[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

NOTICE DARA General Membership Meeting NOV 1st 

Upcoming Hamfest

Projects

** License Exam Questions of the week

 

The Thursday Night Group will meet

Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 pm at the DARA Clubhouse.

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Things this week:  

1. NOTICE DARA General Membership Meeting NOV 1st 

It was decided at the DARA board meeting last week the DARA General
Membership Meeting NOV 1st will start at 7PM not our usual time 7:30.  Doors
will open at 6:30 pm

PLEASE adjust your arrival time accordingly

2. Upcoming Hamfest 

11/02/2019 | GARC Hamfest

Location: Georgetown, OH

Sponsor: Grant Amateur Radio Club

Website:
https://www.facebook.com/Grant-Amateur-Radio-Club-1775764122477536/?modal=ad
min_todo_tour

 

11/03/2019 | Massillon ARC Hamfest
Location: Massillon, OH
Sponsor: Massillon Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.w8np.org <http://www.w8np.org/> 

 

11/16-17/2019  Fort Wayne Hamfest

http://www.acarts.com/hfmain.htm

 

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

3. Projects

Bring something to work on.   What are 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.

 

This week the quiz focus is on amplifiers, or more specifically a component
used to create an amplifier.   Bonus trivia this week!  "Alligator" is a
term sometimes used to refer to a station with a big amplifier, but not an
equivalent investment on the receive side.  All mouth and no ears!  And they
wonder why they call us hams.

 

T6B10 Which of the following could be the primary gain-producing component
in an RF power amplifier?

A. Transformer

B. Transistor

C. Reactor

D. Resistor

 

G4A07 What condition can lead to permanent damage to a solid-state RF power
amplifier?

A. Insufficient drive power

B. Low input SWR

C. Shorting the input signal to ground

D. Excessive drive power

 

E6E12 Why are high-power RF amplifier ICs and transistors sometimes mounted
in ceramic packages?

A. High-voltage insulating ability

B. Better dissipation of heat

C. Enhanced sensitivity to light

D. To provide a low-pass frequency response

 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:

T6B10 = B.

G4A07 = D.

E6E12 = B. 

 

Quiz 63

 

 



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