Early Registration is Now open for HamCon Colorado and our excellent DX University program to be held on Thursday October 23, 2025. This will be your opportunity to learn some of the biggest “trade secrets” from the best DXers in the business. Our master of ceremonies, James Cizek, KI0KN has pulled together a fantastic slate of speakers to fill your day with excellent, informative presentations on some of the most popular topics regarding DXing!
The DX University program is just $75 per person for the entire day! This includes a continental breakfast and morning coffee, tea, and water. The afternoon includes a Buffet lunch, freshly baked cookies, potato chips, apples, soft drinks and bottled water.
This is an in-person only event. There will be no online participants. The table below is a draft. Times for speakers will be rearranged from the list below. Content and presentations will be updated as information comes in!
| TIME | INSTRUCTOR | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| 7:00 AM | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 AM | Bill Mader, K8TE | Tools for propagation prediction |
| 9:00 AM | Barry Mitchell, N0KV | How to make yourself stand out in the pileup |
| 10:00 AM | Rob Sherwood, NC0B | How to use and understand the receiver performance data found at Sherwood Engineering |
| 11:00 AM | Walt Stinson, W0CP | The Past, Present, and Future of DXing: Traditions, Skills, and Technologies |
| 12:00 PM | Buffet Lunch | |
| 1:00 PM | Dave Jorgenson, WD5COV | The TopBand Express, 160Meter DXpedition antenna |
| 2:00 PM | Snacks and Drinks | |
| 2:00 PM | James Cizek, KI0KN | Antenna efficiency and tuning for DX'ing, explained. |
| 3:00 PM | TBD | QSO Logs, logging programs, and DXCC awards |
| 4:00 PM | TBD | TBD |