[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group UPDATE

[George]

UPDATE - Antenna guys talking about tuning tonight. Also need commitment on
who is planning to build so can get materials and have built by 8/22.

 

>From Tom Holmes, N8ZM

Tom, N8ZM, continues TNG Budget &  Tech room 

Upcoming Hamfest

Projects

** License Exam Questions of the week

The Thursday Night Group will meet

Thursday, August 1 at 7:00 pm at the DARA Clubhouse.

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Things this week:  

1. Tom, N8ZM, continues TNG Budget &  Tech room 

Budget - for next year & need to talk about how to better organize the Tech
room. 

2. Upcoming Hamfest 

08/03/19                      http://www.columbushamfest.com
<http://www.columbushamfest.com/>  

Columbus, Ohio Hamfest   29th Annual

 

08/03/19
https://www.w8dyy.org/event/mara-3rd-annual-swap-meet/?instance_id=7890 

MARA (Miamisburg) Swap Meet  6th Annual

 

08/17/19                      http://wg8ars.org/index.php 

Germantown Amateur Radio Society Hamfest (GARS)  3rd Annual

3. Projects

Bring something to work on.   What you building?

4. License Exam Questions of the week

One question is drawn from each of the three question pools. Steve, AE8AT,
is providing these questions.  Thanks Steve

 

Answers are at the end of this email.

 

We received a question regarding the strange mix of letters and numbers that
begin each question.  Every exam question has a unique combination of
letter-number-letter-number.  The first letter is a T, G, or E to identify
the question pool: Technician, General, or Extra.  Next is a single number
representing the category, for example, category zero is safety in all three
exam pools.  The first letter-number pair is called the "sub-element".   The
second letter is a "group" containing related questions.  Example,
sub-element G8 is Signals and Emissions, with group C of that sub-element
being Digital Emission Modes.  The questions are numbered sequentially:
G8C01, G8C02, and so forth always with a 2-digit number at the end.  The
question identity is included in case of a typo or some "help" from
autocorrect obscures either the question or the answer.  

 

Subject this week is contesting questions.  There are numerous contests
throughout the year and they cover almost all amateur bands; HF, VHF, UHF
including up into GHz frequencies.  Operating modes may include CW, voice,
or digital.  Trying to work all states?  Look for QSO Parties for the states
you need.  Looking for DX?  Some contests focus on Europe and other regions.
Some upcoming contests are Phone Fray August 7, the ARRL 10 GHz and Up on
August 17, and Ohio QSO Party August 24-25.

 

T8C04 Which of the following is good procedure when contacting another
station in a radio contest?

A. Sign only the last two letters of your call if there are many other
stations calling

B. Contact the station twice to be sure that you are in his log

C. Send only the minimum information needed for proper identification and
the contest exchange

D. All of these choices are correct

 

G2D09 Which of the following is required when participating in a contest on
HF frequencies?

A. Submit a log to the contest sponsor

B. Send a QSL card to the stations worked, or QSL via Logbook of The World

C. Identify your station per normal FCC regulations

D. All these choices are correct

 

E2C03 From which of the following bands is amateur radio contesting
generally excluded?

A. 30 m

B. 6 m

C. 2 m

D. 33 cm

      For more information about B-Road Thursday Evening Group Projects.

Go to W8BI homepage ( <http://www.w8bi.org> http://www.w8bi.org) under
Education, Thursday Group.

Or

Go to ( <https://sites.google.com/site/darathursdaynite/>
https://sites.google.com/site/darathursdaynite)

There is a lot of information on this web site with additional content.

Hope to see you on Thursday evening's.

Everyone is invited!!! 

 

Answers:

T8C04 = C.

G2D09 = C.

E2C03 = A.

Quiz 50    

 

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