[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group
George
ewingg at gmail.com
Wed Sep 30 03:38:19 EDT 2020
10/1 Fellowship
10/2 DARA General Membership meeting
10/15 Arc-Fault breakers
10/22 CQ WW SSB contest DX When & Where?
HAMFEST
Projects
** License Exam Questions of the week #111
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 1, 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:
10/1 Fellowship
No topic this week. Just fellowship and talking about the hobby
10/2 DARA General Membership Meeting
Our October DARA General Membership Meeting will take place this coming
Friday, Oct 2 at 7:00pm on ZOOM.
Topic: DARA Membership Meeting
Time: Oct 2, 2020 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83370157428?pwd=VXZQbkFUeHpmaUs5YXdnUG0xSVJhdz09
Dial by your location
+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: 833 7015 7428
Passcode: 320002
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 #111
Sputnik was launched in early October 1957 and touched off the Space Age,
the race to the moon, and other leaps in technology. Our quiz topic this
week is operation of amateur satellites. The General question pool does not
contain questions specific to satellites, so a question on space weather is
used.
T8B01 What telemetry information is typically transmitted by satellite
beacons?
A. The signal strength of received signals
B. Time of day accurate to plus or minus 1/10 second
C. Health and status of the satellite
D. All of these choices are correct
G3A06 What is a geomagnetic storm?
A. A sudden drop in the solar flux index
B. A thunderstorm that affects radio propagation
C. Ripples in the ionosphere
D. A temporary disturbance in Earth's magnetosphere
E2A02 Which of the following occurs when a satellite is using an inverting
linear transponder?
A. Doppler shift is reduced because the uplink and downlink shifts are in
opposite directions
B. Signal position in the band is reversed
C. Upper sideband on the uplink becomes lower sideband on the downlink, and
vice versa
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:
T8B01 = C.
G3A06 = D.
E2A02 = D.
Quiz 111
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