new professors, talking
about analytics and how you take a look at your
contest scores to get better. We've had Dr. Bob
Heil. He was there last year. We have Rob Sherwood
who is the recognized leader in kind of the consumer
reports to amateur radio transceivers and receivers
and he has a ranking on his website and his session
which is the last session is a packed house.
I mean it's standing room only. So We're really
excited that every year it just continues to
get better and better. This year we have some
handbooks that have charts and guides. We have
a glossary of all the terminology that is used
in contesting. So even if you're new, you can
dive right in and you don't have to feel like,
what is this jargon? What are all these abbreviations?
And the great thing is, 70 % of the students
that will attend Contest University this year
in Dayton are first timers. And that says a lot.
And so we're very excited about that, Neil. Yeah,
I know we're excited about Val's analytics at
the high school where I teach. We actually tried
to do some analytics on what we did this year.
our school called ground up as well as see you
worldwide and and we're really looking forward
to that and And what are some of the other new
things that that are going to take place at this
year's contest university? Well, we're going
to be showing some new radios the ICOM IC 7300
actually the radio will be there so that that
is a pretty incredible thing and Rob Sherwood
will be talking about all the radios that were
released here in the past year. One of the other
things we're going to be talking about coax connectors
and how important it is to install coax connectors
properly. Greg Orte, WAWWB, is a real expert
in this area and he'll be presenting We're very
fortunate to have Kirk Pickering, K4RO, who was
the National Contest Journal editor for many
years, he'll be talking about doing contesting
the right way. You know, contesting, radio sport
contesting, is the kind of thing where you're
on your honor. And you have to do the right thing
and play by the rules. And so Kirk will be giving
that presentation. It's his first time to be
a professor as well. And, you know, Joel Harrison,
W5ZN, he has presented many times at Contest
University. He was the ARL president for many
years, and he'll be talking about six meter contesting.
So that's real fascinating. I've seen his slide
deck, and it's great. And, you know, Neil, a
lot of people are getting involved in digital
contesting, RTTY and PSK 31. And we have the
director of the CQ Worldwide RTTY Contest, Ed
Muns, W0YK, is going to give several sessions
on Ready. And every year, his... his particular
presentations, you can't find an empty seat in
there. So it's really just, it's over 20 presentations
in one day. And the great thing is, Neil, even
if you don't come to Dayton, we're going to have
several of these presentations live streamed
on the internet. DX Engineering and ICOM America
are working together to bring it live. And so
if you go to the website, which is contestuniversity
.com here probably tomorrow. You'll see the button
you click on. And if you're at home, whether
you're in Japan or if you're in Berlin, Germany,
or you're over in Indianapolis, Indiana, and
you can't get to Hamvention, you can't get the
date in Ohio, you'll be able to see some of the
selected sessions of Contest University. Well,
that's exactly what I was getting ready to ask
you about. Be sure to tune into those if you
can't make it. And there are usually some archives
as well, right? After the contest university
is over. That's true. All of these sessions that
are streamed live are also recorded and will
be posted on YouTube. And Neil, if you can't
wait for next Thursday, sessions from 2015 and
2014 are in the video section. of contestuniversity
.com. So you can go there now and see what it
looked like last year and the year before. Yeah,
and we posted a couple of pictures from last
year on our Facebook page and our Twitter feed.
And it is no small room, ladies and gentlemen.
It's a pretty massive group of people. And the
information that we came away with last year
was just fabulous. So if you didn't get in this
year, watch the webcast, watch the archives if
you can. And if people didn't get in this year
and they want to go next year, how do they go
about doing that for next year? So in the middle
of December, because we found that a lot of spouses
like to give the Contest University experience
as a Christmas present. So right around December
15th, we will open up registration for next year's
Contest University. So you just watch the website,
contestuniversity .com, and you can sign up right
there. You know, it's very easy. All you have
to have is a credit card or a PayPal account.
Either one works fine, and you'll be able to
sign up. Neil, this was the first year that we
sold out. And we actually have people that have
begged us, said, jeez, I want to come. And I
didn't get my reservation in on time, or I didn't
realize that I would be able to go until the
last minute. So we've got some people kind of
standing outside, hoping that some of the students
don't show up so they can get their spot. But
this has been our most productive year when it
comes to registrations. And it's a real credit
to the professors that really do all of the hard
work of putting together the slide material,
making sure that it's accurate, and then having
to stand up and present. And as you know, you've
been there, they do a phenomenal job. Absolutely.
You just can't find any better experts in all
of these fields. We decided to do the CQ Worldwide
Ready Contest for the first time and we never
worked ready before as a club. I used to work
ready when I was a kid and so we had a lot to
learn about contesting digitally and so we were
able to get some of those sessions in and that
definitely helped. So there's just all kinds
of things there so make sure you check that out.
Well, we have some questions for you coming in
on Twitter, and we're going to start taking some
phone calls, too. But we do need to take our
final break. But we'll be back with more from
Tim Duffy, K3LR, and your calls next, right after
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Duffy K3LR is our special guest tonight. on our
Dayton Hamvention Preview Series, and we'll start
taking your calls now, so please give us a call.
Feel free to ask Tim about contesting, DXing,
contest university, or anything. Just give us
a call at 812 -NET -HAM -1. Again, 812 -638 -4261,
or you can Skype us at HamTalk Live. Dr. Scott
Wright has sent me some things on Twitter to
be sure to include to you. So first of all, he
says that if it were not for Contest University,
he would not be going to Hamwich and nearly as
often and to thank you so much for your leadership
with with contesting and he wants to know Where
will you move Contest University if you have
over 400 people wanting it next year? Well, we
have thought about that. And there are a couple
of options. We're looking at several of them.
One of them is the Dayton Convention Center,
which has a very large venue. So we're keeping
our eyes headed up and if registrations next
year look like they're gonna blow beyond 300
we'll seriously look at another venue. Okay very
good and his other question for you is what is
your favorite contest event outside of Contest
University at Hamvention? You know my favorite
contest of the year I would say It is the CQ
worldwide DX CW contest at the end of November
I've done it for all a long long time and it
has Just amazing participation all over the world
and I would say that's my favorite one, but that's
tough to do Neil because They really all are
my favorite. For a long time, my favorite was
the ARRL sweepstakes contest. I used to do that
single op, and I was doing very well at it in
the 1980s and 1990s. And I also liked the National
Contest Journal CW Sprint Contest. And I still
hold some records in the Pennsylvania QSO party.
That's a real tough question, Neil. Well, why
don't you tell us, by the way, again, give us
a call 812 -638 -4261, 812 -NATAM1 or Skype HamTalk
Live if you have a question. Another question
here. Tell us about some of the other activities
that are going on there, the Crown Plaza, the
band and the pizza party and all those kinds
of things that are going on after. Contest University.
Well, it even starts, Neil, the day before Contest
University on Wednesday. And we have a website
that really encapsulates the entire Dayton experience
if you're a contestor. And that website is Contest
SuperSuite. All one word, all together. ContestSuperSuite
.com. On there you will see all of the activities
that that a contest or should really Think about
and there's a webinar that I did Probably about
two weeks ago that really outlines all the activities
that are there. There's a a button on that website
Called contest related events and it really it
I mean if you print it out Neil That is, it's
kind of a schedule of events for a contestor.
So for the entire weekend, starting on Wednesday
afternoon and ending on Sunday morning, you won't
miss a thing if you take a look at that. You
know, Contest University is on Thursday, but
on Wednesday night, we have a really cool pizza
party there at the Crowne Plaza. And it's a little
bit smaller and more intimate. It's typically
the CTU students with the professors. On Thursday
night, we have a chicken wing and pizza party
that's at 1030 in the contest super suite there
on the second floor of the Crowne Plaza. On Friday,
we... Of course, all day Thursday is contest
university. On Friday, I moderate the antenna
forum. I've been doing that for over 30 years.
And that is really a cool session. We've got
four great papers that will be given at the antenna
forum. That's at Hera Arena. And also, then Friday
night, I host the top band dinner. These are
the 160 meter experts. operators that like to
operate on 160 meters the top band and Then again,
we have the contest super suite is open There's
going to be a German beer Deal for WRTC 2018
this year and then at 10 o 'clock Neil it's the
spurious emissions band and it's Ward Silver
and Scott Robbins and Sean Kaczko and Kirk Pickering
and maybe a few other Add -ins and it is an amazing
one hour from 10 o 'clock to 11 o 'clock in the
presidential ballroom on the second floor and
The links to those to past various emissions
Concerts are are on YouTube so you can see them
but this year we increase the size of their sound
system It should be Just phenomenal deal and
we're going to broadcast that live too on the
internet. So you'll be able to see that live
Thanks to DX engineering and icon America partnering
together to bring that live and Saturday is the
contest Forum at hair arena and Doug Grant k1dg
has a really good lineup of papers there and
then kind of the the icing on the cake is Saturday
night when we have the contest dinner, and this
is the 24th annual contest dinner, and I've been
organizing it for all 24 years, and this is where
the CQ Contest Hall of Fame inductions are done,
and it is also, we have a great keynote speaker,
it's John Crivelli, W2GD, who has been a contester
for 50 years, and he has got a very heartwarming
story. uh, his own story told by John of, um,
life in ham radio. So, uh, and then we have another
pizza party Saturday night. So, so plenty of
pizza to go around. It is incredible, Neil, you
know, on Friday night, which is the busiest night
in the suite, the poor guy that we have actually
have to have two different pizza vendors to supply
enough pizza. And these guys will bring in 40
pizzas and within 13 minutes, they're all gone.
They're gone. Yeah. Yeah. There's going to be
a lot of pizzas sold in Dayton. I think that
may be part of that estimated a million or two
in the economy of Dayton. Right. Is that just
Just in pizza alone? I think that's probably
right on the money. But the great thing is, is
all these pizza parties are sponsored by contest
clubs or individuals that are giving back and
want to have fun. And really, that's what this
whole ham radio hobby is about, is about the
people. And the radio and contests are just kind
of the vehicle to get some unbelievable friends
together and meet new friends and tell stories
and learn things and share things. 812 Net Ham
1 or Skype Ham Talk Live to ask your questions
to Tim Duffy. Now I want to talk a little bit
about the Spurry Submissions Band for just a
moment for people who are not familiar with them
if you're not. The whole premise of the Spurry
Submissions Band is is to take some, some good
old time rock and roll and change the lyrics
up just a little bit. Do you say that's a fair
assessment? That is a very fair assessment. And
the great thing is, is that I've been told that
their song book has over 150 of these and they
each year they come away with about 10 or 12
that they present to us. that are the best of
the best. It's just incredible. I mean, it's
one of those moments that that 60 minutes meal
when you just say stop time right now, because
I'm here in a room with four or 500 of my closest
friends. We're laughing. We're smiling and we're
having the time of our life. So these lyrics
are changed to make. these songs have a ham radio
theme if you haven't figured that out yet from
the spurious emissions so that's a fabulous event
and so I hope you can get to see that or as he
says watch it online even if you can't make it
to Hamvention next week and so we have one week
to go Tim's making his final preparations and
I know you're extremely busy with all of the
things that you're involved in and last year
you were recognized as being the Dayton Hamvention
amateur of the year so that's a very well deserved
award and we thank you so much for all of your
leadership in contesting and taking care of all
of these events and make sure that they go off
without a hitch. You know, Neil, it was phenomenal
to get recognized by the DARA, but it really
is a testament to this hobby and to the people
that have been with me throughout this that I
owe a lot of thanks to, that mentored me, that
were role models for me. You know, there were
so many over the years, but when I've asked people
to be professors at Contest University, they've
said, how can I help? What can I do to get on
board with this movement? And certainly, I couldn't
do any of this without the help of Terry Greiser,
Kate MNJ, who works lockstep with me every year
to make sure, I mean, there's so many different
things. You wouldn't believe Neil, but I actually
I host two board meetings during Hamvention for
the the WWR off which is the worldwide radio
operators foundation and also another group and
and these all this stuff goes on behind the scenes
and We these all these things are committed to
making our hobby better preserving what we have
and passing it on to the next generation. So
that's why your involvement and the students
that you bring and that energy. Here a few weeks
ago I was presenting the video that you were
a part of and your students were a part of. that
Christian K0STH did last year about your experience
and your students' experience at Contest University.
I presented that to the Northern California DX
Foundation when I was in Visalia, California.
And they were very happy, very, very satisfied
with the investment and the donation that they
made to make that possible. And they said, let's
do it again. Let's do it bigger. So not only
this year are you and your students coming back
on a scholarship, but we also have students from
Virginia Tech, from Wright State University.
I mean, this thing is catching fire. Yeah, my
students already were excited to hear you speak
about that on Ham Nation that some of the Virginia
Tech folks that we talked to on the air will
get actually to meet them at Contest University,
and we're just so thrilled that other schools
are getting involved with that, and we're doubling
our numbers this year. We're bringing more. We've
got more excited about Contest University, and
so we can't thank them enough. And Christian
for making such an excellent video. We really
thank Christian for that. And of course, he's
got his podcast going, 100 Watts and a Wire,
and does a fabulous job with that. And so we're
just very glad to be a part of it and just really
looking forward to coming back next week. Well,
we're excited to have you, Neil, and I think
it's going to be a tremendous contest university
on Thursday next week. 812. Net Ham 1 is the
phone number or Skype us at HamTalk Live or you
can tweet us too. That's at HamTalk Live. Uh,
you can do that as well. We have a few minutes
left for some questions. If you want to do that,
why, uh, asked him, uh, anything you want about
contest university, contesting, and all the meanwhile,
you have this, this company to take care of in
the middle of all of that. You have, you have
your company to take care of. Right. I have a
day job. And you talk about a tremendous team.
I am just so happy to be a part of a team of
folks at DX Engineering does a tremendous job.
And we're trying to help people every day, get
their stations together, improve their stations,
put up a new antenna, and have fun with this
hobby. And Neil, I got to tell you, we are growing
like a wicked weed. We are growing leaps and
bounds. Every month we're doing more and more
business and it has just been a phenomenal experience.
I've been with DX Engineering now for three years
and the growth has been phenomenal and it's because
of all the people that are involved. We brought
on just recently Yesu and Kenwood and Alinko.
ICOM has been with DX Engineering almost from
the beginning. And then we manufacture some of
the most unique and high -quality products for
your station. Noise canceling controllers, balance,
43 -foot verticals. we supply aluminum tubing,
it goes on and on and on. And I know, you know,
if you go to the website, hey, Neil, I got to
see the new catalog that we're bringing to Dayton.
And it'll be in everybody's mailboxes when they
come home from Dayton. And I got to see that
new catalog today. God, is it good. It's, we
have 500 new products in there. Wow. You're going
to have to start paying Terry more. I'll tell
you what she is a hard worker. And the great
thing is, is there are so many hard workers.
I mean, when, uh, Bob, uh, now I'm in W five
OB and Steve Hanna KC eight YSU and our manufacturing
manager, W three CDG. And you know what? Neil,
everybody at DX Engineering is a ham. We're all
hams. So we're all doing what we love. And whether
it's somebody that is packing, you know, N8OQQ
is responsible for packing all the orders up
every day, or how about Tammy and Diana that
do all the soldering of our custom cables and
I mean, You talk about living the dream that
that's what we're all doing. So we're having
fun and we're delivering best in class products.
When you're, when you're having fun with, uh,
your job, that's, that's just the greatest thing.
And so, uh, I'm glad that, uh, you guys are able
to do that. And, uh, there's a couple of things
that I, I know I'm going to check out and, and
I'd love to, uh, So maybe get by the store this
summer. That's that's on my list of things to
try So we'll see if we can we can get up there
now. Oh go ahead No, I we'd love to host you
Neil and if you want to come on a Thursday We
could do the show live from DX engineer Wow,
I mean we may have to do that well I'm gonna
put you on the spot here for the last question
a little bit and and ask you if you had to pick
your favorite contest university moment, your
favorite memory from contest university, what
would it be? I guess what comes right to my mind,
I mean there's so many of them, but what comes
to my mind was there's a photo actually on the
contest university website of a guy who's got
his hand in the air and he's stretching. He's
in the back row, and he's stretching his hand
up really high, Neil. And that photo was taken
probably five or six years ago during one of
the sessions. And that guy is Lee Weichel, KH6BZF.
And when I was growing up, I was in grade school
the first time I heard Lee. And I heard this
guy in Hawaii with this monster signal. And his
phonetics were... kilo hotel six blooming zipper
flipper. Now you're gonna, you're gonna remember
that. But he made it a point to fly from Hawaii
to contest university. And Lee had gone through
some terrible medical issues. Lee, when he came
to contest university was in a wheelchair. He
had lost both his legs due to diabetes. And he
had the best attitude of anybody you wanted to
meet. And when he came to Contest University,
he said, Tim, I need you to come down to me.
And I need you to look me in the eye. And so
I bent over, and he hugged me. And he said, you're
doing the most amazing thing for ham radio, you
don't know it, but you're doing the most amazing
thing. And I love you for doing that. And It
was only a year and a half after he was at Dayton
that Lee died. And he gives me so much inspiration,
even to this day. Anytime that I say, oh, geez,
we're getting tired or Terry says, oh, it's unbelievable.
We have this problem and we got to work through
it. All I have to do, Neil, is think about KH6BZF.
And what he said to me at contest university.
And, uh, so that that's one of many moments,
uh, that I've had there. Well, thank you so much
for sharing that. That's a very, very touching
story. And I, uh, I appreciate, uh, you taking
the time out of your busy schedule, especially
right a week away, uh, to come on the show and
tell everybody about contest university. And
hopefully we can, uh, we can boost those, uh,
numbers up a little bit and, uh, we may have,
have a good problem on our, on your hands, uh,
to, uh, make another expansion. Yeah. You know,
um, we never do the same thing twice and I'm
all about, uh, pushing this forward and making
it better and expanding. And of course we'll
be having contest universities in Germany in
June and also in the United Kingdom later in
the fall. So there's lots going on here. All
right, contestuniversity .com is the website
and this is Tim Duffy, K3LR. Tim, thank you so
much for taking time out tonight and I will see
you next week. All right. Thanks again for having
me, Neil. It was great to talk to you and all
your listeners, and I wish you safe travels.
Thank you so much, Tim. That is a wrap for this
week's edition of HamTalk Live. I'd like to thank
Tim Duffy, K3LR, and everybody listening out
there in cyberspace and our Twitter followers
and our callers and invite you back to the show
on Hamvention Eve next Thursday night. 9 p .m.
Eastern Time when we will be live from Dayton.
Please give us a call at 812 -NET -HAM -1. We're
not asking one person to be on the show. We have
some surprises, but we want to take your calls
and we want to get you at the Spring Hill Suites
to tell us about what you like about Hamvention.
And so we're not going to have a regular guest
next week. It's all up to you. So please give
us a call 812 -NET -HAM -1 or Skype us from Dayton
or on the way to Dayton or from your hotel or
from home and join us for this live broadcast.
Better yet, show up if you can. And for a list
of all of our upcoming guests, visit HamTalkLive
.com. So for now, with Tim Duffy, K3LR. This
is Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, saying 7375, and may the
good DX be yours.