[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

Tue Mar 19 02:49:30 EDT 2019

* * NOTICE - YAGI Antenna workshop starts THIS WEEK * *

Projects

** License Exam Questions of the week

The Thursday Night Group will meet

Thursday, March 21 at 7:00 pm at the DARA Clubhouse.

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Things this week:  

1.        NOTICE - YAGI Antenna workshop starts THIS WEEK * *

Join us for a Build-It: Yagi Antenna Workshop. This multi-session series
will focus on yagi antennas the vhf/uhf frequency bands, including designs
for ATV and EME. But HFers will also gain by attending.

This series will start with a good overview on antennas. The next session
will look at the function of a balun, the different types, and actually do
some testing of baluns. We'll look at how to select your build-it yagi, and
present some easy-to-assemble options for the driven element. For the
hands-on building, you can build your own, build with a group, or be an
observer.

The final sessions will include tuning and testing the yagi antennas, and if
there is interest, could include an antenna gain measurement event to verify
how well the antennas perform.

This 7 session course is planned to run every other week starting this week
and will run for 7 sessions.  

Here is the proposed schedule:

Build-It: Yagi Workshop Series

.             Antenna Overview (Joe, WA8OGS)
March 21

.             Balun Overview, and testing baluns (Mike, W8RKO)
April 4

.             Driven Element Options (Joe, WA8OGS)
April 18

.             Selecting Your Build-It Yagi (Joe, WA8OGS)
May 2

.             Antenna Modeling (Mike, W8RKO)
June 6

.             Start Building - Hands On (group)
June 20

.             Tuning & Testing Your Yagi (Tom, N8ZM, & group)
June 24 or

maybe on a Saturday

.             Antenna Gain Measurements [maybe on a Saturday, 10am-2pm;
include

lunch?] (Tom, N8ZM, & group) 

Many thanks to Joe Burke, WA8OGS, and Mike Suhar, W8RKO, who have put this
together.

2.        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.  

Traveling internationally is an opportunity to check in on what hams do in
other countries.  Are hams in France called jambon?  Or prosciutto in
Itay???

T1C04  When are you allowed to operate your amateur station in a foreign
country?

A. When the foreign country authorizes it

B. When there is a mutual agreement allowing third party communications

C. When authorization permits amateur communications in a foreign language

D. When you are communicating with non-licensed individuals in another
country

G2D05  When is it permissible to communicate with amateur stations in
countries outside the areas administered by the Federal Communications
Commission?

A. Only when the foreign country has a formal third party agreement filed
with the FCC

B. When the contact is with amateurs in any country except those whose
administrations have notified the ITU that they object to such
communications

C. When the contact is with amateurs in any country as long as the
communication is conducted in English

D. Only when the foreign country is a member of the International Amateur
Radio Union

E1C13  Which of the following is required in order to operate in accordance
with CEPT rules in foreign countries where permitted?

A. You must identify in the official language of the country in which you
are operating

B. The U.S. embassy must approve of your operation

C. You must bring a copy of FCC Public Notice DA 11-221

D. You must append "/CEPT" to your call sign

3.        Projects

Bring something to work on.   What you building?

DARA Home Brew night May 3rd. so get busy!!

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:

T1C04 = A.  [FCC Rule 97.107]

G2D05 = B. [FCC Rule 97.111(a)(1)]

E1C13 = C.

Quiz 32

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