[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

10/8 Digital ATV adventures

10/15 Arc-Fault breakers

10/22 CQ WW SSB contest DX When & Where? 

HAMFEST 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week #112 

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, Oct 8, 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:  

10/8 Digital ATV adventures 

Tom, N8ZM, will talk about his digital ATV adventures.

 

10/15  Arc-Fault breakers

Andy, AC8WQ, will talk about Arc-fault breakers,  These are now required by
the National Electric Code for most branch circuits in residential
applications.

 

10/22 CQ WW SSB contest DX When & Where? 

 

Steve, AE8AT, will show some research he has done to show you when and where
you might work DX in the upcoming CQ WW SSB contest.  It will be interesting
to see how the bands change over the day

 

HAMFEST

 

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

 

10/17/20 (rain date 10/24/20) MIAMI COUNTY SWAP MEET/FLEA MARKET

9am to 4pm located in the MCARC club house parking lot and north building
parking lot as needed. Address is 728 North Harrison St. Troy, Ohio. Talk-in
on W8FW 145.230- only.

No charge to anyone. Being done to benefit our club members, but anyone can
set up/sell/buy.

Set up first come first serve (limited space), sellers are self-sufficient.
Want a table? Bring it.

Need electricity? Run your own electrical cable into club house (limited) or
supply your own Battery, quiet generator?

 

11/01/2020 - 60th Massillon Hamfest 
 Location: Massillon, OH
 Sponsor: Massillon Amateur Radio Club
 Website: http://w8np.org/hamfest.htm

New Location.  The MAPS (Military Air Preservation Society) large Hangar at
5383 Massillon Road, Green, OH (route 241).

 

11/14-15/2020 - Fort Wayne Hamfest    * * CANCELLED * *

 

12/05/2020 - Winterfest 2020
Location: Delta, OH
Sponsor: Fulton County Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://k8bxq.org/hamfest

 

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 #112

 

The quiz topic this week is electrical components.

T6A02 What type of component is often used as an adjustable volume control?

A. Fixed resistor

B. Power resistor

C. Potentiometer

D. Transformer

G6B12 Which of these connector types is commonly used for audio signals in
Amateur Radio stations?

A. PL-259

B. BNC

C. RCA Phono

D. Type N

E6B01 What is the most useful characteristic of a Zener diode?

A. A constant current drop under conditions of varying voltage

B. A constant voltage drop under conditions of varying current

C. A negative resistance region

D. An internal capacitance that varies with the applied voltage

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:

T6A02 = C.

G6B12 = C.

E6B01 = B.

Quiz 112



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