[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group - Introduction to Hotspots

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AUG 27 Meeting - Introduction to Hotspots

HAMFEST 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week #106 

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 27, 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:  

AUG 27 Meeting - Introduction to Hotspots

 

Presenters: John Westerkamp, W8LRJ, Lyle Steinhardt, KE0CZV & Brian Garber,
WB8AM

 

Hotspots are becoming increasingly popular in amateur radio along with the
rise of digital radios. Hotspots allow hams to communicate with other
stations when a repeater is not available, and to crossmode among the
various digital modes including D-Star, DMR, System  Fusion, P25, and NXDN.
This presentation will focus on digital hotspots and how to configure them
for various applications. Hotspots covered include the JumboSpot MMDVM,
ZUMspot, and OpenSpot3.

 

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 #106

 

Topic this week is the general behavior of radio waves.

T3A02 Why might the range of VHF and UHF signals be greater in the winter? 

A. Less ionospheric absorption 

B. Less absorption by vegetation 

C. Less solar activity 

D. Less tropospheric absorption

G3C05 Why is long-distance communication on the 40-meter, 60-meter,
80-meter, and 160-meter bands more difficult during the day?

A. The F layer absorbs signals at these frequencies during daylight hours

B. The F layer is unstable during daylight hours

C. The D layer absorbs signals at these frequencies during daylight hours

D. The E layer is unstable during daylight hours

E3C03 Which of the following signal paths is most likely to experience high
levels of absorption when the A index or K index is elevated?

A. Transequatorial

B. Polar

C. Sporadic E

D. NVIS

 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

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

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

Dial by your location

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Meeting ID: 832 9521 9243

Passcode: 023704

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

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Answers:

T3A02 = B.

G3C05 = C.

E3C03 = B.

Quiz 106



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