[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

TNG Stuff 

TNG purchases

Upcoming Hamfest

Projects

** License Exam Questions of the week

 

The Thursday Night Group will meet

Thursday, August 22 at 7:00 pm at the DARA Clubhouse.

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Things this week:  

1. TNG Stuff

Update on the Digital Dummy load/power meter progress.

MVUS picnic this Saturday-who plans to attend?

Bench layout task force report - recall that we asked three guys to submit
proposals for this. This  be a good time to hear their thoughts. 

2.  TNG purchases

We will be talking about a few of the items we are purchasing including a 3D
printer.

3. Upcoming Hamfest 

09/08/20  Findlay Hamfest       http://www.findlayradioclub.org 

Findlay Radio Club

 

09/21/19  The OHKYIN ARS Hamfest   http://www.ohkyin.org 

OHKYIN Amateur Radio Society

 

4. Projects

Bring something to work on.   What you building?

5. 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.  

 

The theme of the week is water and the ways it affects he amateur radio
hobby.  The General question, not as much as the others, but it is special
in its own way.

 

T9B08 Why should coax connectors exposed to the weather be sealed against
water intrusion?

A. To prevent an increase in feed line loss

B. To prevent interference to telephones

C. To keep the jacket from becoming loose

D. All of these choices are correct

 

G8C13 What is indicated on a waterfall display by one or more vertical lines
on either side of a digital signal?

A. Long path propagation

B. Backscatter propagation

C. Insufficient modulation

D. Overmodulation

 

E9C11 How is the far-field elevation pattern of a vertically polarized
antenna affected by being mounted over seawater versus rocky ground?

A. The low-angle radiation decreases

B. The high-angle radiation increases

C. Both the high-angle and low-angle radiation decrease

D. The low-angle radiation increases

      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:

 

T9B08 = A.

 

G8C13 = D.  This question is similar to G2E11 from the previous question
pool, which appeared in Quiz 39 (May 2019).  The old 

G2E11 asked specifically about a PSK31 signal.   So everyone got this
correct?

 

E9C11 = D.

 

Quiz 54

 

 



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