All rooms at the Hope Hotel are currently reserved. From time to time a room may become available, please reach out to the hotel directly at 937-879-2696 to inquire about any rooms that may become available in the future.
Reservations for Hamvention 2026 will not open until Hamvention 2025 is complete. We will update the website once that information is available, please check back then.
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Want to hear about what a CTU student thinks about CTU?
Contest University will be held on Thursday May 15, 2025, from 7:00am to 5:00pm, at the Hope Hotel in Dayton, Ohio. This is the day before the Dayton Hamvention officially opens. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to gain knowledge that may take you years of practice, trial and error or lost time to learn otherwise. Get the edge to improve your scores and put your station in the winners circle today!
https://www.hopehotel.com
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Registration Fee includes:
- Full day of training and knowledge enhancement, for both beginners and advanced contesters, and taught by veteran Contesters (Check files and videos for past CTU Presentations).
- Breakfast Buffet and Boxed Lunch, Vegetarian option available, on Thursday.
- Coffee and Cookies during break.
- Printed Textbook and Class Notes. Access to color slide decks. Guaranteed for the first 300 registrants.
- Handouts, Catalogs and a CTU carry bag. Guaranteed for the first 300 registrants.
- Personalized “Certificate of Completion” (suitable for framing!). Guaranteed for everyone registered by April 7th, 2025.
- CTU T-shirt. Guaranteed for everyone registered by April 7th, 2025.
- You are also invited to the Wednesday Night Pizza Party at the Hope Hotel
CTU 2025 Registration Fee:
- $85.00*
- Sorry, No sign ups at the door!
- Sorry, no refunds – no cancellations.
- Scholarships (registration fee) available for those 25 years old or younger – contact us for info.
- * If you have presented or will present a talk or a paper at any club meeting, or have an article about Amateur Radio published, between May 18, 2024 and May 14, 2025 – you qualify for a $10.00 registration fee discount.