[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

DARA Holiday Party

Barb Holmes Service

Upcoming Hamfest

Projects

** License Exam Questions of the week

 

The Thursday Night Group will meet

Thursday, December 5 at 7:00 pm at the DARA Clubhouse.

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Things this week:  

1.   DARA Holiday Party

The Holiday Party is Upon Us 

December 6 is the Dara Holiday Party.  This year we will hold the event at
the Greene County Exposition Center.  Members and their families are
invited.  The doors will open at 6:30pm.  Food will be served at 7:00pm.
The facility is handicap accessible.  Activities for the children will be
available.  Marion's pizza and salads will be served along with
refreshments.  Please bring a dessert to share.  Michael Kalter's band will
again be providing the music for the evening.  A special visitor will be
stopping by to see everyone and may have a gift for the kids.  Please let
Jim Storms or Ron Cramer know NOW the number of kids you are bringing so we
can plant a bug in Santa's ear!!! 

2.  Barb Holmes Service

There will be a visitation (11:00 AM) and memorial service (12:00PM)
followed by light luncheon for Barb on 

Saturday, December 7 at the Shiloh United Church of Christ at the corner of
Philadelphia Drive and 

North Main, 5300 Philadelphia Drive.

3. Upcoming Hamfest 

12/07/2019 | Fulton County ARC Winterfest
Location: Delta, OH
Sponsor: Fulton County Amateur Radio Club
Website:  <http://k8bxq.org/hamfest> http://k8bxq.org/hamfest

2. Projects

Bring something to work on.   What are you building?

3. 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.

 

Morse Code is the subject this week, specifically some operating practices
you can use while either operating or listening.

 

T4B10 Which of the following is an appropriate receive filter bandwidth for
minimizing noise and interference for CW reception?

A. 500 Hz

B. 1000 Hz

C. 2400 Hz

D. 5000 Hz

 

G4A02 What is one advantage of selecting the opposite, or "reverse,"
sideband when receiving CW signals on a typical HF transceiver?

A. Interference from impulse noise will be eliminated

B. More stations can be accommodated within a given signal passband

C. It may be possible to reduce or eliminate interference from other signals

D. Accidental out-of-band operation can be prevented

 

E4E12 What is one disadvantage of using some types of automatic DSP
notch-filters when attempting to copy CW signals?

A. A DSP filter can remove the desired signal at the same time as it removes
interfering signals

B. Any nearby signal passing through the DSP system will overwhelm the
desired signal

C. Received CW signals will appear to be modulated at the DSP clock
frequency

D. Ringing in the DSP filter will completely remove the spaces between the
CW characters

 

 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:

T4B10 = A.

G4A02 = C.

E4E12 = A.

 

Quiz 69

 

 

 

 

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