The Rev. Paul Bittner, W0AIH - Paul's contest station near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, is known in Midwestern contesting circles simply as "The Farm." Spreading across 120 acres, Paul's farm grows a wide variety of antennas as well as regular crops of new contesters. Paul constantly seeks out and trains new contesters at his multi/multi station, and welcomes visiting hams from around the world. He was nominated by the Minnesota Wireless Association.

The 2009 inductees to the CQ DX Hall of Fame are:

Neville Cheadle, G3NUG - Nominated by both the Chiltern DX Club and the Southeastern DX Club, Neville this year is celebrating his 50th anniversary in amateur radio. During that time, he has confirmed 366 DX countries and nearly 1000 islands. As founder of the Five Star DX Association, Neville has been instrumental in organizing four major DXpeditions, which have involved more than 90 hams from 14 different countries and have accounted for over a half million radio contacts! Neville is also the co-author of DXpeditioning Behind the Scenes, a handbook for hams on planning, setting up and operating successful DXpeditions.

Tom Harrell, N4XP - Tom has confirmed 361 DXCC entities, holds 9-band DXCC, 5-band Worked All Zones and WPX awards for SSB, CW and mixed-mode. Tom has also operated from 19 different DXCC entities, including two DXpeditions on which he was Team Leader and three on which he was co-Team Leader. Most recently, he served as Director of Off-Island Support for the BS7H operation from Scarborough Reef, providing regular news reports for the DX community. Tom was nominated by the German DX Foundation.

Formal inductions to the CQ Contest and DX Halls of Fame were scheduled for the contest and DX dinners, respectively, at the Dayton Hamvention.