The Central Texas DX and Contest Club (CTDXCC) is proud to be the continuing sponsor of the DX and Contest Forum at Austin Summerfest. The 2006 Austin Summerfest was held on August 4th and 5th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 6121 North IH-35 (@ US 290 East), Austin, Texas. The DX and Contest Forum was 10 AM to noon on Saturday.

DX and Contest Forum Program

1. WRTC 2006 was the first WRTC held in South America.

   World Radiosport Team Championship 2006: the PT5U Story
   George Fremin III K5TR will report on his participation in the 2006 World Radiosport Team Championship, part of the IARU HF World Championship Contest, just concluded in Brazil. George was team leader for PT5U, who along with Dave Pascoe KM3T competed against 45 other two-person teams carefully selected from the world's elite contesters to compete in this unique once-every-four years Olympic-style event.
   
   
    
   

2. The Texas QSO Party: September 23-24, 2006!

   The Texas QSO Party: You Can Do It!
   Closer to home - for those mere mortal contesters among us - Gary Schmidt W5ZL and Scott Pederson KI5DR, half of the Driving Burrito Brothers (including Brother Richard K5NA and Sister Susan K5DU) will get you fired up about the upcoming Texas QSO Party with their accounts of roving Texas highways as "rare DX" in the K5NA "Burritomobile". TQP is truly for everybody and is a rocking good time - a rare chance to be "the hunted" rather than the "hunter" without the airplane trip and seasick pills. Whether you operate from home or get out and rove like the Burrito Brothers, their talk will get you in the mood.