<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">SO..You just might want to dip into the ham radio contesting world?  Here's some kick-start info -- 73, Mark  <i>AA6DX</i>  🤔</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~                                             </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">2021 CONTEST UNIVERSITY Live via Zoom Webinar (free) - Thursday May 20, 2021</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">* REGISTRATION OPENS April 21, 2021 go to:  <</span><a href="http://contestuniversity.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://contestuniversity.com</a><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">></span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://contestuniversity.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://contestuniversity.com</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Each speaker will talk for 45 minutes with 15 minutes after for Q&A.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">9:00 AM EDT (1300Z)  Welcome to CTU by W8CI and K3LR</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">9:05 AM EDT (1305Z) WW2DX speaker "Cloud Contesting - Live Demonstration" -</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">moderators NN1C and W9KKN</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">10:00 AM EDT (1400Z) W3LPL speaker "Preparing Your Station for Competition"</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">- moderators NN1C and W9KKN</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">11:00 AM EDT (1500Z) M0DXR speaker "Contest Categories "Make the Most of</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Your Entry" - moderators W2NAF and KM3T</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Noon EDT (1600Z) - Last 12 months - Contest Operator Silent Keys by K1AR and</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">CONTEST BREAK</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">12:30 PM EDT (1630Z) DK6SP speaker "Youth - the Future of Contesters" -</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">moderators W2NAF and KM3T</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">1:30 PM EDT (1730Z) UA9BA speaker "Contesting From Russia" - moderators K5TR</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">and N5KO</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">2:30 PM EDT (1830Z) CT1BOH speaker "There is Nothing Magic About</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Propagation" - moderators K5TR and N5KO</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">3:30 PM EDT (1930Z) NC0B speaker "Transceiver Performance for the HF DX and</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Contest Operator" - moderators K1AR and N3RA</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">4:30 PM EDT (2030Z) Wrap up N9JA and K3LR</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">4:35 PM EDT (2035Z) 2021 CQ Contest Hall of Fame Presentation - K1AR</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">*FOUR ICOM HF Radios will be given away during CTU at random times. You must</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">be registered in Zoom and present during the random time drawing.</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">More information is here: </span><a href="https://www.contestuniversity.com/course-outline/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.contestuniversity.com/course-outline/</a><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Special Thanks to Hamvention, Icom America and DX Engineering for donating</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">the radios and to QTH.com for website hosting.</span><br></div></div></div>