Program:  Contest and DX Station Building Presented by: Craig Thompson, K9CT Practical considerations for designing your next station or modifying our existing station from lessons learned from my experiences.         First licensed in 1967 at age 14...and 1971 as Extra Class Graduated from Bradley University 1974 BSET plus graduate work in business. Contester and DXer: DXCC Honor Roll Mixed CW and Phone DX challenge #2994 9-Band DXCC, 5BWAZ, 11 Band WAS UCC 6m to 23cm and FFMA #12 DXpedition Team Member of: TI9K - Cocos Isand K4M - Midway Island PJ7E - Sint Maarten NH8S - Swains Island 3D2C - Conway Reef K9W - Wake Island FT5ZM - Amsterdam Island K1N - Navassa Island K5P - January 2016 Palmyra Island 3Y�Z - Bouvet Isnad Jan/Feb (failed) VP6R - Pitcairn Island October 2019 (Co-leader of PJ7E, NH8s, K9W and K5P) Four DXpedition of the Year wards Owner and president of Thompson Electronics Company, an electronics systems integrator company serving Illinois since 1980 Life Member of the ARRL and member of the Maxim Society; CWops; NIDXA; and A1 Operator Club.  I am a board member of the NCDXF, and treasurer of CWops  . I was the President of the Society of Midwest Contests (SMC) 2014 to 2019.  I also serve on the ARRL Contest Advisory Committee and manage the Pacific Island DXpedition Group, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt private foundation. Built a Contest Super Station with 12 towers from 160 to 1296 pluse ME.  www.k9ct.us and enjoy working as a team in M/S and M/2 contests.  We have won US in CQ WW, WPX and ARRL DX in all modes and set new records for W9 and broke the US record for a couple of contests. Married and have one daughter.  We live in the country about 20 miles west of Peoria IL. Contest station is on a small farm about four miles from home.