Guest Speaker, W3LPL August 25, 2025

How have you enjoyed Cycle 25? Are you curious as to where we are and what we can expect in the next few years? Well, we have arranged an amazing guest speaker on zoom for our DX Marathon participants. I have heard Frank’s presentation recently and it will give you very specific knowledge of what to expect today and in the next few years on propogation on HF and 6 meter bands. See the following:

DX MARATHON GUEST SPEAKER SERIES CONTINUES Many of our participants attended K9EL’s presentation on DX Computer Spotting Aids.We actually had over 300 people listen to this amazing zoom presentation. Well, we are about to move to our second speaker who is well known throughout the world for sharing his knowledge and experience of HF and 6-meter propagation including how solar cycles and related solar variability affect HF and 6 meter propagation and highly effective antenna design. We have all enjoyed Solar Maximum big time over the past few years. Are you curious as to how long this will last and what is in store for future DX’ing? Well, Frank Donovan, W3LPL will be our guest on August 25th,18:30pm EDT (22:30Z). Please see Frank’s bio below. DX Marathon incurs costs of operating our program and we are requesting a $10 donation to attend this session. Payments can be made via paypal on the link on the DX Marathon website, www.dxmarathon.com. Come join us. If you cannot make that date, we will record his presentation and have one or two rain dates so don’t be bashful and come join us for this presentation. Please email me at wc3w@dxmarathon.com so you can be registered.

Frank Donovan, W3LPL, is a prominent and respected figure in the amateur radio world, especially known for sharing his expertise in HF propagation and multi-operator contesting and high performance HF and 6 meter antennas. Based in Maryland, Frank is a contesting and DXing veteran and an award winning QST author with decades of professional engineering and amateur experience directly related to HF antennas and propagation especially as it relates to optimizing the performance of HF and 6 meter antennas for DXing and contesting.

He is particularly known for:

· Building and operating the W3LPL superstation, among the most renowned and successful DX multi-operator contest stations in the world spanning more than five decades of continuous HF contesting and DXing achievements.

· Publishing daily HF propagation forecasts used by hams worldwide, offering insights based on near term solar and geomagnetic variability.

· Being a recognized authority on space weather particularly as it affects HF and 6 meter DXing, Frank has given hundreds of presentations at club meetings, and conventions around the world over many decades.

· Contributing to ARRL publications on topics focusing on ionospheric science and highly effective HF and low band antennas for contesters and DXers.

· Supporting education and mentoring in the amateur radio community, especially DXing and contesting communities.

Frank’s work is widely appreciated for his technically rigorous presentations tailored to be highly accessible to the broader ham radio audience. His daily propagation updates are distributed through several ham radio forums, email lists, and websites such as the DX Engineering blog and Facebook groups.