[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

New stuff

Upcoming Hamfest

Projects

** License Exam Questions of the week

 

The Thursday Night Group will meet

Thursday, January 30 at 7:00 pm at the DARA Clubhouse.

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Things this week:  

1.   New Stuff

 

Several DARA and the TNG regulars will visit a home in Kettering Wed Jan 29
and acquire a bunch of stuff.  From what I was told by Rob, KB8UEY, it is
quality stuff.  We will be going through it this Thursday to see what we
got.

 

2. Upcoming Hamfest 


02/01/2020 | HARA Annual Swap-N-Shop
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/hara-annual-swap-n-shop>  

Location: Negaunee, MI
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Hiawatha Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://www.qsl.net/k8lodmichigan

 

02/07-9/2020 | HamCation 2020

Location: Orlando, FL
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Website: https://www.hamcation.com/ 

 

02/16/2020 | Mansfield Mid-Winter Hamfest
Location: Mansfield , OH
Sponsor: Intercity Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://WWW.IARC.CLUB 

 

02/22/2020 | La Porte County Amateur Radio Hamfest
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/la-porte-county-amateur-radio-hamfest-2>  

Location: La Porte, IN
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: La Porte County Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://lpcarc.org

 

03/01/2020 | WinterHamFest
Location: Elyria, OH
Sponsor: Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
Website: http://noars.net 

 

03/07/2020 | Cave City Hamfest
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/cave-city-hamfest-9>  

Location: Cave City , KY
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Mammoth Cave Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://ky4x.org

 

03/14-15/2020 | Toledo Hamfest, 

ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention
Location: Perrysburg, OH
Sponsor: Toledo Mobile Radio Association
Website: http://www.tmrahamradio.org 

 

03/15/2020 | WVARA 2020 Hamfest
<http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/wvara-2020-hamfest>  

Location: BRAZIL, IN
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Sponsor: Wabash Valley Amateur Radio Association Inc 
Website: http://w9uuu.org

 

03/21/2020 | Mid-Ohio Valley ARC Hamfest
Location: Gallipolis, OH
Sponsor: Mid-Ohio Valley Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/midohiovalleyarc/

 

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 covers antennas.

 

T9A12 What is an advantage of using a properly mounted 5/8 wavelength
antenna for VHF or UHF mobile service?

A. It has a lower radiation angle and more gain than a 1/4 wavelength
antenna

B. It has very high angle radiation for better communicating through a
repeater

C. It eliminates distortion caused by reflected signals

D. It has 10 times the power gain of a 1/4 wavelength design

 

G9C15 What is meant by the terms dBi and dBd when referring to antenna gain?

A. dBi refers to an isotropic antenna, dBd refers to a dipole antenna

B. dBi refers to an ionospheric reflecting antenna, dBd refers to a
dissipative antenna

C. dBi refers to an inverted-vee antenna, dBd refers to a downward
reflecting antenna

D. dBi refers to an isometric antenna, dBd refers to a discone antenna

 

E9A08 What is meant by antenna bandwidth?

A. Antenna length divided by the number of elements

B. The frequency range over which an antenna satisfies a performance
requirement

C. The angle between the half-power radiation points

D. The angle formed between two imaginary lines drawn through the element
ends

 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:

T9A12 = A.

G9C15 = A.

E9A08 = B.

Quiz 77

 

 

 

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