[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

Black Friday & Cutting the cord

Report on Fort Wayne Hamfest

Projects

** License Exam Questions of the week

 

The Thursday Night Group will meet

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

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Things this week:  

1.   Black Friday & Cutting the cord

As we approach the Black Friday season I am once again considering cutting
the cord, doing away with cable TV.

Do you own a Roku Express, Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV Stick, KODI box
or other device to stream TV?  

PLEASE bring it this week and do a short demo.

2.  Report on Fort Wayne Hamfest & Upcoming Hamfest 

Did you go to Fort Wayne - give us a report

 

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.

 

Operating Practices are large parts of the General and Extra exams in
comparison to the Technician exam.  Understanding how to best utilize the
features of our radios is likely to enhance our enjoyment and overall
performance of our station.

T4B13 Which of the following could be used to remove power line noise or
ignition noise?

A. Squelch

B. Noise blanker

C. Notch filter

D. All of these choices are correct

G4D08 What frequency range is occupied by a 3 kHz LSB signal when the
displayed carrier frequency is set to 7.178 MHz?

A. 7.178 to 7.181 MHz

B. 7.178 to 7.184 MHz

C. 7.175 to 7.178 MHz

D. 7.1765 to 7.1795 MHz

E4D14 Which of the following is a way to reduce the likelihood of receiver
desensitization?

A. Decrease the RF bandwidth of the receiver

B. Raise the receiver IF frequency

C. Increase the receiver front end gain

D. Switch from fast AGC to slow AGC

 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:

T4B13 = B.

G4D08 = C.

E4D14 = A.

 

Quiz 67

 

 

 

 

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