[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

[George]

Results from 2020 ARRL/TAPR Conference 

    & and the VHF Contest

HAMFEST 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week #109 

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, Sept 17, 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:  

Results from 2020 ARRL/TAPR Conference 

    & and the VHF Contest                     

Tom, N8ZM, will talk about conference and the VHF contest held last weekend.

 

HAMFEST

 

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 * *

 

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

 

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 #109

 

Morse code is a favored topic of the quiz due to the history of its use from
the first days of radio, through codes and ciphers of WWII, to today's
continued use for communication and contesting.  Bonus this week - the Extra
question was just added to the question pool.

T1B07 Which of the following VHF/UHF frequencies ranges are limited to CW
only?

A. 50.0 MHz to 50.1 MHz and 144.0 MHz to 144.1 MHz

B. 219 MHz to 220 MHz and 420.0 MHz to 420.1 MHz

C. 902.0 MHz to 902.1 MHZ

D. All of these choices are correct

G2C06 What does the term "zero beat" mean in CW operation?

A. Matching the speed of the transmitting station

B. Operating split to avoid interference on frequency

C. Sending without error

D. Matching the transmit frequency to the frequency of a received signal

E8C12 What factors affect the bandwidth of a transmitted CW signal?

A. IF bandwidth and Q

B. Modulation index and output power

C. Keying speed and shape factor (rise and fall time)

D. All these choices are correct

 

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:

T1B07 = A. [FCC Part 97.305(a), (c)]

G2C06 = D.

E8C12 = C.

Quiz 109



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