How They Win: Ham Radio Contest Secrets from N6MJ and KL9A 

Looking forward to this stream.

I’ve known both of these kids since their very beginnings. “Who is this new guy on the bands” recognizing each their talent. I’ve enjoyed my friendship with these two and watching them go from pile up creators to engineers of a new realm in our hobby, what we see today. I am proud of these family men and world class contesters. 73 KL2A

Great contesterà and great guys!

Another fine interview. Keep them coming. It’s great to get the story behind these fantastic ambassadors of our great hobby. 73 M0DSK

A great job as always. I especially like this interview with Dan and Chris whom I've had the pleasure to meet on the bands many times. Narrowly missed meeting Dan (and team) last year in the Caymans where I was QRV as ZF2AA on an adjacent Island. (ZF5T/ZF9CW stn on Cayman Brac). I agree that contesting from Zone 8/9 is magic and these 2 guys maximize the magic. FB fellas. CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one. Mike VE9AA "NB"

Dan and Chris are incredible contesters. I love their zeal for the hobby. Thanks for a great iinterview.

Another outstanding interview by Kevin W1DED bringing Dan and Chris / Chris and Dan ;) together for a combined interview. I think I have mentioned this before in other content Kevin has published. It's just a treat to listen to the interview! This is a much watch / listen interview for anyone interested in the intricacies of contesting and the highest level. What you can't take for granted is that Kevin is so good at the interview, editing and production. The questions and flow of the interview puts the interviewees in a comfortable position to answer the questions so effortlessly. Another big thumbs up on this video! I can only say 'thank-you' to KL9A and N6MJ for taking the time along with Kevin W1DED for the work behind the scenes to provide this content to the amateur contest community. Max NG7M

Great interview of the best of the best. 73, KK7A

This was a great watch. Mind blowing and inspirational at the same time. Best of luck to you in qualifying for WRTC 2026. The UK welcomes you and all the other elite operators from around the world.

Kevin, thanks so much for posting this interview. Contesting is great fun I have participated in many but did not know about 2BSIQ before - thank you for discussing that topic. Also good luck in your upcoming half marathon - I also run marathons and will never win or even make the top places but it is still a wonderful experience. 73 de 4X6FB

Kevin, what a great video! Another awesome one! K9KJ

Great double interview to those twins mind blowing contesters!!

Great interview! Amazing what those guys have been able to do! Thanks for sharing! W0MU

Super interview Kevin - thanks. Been my pleasure to know both Chris and Dan. GL and 73 all, Rod/w7zrc

Amazing job you both have done the past years in contests, Congratulations to the host as well. 73 de TI5CDA/TI1K

What a fantastic interview Kevin! Thank you to Chris, Dan, and yourself for taking the time! 73 VE3GKT Edit: if Chris or Dan see this, how often are you on non-adjacent bands, like 40 and 15 at the same time? Are you working JA on one band at the same time as EU on another, or are you usually working the same regions on both radios?

Great video 👍 73! #LY4A

I am extremely impressed 🏆👍

Thanks Kevin for asking all the questions. I’d love to learn so2r or 2BSIQ but there aren’t a ton a visual representations on what is needed to get it rolling.

fantastic interview ! 73 de TF3T

Excellent!!! de AA3R

What a great interview. These guys are truly on the next level but I do disagree with their views on the future of contesting. I'm not going to get into it here, but we need a different direction to help bring more youth (under the age of 50) into the hobby and contesting specifically.

I have listened to several of your videos but I don’t come away with a lot of useful information especially for a single operator in a HOA with a wire antenna. For example, you don’t explain what WTRC is. I assume K3LR is Tim’s station from DXE? What makes these guys so good? Their equipment or how they operate or their location? What is their equipment? I have seen Dan’s presentation at Dayton and it appears he uses a superstation in AZ funded another person. The vast majority of us are not going to be invited to super stations. Come to my house and show me how to improve. As an example of explaining 2BSIQ, you can explain that two or more antennas in close proximity can not only interfere with each other but also damage the other radios, so band pass filters or signal controllers are used to restrict what is received or prevent multiple radios from transmitting at the same time. Perhaps draw a diagram. Show the equipment. It feels like your target audience is contesters with years of experience and great equipment, not the average person. If you read the Ham Radio FB group, you will see a lot of hate for contesters so perhaps you need to target them or your average contester sitting at home.

Fantastic interview, thank you and 73, Prasad VU2PTT