[DARARepeater] TNG on ZOOM this week

Wed Apr 15 17:05:41 EDT 2020

TNG ONLINE MEETING THIS WEEK !!
** License Exam Questions of the week

The entertainment this week will be Mike Suhar, W8RKO presenting:

The Case Of The 605 Mystery". 
Summary: "The teardown of an old piece of test equipment reveals a mystery
hidden for 50 years"

For those who might not know about Zoom, it is an internet audio/video
conferencing app that has become very popular in recent weeks with the 'now
working at home' crowd. If you have a camera on your computer, others logged
in will see your smiling face and hear your radio announcer voice. If you
are in your shack, they'll see the stack of radios you have accumulated and
be impressed! You do have control over if/when your audio and video are sent
out, so you don’t have to be seen or heard if you're bashful.

You may also be aware that Zoom has recently been found to have some
security issues, mostly regarding who can join a meeting. The Zoom folks
have been pushing updated versions out to the user base which seem to have
added greater control for the meeting host to permit or expel participants,
as well as adding a password requirement. It might not be foolproof yet, but
it is evolving. Zoom's CEO was quoted the other day as saying they didn't do
it as well as they could have, but they are trying to address the problems.
Not all of the problems are with the app; some are just people who seem to
want to cause trouble.

Below are the particulars for the DARA licensed Zoom meetings that I have
set up for the next few weeks. Note that the starting time is 6:30 PM, but
that is only so that the meeting app will be assured to be up and running by
7 PM. There is no need to check in before 7, except to chat with any other
eager beavers who might also want to be the first on their block. By now you
should all be quite aware that nothing starts at TNG until sometime after 7!
I've also setup for the meeting to run quite long for those TNG folks who
often hang out until sunrise.

Time: Apr 16, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
        Every week on Thu, until May 21, 2020, 7 occurrence(s)
        Apr 9, 2020 06:30 PM
        Apr 16, 2020 06:30 PM
        Apr 23, 2020 06:30 PM
        Apr 30, 2020 06:30 PM
        May 7, 2020 06:30 PM
        May 14, 2020 06:30 PM
        May 21, 2020 06:30 PM

To join a Zoom Meeting, go to this link:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/270407569?pwd=WHFCd3EyY2dZZ2VPcU9GZVhWSnY1Zz09

In some cases, you can join the meeting using your web client, such as IE,
Edge, or Firefox. In other cases, and this is much nicer to use, there is a
,exe file that you can download and install on your machine. I know that
Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android are supported, and probably a couple of
others. They all work about the same but each has a somewhat different UI
and they don’t all appear to support the exact same feature set. I'm sure
they are working on that as the complaints come in 😉.

You can also check in via calling one of the numbers below, but this will be
audio only.

Meeting ID: 270 407 569
Password: 9LIn65

If you have any questions or difficulties, email me at
mailto:n8zm at woh.rr.com ; it will come to my phone so I can hopefully respond
quickly.

For smart phone users:

One tap mobile
+16465588656,,270407569#,,#,476443# US (New York) 
+13126266799,,270407569#,,#,476443# US (Chicago)

Dial by your location
        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
        +1 720 707 2699 US (Denver)
        +1 253 215 8782 US
        +1 301 715 8592 US
        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 270 407 569 this is the same as the online # above
Password: 476443 This is not the same as the online login PW.

This might help you find your local number:
https://us04web.zoom.us/u/fcJ89SWBTK   if you don't want to use the ones
above

You can download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your
calendar system if you want.
Weekly:
https://us04web.zoom.us/meeting/v5Mtc-mvqz0j59Qs7B-M6TMgkk6eA3frFQ/ics?icsTo
ken=98tyKuuvrj8qHdGTuV-Cf7IqW4H7b-GxiCQXm7AKvlLIVRR-ZQj9YOdjYbRtNumB  

Tom Holmes, N8ZM
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Armed Forces Day is a few weeks ahead.  On this date military stations and
amateur stations attempt to make contact.  Generally, there are stations
operating voice (SSB), Morse Code, RTTY, and the bulletin was also sent by
PSK and FSK in 2019.  Stations operate split (which one of the quiz
questions).  And in 2019, for the first time, contact using the 60 meter
band was permissible.

NOTE from George:  Steve put this quiz together before this event was
postponed. 
See
http://www.arrl.org/news/annual-armed-forces-day-crossband-test-postponed
for details

T1B06 On which HF bands does a Technician class operator have phone
privileges?
A. None
B. 10 meters only
C. 80 meters, 40 meters, 15 meters and 10 meters
D. 30 meters only

G4A03 What is normally meant by operating a transceiver in “split” mode?
A. The radio is operating at half power
B. The transceiver is operating from an external power source
C. The transceiver is set to different transmit and receive frequencies
D. The transmitter is emitting an SSB signal, as opposed to DSB operation

E1A05 What is the maximum power output permitted on the 60 meter band?
A. 50 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to an isotropic radiator
B. 50 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to a dipole
C. 100 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to the gain of a
half-wave dipole
D. 100 watts PEP effective radiated power relative to an isotropic radiator

Answers:
T1B06 = B.  [FCC Part 97.301(e), 97.305]
G4A03 = C.
E1A05 = C.  [FCC Part 97.313]

Quiz 88

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