2025 Contesting Related Events
Dayton Hamvention
May 14th – Wednesday night
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Dayton Contest University 2025 Registration at the Hope Hotel
7:00 PM Contest Super Suite at the Hope Hotel opens hosted by the Mad River Radio Club (MRRC), Frankford Radio Club (FRC) North Coast Contesters (NCC), and Kansas City DX Club (KCDXC).
10:00 PM Pizza Party at the Hope Hotel sponsored by Dayton Contest University 2025. http://www.contestsupersuite.com.
May 15th – Thursday daytime
7:00 AM Dayton Contest University 2025 Registration opens at the Hope Hotel. Must sign up in advance – http://www.contestuniversity.com.
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Dayton Contest University 2025 at the Hope Hotel.
May 15th – Thursday night
6:00 pm Digital Contest Dinner – at the Hope Hotel in the Mustang Room. Speaker is Roger Hoffman, N4RR – RTTY Contesting as PJ4R. Tickets from W0YK
7:00 PM Contest Super Suite at the Hope Hotel hosted by the Mad River Radio Club (MRRC), Frankford Radio Club (FRC) North Coast Contesters (NCC), and Kansas City DX Club (KCDXC).
10:00 PM Pizza Party at the Hope Hotel sponsored by the Society of Midwest Contesters (SMC). http://www.contestsupersuite.com
May 16th – Friday daytime
7:00 AM – First Bus Pickup from the Hope Hotel to the Fairgrounds. (Bus runs on a continuous loop between the hotel and the fairgrounds). Friday and Saturday only.
12:30 – 2:00 PM Digital Contest Forum at Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio, Room 4 Moderator: Ed Muns, W0YK
“ RTTY and FT8 Contest Insights,, Tim Shoppa, N3QE
“Recent Advances in RigSelect Pro, Courtney Krehbiel, KD6X
“The New FT Challenge Contest, Ed Muns, W0YK
“Understanding Log Checking, Ed Muns, W0YK
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Antenna Forum at Hamvention in Xenia, Ohio, Room 1 Moderator: Tim Duffy, K3LR.
“Comparison of Short Vertical Arrays for Low Band Receiving” Joel Harrison, W5ZN
“Wideband Wire Antennas” Fred Lass, K2TR
“All Choked up! Feedline Choking Without Suffocating” Greg Ordy, W8WWV
“Solar Cycle 25 Lessons Learned for Amateur Radio” Dr. Tamitha Skov, WX6SWW
5:30 PM – Final Bus Pickup from the Fairgrounds to the Hope Hotel.
May 16th – Friday night
7:00 PM Contest Super Suite at the Hope Hotel hosted by the Mad River Radio Club (MRRC), Frankford Radio Club (FRC) North Coast Contesters (NCC), and Kansas City DX Club (KCDXC).
7:00 PM 34th Annual Top Band Dinner at the Hope Hotel. Speaker John Crovelli, W2GD. Tickets in advance from http://www.topbanddinner.com.
9:30 PM-11:00 PM – Spurious Emissions Band performing live at the Hope Hotel
11:00 PM Pizza Party at the Hope Hotel sponsored by the Potomac Valley Radio Club (PVRC). http://www.contestsupersuite.com
May 17th – Saturday daytime
7:00 AM – First Bus Pickup from the Hope Hotel to the Fairgrounds. (Bus runs on a continuous loop between the hotel and the fairgrounds). Friday and Saturday only.
1:35 PM – 3:50 PM Contest Forum at Hamvention in Xenia, OH, Room 1 Moderator: Doug Grant, K1DG.
“Great Montana Sweepstakes Shootout of 2024” – Chris Hurlbut, KL9A/KM7W and Pat Barkey, N9RV
“Youth Contesting in Europe” – Jules Benkemoun, F4IEY
“QSO Party Roving in Style” – Chris Knox, KI1P
“Introducing Tina – the N3QE AI op” – Tim Shoppa, N3QE
“Real Time Contesting – HAMSCORE.com” – Victor Androsov, VA2WA and Craig Thompson, K9CT
5:30 PM – Final Bus Pickup from the Fairgrounds to the Hope Hotel.
May 17th – Saturday evening
6:30 PM 31st Annual Dayton Contest Dinner hosted by North Coast Contesters at the Hope Hotel. Dinner speaker Chris Hurlbut, KL9A. Space is limited. Details and tickets in advance are available at http://www.contestdinner.com.
7:00 PM Contest Super Suite at the Hope Hotel hosted by The Mad River Radio Club (MRRC), Frankford Radio Club (FRC) North Coast Contesters (NCC), and Kansas City DX Club (KCDXC).
8:00 PM to 12:00 AM Kansas City DX Club CW Pileup Competition at the Hope Hotel.
10:30 PM Pizza Party at the Hope Hotel sponsored by the Yankee Clipper Contest Club (YCCC). http://www.contestsupersuite.com
