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 2010 Austin Summerfest is August 6th and 7th, at the Austin Airport Marriot South Hotel, 4415 South IH-35, Austin, Texas, 78744 (northbound frontage road, south of Ben White Blvd.). The DX and Contest Forum is will be from 10 AM to noon on Saturday.

DX and Contest Forum Program

1. Receiver Performance, Transmitted Bandwidth and Contest Fatigue
   Rob Sherwood NC0B will be the first of two excellent speakers in this year's Summerfest DX and Contest Forum. Rob was first licensed in 1961 and founded Sherwood Engineering, Inc. in 1974. Since the first product offerings of upgrades to Drake receivers, Sherwood Engineering has developed a following for contesters and DXers seeking the ultimate in receiver performance. Rob will discuss how he evaluates receiver performance, what parameters are important, and how the most popular receivers stack up against each other in every relevant category.
   
    
   
2. DXCC On Foot
   Our second speaker will be Ramon Santoyo V. XE1KK, the IARU Region II Secretary. An accomplished DXer and contester, Ramon has the highest DXCC Challenge totals from Mexico, and is a founding member of the Grupo DXXE. Ramon has travelled to 115 DXCC entities, and has had the opportunity to operate amateur radio from about a third of them. Join us as Ramon shares photos and stories from exotic DX locations like North Korea (P5), Yemen (7O), Iran (EP), Palestine (E4), Tonga (A3), St. Pierre & Miquelon (FP), and more!
   
    
   

CW and Phone Pileup Competitions

CTDXCC will also host the Third Annual Summerfest Pileup Competitions. Drop by the CTDXCC table, sit down, and take your choice of a MorseRunner CW Pileup test, a RufZ high speed CW callsign copying test, or our first-of-its-kind-EVER SSB pileup competition using a FlexRadio SDR5000 to tune 20 meters to copy all the calls you can in a set time from a recording made LIVE during the 2010 IARU/WRTC contest.