Our illustrious VP Steve NC6R was rooting around in his desk the other day and chanced upon a couple of thumb drives (remember those?) containing Contest and DX Academy presentations from the 2013 and 2014 International DX Convention (IDXC) in Visalia, CA.
Steve passed these along to your Editor to publish in The Nugget. And so, here they are for you enjoy and reminisce about contesting in the last decade! (And there’s a lot of still-relevant material!)
2013 Contest Adademy
- Dean N6BV, “A Short Course on HF Antennas for Contesting“
- Dean N6BV, “HF Propagation and Contesting“
- Tom K5RC, “Contest Station Layout & Design“
- Russ K6KLY, “VHF Contesting“
- Stu K6TU, “Contesting with the new SDR Radios”
- Ward N0AX, “Contesting In the Second Century Of Ham Radio“
- Bob N6TV, “Using the Reverse Beacon Network As a Contesting Advantage“
- Tom ND2T, “Train Your Weaknesses; Compete Your Strengths“
- Jeff WK6I (!), “Winning RTTY or ‘How I Did It’”
- Contest Academy Resource Handout (Bios etc.)
2013 DX Academy
- Ned AA7A, “Station & Antenna Considerations“
- John K6YP, “Strategies for Successful QSLing“
- Curt K7CU, “Awards and Recognitions, Beyond DXCC“
- Carl K9LA, “Propagation for Working DX“
- Rich KY6R, “DXCC Honor Roll in One Solar Cycle“
- Don N1DG, “Your First DXpedition, What to Expect“
- Wayne N7NG, “Best Practices for DXers“
- Bob W9KNI, “Getting Them In The Log“
- DX Academy Resource Handout (Bios, etc.)
2014 Contest Academy
- Bob N6TV, “Using Waterfall Displays As a Contesting Advantage“
- John K6MM, “Contest Logging Software“
- Tom K5RC, “Contest Station Layout & Design“
- Bob K6XX, “Contest Operating Techniques“
- Hank W6SX, “dB for Free! An Antenna Exercise for Little Pistols“
- Hank W6SX, “Contesting Live! How to Have Fun in Contests“
- Stu K6TU, “Contesting with the new SDR Radios“
- Dean N6BV, “Contest Academy 2014 Terrain Analysis for HF Contesting“
- Tom ND2T, “Train Your Weaknesses; Compete Your Strengths“
- Contest Academy Speakers and Panel
- Contest Logging Software Comparisons
- (Perpetual) Contest Calendar
- Contest Academy Contesting Resources