[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

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

HAMFEST 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week #114 

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 22, 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:  

10/22 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

 

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 * *

 

11/08/2020 - Outdoor Swap N Shop

Location:  Livonia Michigan

Sponsor: The Livonia Amateur Radio Repeater Group Outdoor

Website:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/66utqgicbs2pxrz/Repeater%20Swap-page-001.jpg?dl=0 

 

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

 

HamCation Cancelled - The 75th HamCation
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Pjcs44wWvRWLNbOEmOc3QVcEFmioquXBgDCetgxOXcd5
fIZZ03M8FwAUFgAcCJBCfiEZAZmDbgYOjjve3UOfuJd3i9uwV7bwlmDWhHln_24sM4Cbs8CisDtc
bU_mrwIMhvBwvNtvziWgV7Fw1XJ7xg==&c=oJvYhtjH0tF2SYIdu8J023VfDWRTddh1IYn-3BNEp
wDSqje1yM9-Tg==&ch=P3u7zKjWAAJoS97HJKX4Xpzfit9EpjDwM2liUVYCHToDSJ7w_Kj9jQ==>
, held in Orlando, was supposed to take place in February 2021 but is now
being postponed to February 11-13, 2022.

 

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 #114

 

Quiz topic this week are different types of modulation used in amateur
radio.

T8A02 What type of modulation is most commonly used for VHF packet radio
transmissions?

A. FM

B. SSB

C. AM

D. PSK

G8A05 What type of modulation varies the instantaneous power level of the RF
signal?

A. Frequency shift keying

B. Phase modulation

C. Frequency modulation

D. Amplitude modulation

E8D01 Why are received spread spectrum signals resistant to interference?

A. Signals not using the spread spectrum algorithm are suppressed in the
receiver

B. The high power used by a spread spectrum transmitter keeps its signal
from being easily overpowered

C. The receiver is always equipped with a digital blanker

D. If interference is detected by the receiver it will signal the
transmitter to change frequencies

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:

T8A02 = A.

G8A05 = D.

E8D01 = A.

Quiz 114



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