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<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">2017 DFW DX & Contest Forum</H1>
<H3 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Sponsored by The Lone Star DX Assoc & The
DFW Contest Group</H3>
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">Plus Contest Luncheon with Special Guest, Tim
Duffy, K3LR</H2>
<H2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">"The Evolution and Future of Contesting"</H2>
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<P>The DFW Contest Group and the Lone Star DX Association announce the 2017
DFW DX & Contest Forum to be held on Friday and Saturday, June 9th and
10th in conjunction with Ham-Com at the Irving Convention Center in Irving,
Texas. <BR><BR>The 2017 DFW DX & Contest Forum includes 16
presentations on Friday and Saturday and is highlighted with a luncheon on
Saturday featuring our special guest Tim Duffy, K3LR. Tim will present on "The
Evolution and Future of Contesting" at the luncheon. Tim will also be
presenting at 1:00 PM on Friday on "Station Design for HF".<BR><BR>All
presentations from all speakers are included in your standard admission to
Ham-Com however, the Luncheon admission will be $25 and includes a light boxed
lunch and raffle entry for door prizes</P>
<H2>2017 Presentation Topics</H2>
<H3>Friday Sessions</H3>
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<LI>Introduction to Contesting (KG5VK)
<LI>DX 101 (N5JB)
<LI>Contesting from a Small/Restricted Lot (NM5M)
<LI>QRP Contesting (NE5DL)
<LI>Station Design for HF (K3LR)
<LI>RF Design for Single Operator Two Radio Stations (W8FN)
<LI>Taking Your Contest Efforts to the Next Level (W0UO)
<LI>Cubical Quad Design Methods (WA5FWC) </LI></UL>
<H3>Saturday Sessions</H3>
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<LI>Preparing for the Solar Minimum (W0UO)
<LI>Effective Antennas for Low Band DXing (KG5VK)
<LI>Survey of Low Band Receiving Antennas (WX0B and HK1A)
<LI>The Future of DXing and DXpeditions (KK6EK)
<LI>Luncheon ($) - The Evolution and Future of Contesting (K3LR)<BR>-
$25.00 and includes a light boxed lunch and raffle entry for door prizes
<LI>The Sun and Radio Propagation - (Dr. Tamitha Skov)
<LI>Live Demonstration of N1MM + (W8FN, KG5VK, W0UO and others)
<LI>Contesting and DXing with the Digital Modes (N3BUO) </LI></UL>
<P>The cost for the Luncheon is $25 and includes admission to the 12:00
presentation on Saturday with special guest Tim Duffy, K3LR as well as
a boxed lunch with deli sandwich, chips, fruit cup or cookie, water and
iced tea. Admission price also provides a chance to win one of our
several door prizes from prominent Amateur Radio vendors. Tickets must
be purchased in advance using the information below. There is no charge
for any of the presentations on Friday, or for any of the other presentations
on Saturday, all other presentations are covered by the price of admission to
Ham-Com.</P>
<H2>Contest Luncheon Special Guest, Tim Duffy, K3LR</H2>
<P><IMG SRC="cid:X.MA5.1491667838@aol.com" style="FLOAT: right" alt="" width=230 height=173 DATASIZE="21312" ID="MA5.1491667838" >Tim has been an active amateur radio operator for over
45 years. He has hosted 132 different operators from around the world as part
of the K3LR Multi-Multi DX radio sport contest efforts since 1992. He was the
Atlantic Division Technical Achievement award winner in 1998. Tim was
moderator of the Dayton Contest Forum for 10 years and has been moderator of
the Hamvention Antenna forum for 33 years. He is a founding member and current
President of the North Coast Contesters. K3LR serves as chairman of Contest
University (11 years), the Dayton Contest Dinner (25 years), chairman of the
Top Band Dinner – as well as coordinator of the Contest Super Suite (32 years)
in Dayton during the yearly Hamvention. He is founder and moderator of the
popular RFI Reflector (<A title=mailto:RFI@contesting.com class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated>RFI@contesting.com</A>) since 1999. He has been
a guest on Ham Nation many times. Tim was a member of Team USA at the World
Radio Team Championship – four times and will operate in Germany for WRTC2018.
Tim serves on the board of directors of the World Wide Radio Operators
Foundation (WWROF) as Vice Chairman and the Radio Club of America (RCA) as
President and a member of the RCA executive committee. Tim is President of the
Mercer County Amateur Radio Club (W3LIF). Tim was elected to the CQ Contesting
Hall of Fame in 2006. He was honored with the prestigious Barry Goldwater
Amateur Radio service award by the RCA in 2010. K3LR was honored as Ham of the
Year for 2015 by the Dayton Amateur Radio Association. Tim is the Chief
Operating Officer and General Manager at DX Engineering. He is a graduate of
the Pennsylvania State University.</P>
<H2><SPAN style="COLOR: #ff0000">Purchase Ticket for the 2017 DFW DX &
Contest Forum</SPAN></H2>
<P>To purchase tickets for the luncheon portion of the 2017 DFW DX &
Contest Forum, please go to the DFW Contest Group website link below and
scroll down to the payment form. </P>
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