[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

The cable break at Arecibo, the big antenna in Puerto Rico

A proposal for a vhf/uhf beacon network 

Your car needs more antennas!

HAMFEST 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week #105 

Details for THIS week's TNG ZOOM meeting (at the bottom of this email)

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The Thursday Night Group will meet ON-LINE

Thursday, Aug 20, at 7:00 pm 

Speakers will start about 7:30.

Details on this week's TNG ZOOM login 

at the bottom of this email

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Things this week:  

The cable break at Arecibo, the big antenna in Puerto Rico

A proposal for a vhf/uhf beacon network 

Your car needs more antennas!

Tom, N8ZM, will head up these three topics.

 

  HAMFEST

 

08/29/2020 - Milford Hamfest   * * CANCELLED * *

 

09/13/2020 - Findlay Hamfest   * * CANCELLED * *

 

09/27/2020 | Cleveland Hamfest and Computer Show  Hamfest   * * CANCELLED *
*

 

10/10/2020 - Northwest Ohio Amateur Radio Club (NWOARC) Fall Hamfest
Hamfest   * * CANCELLED * *

 

11/14-15/2020 - Fort Wayne Hamfest

Location: Fort Wayne, IN

Sponsor: Allen County Amateur Radio Technical Society 

Website: http://fortwaynehamfest.com/ 

More info: https://www.facebook.com/FTWAYNEHAMFEST/ 

 

Projects 

Keep working on your projects at home.  

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.    week #105

 

Last week was Morse Code, so digital modes seems like a good topic this
week.

T4A04 Which computer sound card port is connected to a transceiver's
headphone or speaker output for operating digital modes?

A. Headphone output

B. Mute

C. Microphone or line input

D. PCI or SDI

G2E04 What segment of the 20-meter band is most often used for digital
transmissions (avoiding the DX propagation beacons)?

A. 14.000 - 14.050 MHz

B. 14.070 - 14.112 MHz

C. 14.150 - 14.225 MHz

D. 14.275 - 14.350 MHz

E2E03 How is the timing of FT4 contacts organized?

A. By exchanging ACK/NAK packets

B. Stations take turns on alternate days

C. Alternating transmissions at 7.5 second intervals

D. It depends on the lunar phase

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!!! 

 

 

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Details for TNG ZOOM meeting 

The Web link, Meeting ID and Password is now the SAME through the end of the
year!!

Topic: TNG Recurring

Time: Aug 13, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

        Every week on Thu, until Dec 31, 2020, 21 occurrence(s)

Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your
calendar system.

Weekly:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcvfuyqrzIoHtd7qGlnMRq9Hg9c6f-gEc9r/ics?ics
Token=98tyKuGrrDIvGNWcsh2ERpwqAIr4Z-rzmFhBgrdZyw7CDy5-UBKvHuUbMeR5Xd_1 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83295219243?pwd=MEpyMmtWTVB0dThKK2V2d0w1S1BxUT09

Meeting ID: 832 9521 9243

Passcode: 023704

One tap mobile

+13017158592,,83295219243#,,,,,,0#,,023704# US (Germantown)

+13126266799,,83295219243#,,,,,,0#,,023704# US (Chicago)

Dial by your location

        +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)

        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)

        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

Meeting ID: 832 9521 9243

Passcode: 023704

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kpFFuLj3o 

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Answers:

T4A04 = C.

G2E04 = B.

E2E03 = C.

Quiz 105



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