[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group
George
ewingg at gmail.com
Wed Apr 21 00:03:02 EDT 2021
TNG – Anarchy returns
HAMFEST
Projects
** License Exam Questions of the week #139
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The Thursday Night Group will meet ON-LINE
Thursday, April 22, 2021
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:
TNG – Anarchy returns
No topic this week. Just good talk amongst friends.
HAMFEST - Lots of new info
Most of these are from The Ohio Section Journal http://arrl-ohio.org/
Hamvention 2021 cancelled.
04/25/2021- <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/athens-hamfest-9> Athens Hamfest has been canceled
Location: Athens, OH
Sponsor: Athens County Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://ac-ara.org
05/22/2021- Hamvention QSO Party
Location: ON-AIR 8am to 8pm EDST
Sponsor: Dayton Hamvention
Website: https://hamvention.org/qso-party-2021
06/05/2021 - FCARC SummerFest
Location: Wauseon, OH
Sponsor: Fulton County Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://k8bxq.org/hamfest
07/10/2021 - Mansfiled Mid-Summer Trunkfest
Location: Mansfield, OH
Sponsor: InterCity Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.iarc.club/hamfest/index.html
07/17/2021 - <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/noarsfest-8> NOARSFEST
Location: Elyria, OH
Sponsor: Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
Website: http://noars.net <http://noars.net/>
07/18/2021 – <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/van-wert-hamfest-5> Van Wert Hamfest
Location: Van Wert, OH
Sponsor: Van Wert Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://W8FY.ORG <http://w8fy.org/>
08/07/2021- <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/dx-engineering-hamfest-1> DX Engineering Hamfest & Great Lakes Division Convention
Location: Tallmadge, OH
Sponsor: DX Engineering
Website: http://dxengineering.com <http://dxengineering.com/>
08/28/2021 - <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/cincinnati-hamfest> Cincinnati Hamfest℠
Location: Owensville, OH
Sponsor: Milford ARC
Website: http://CincinnatiHamfest.org <http://cincinnatihamfest.org/>
09/26/2021 - <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/cleveland-hamfest-1> Cleveland Hamfest
Location: Berea, OH
Sponsor: Hamfest Association of Cleveland
Website: http://www.hac.org <http://www.hac.org/>
10/31/2021 - Massillon Hamfest
Location: MAPS Air Museum
Sponsor: Massillon Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.w8np.org/hamfest.htm
11/13 & 14/2021 - Fort Wayne Hamfest
Location: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Center
Sponsor: Fort Wayne Hamfest
Website: https://fortwaynehamfest.com/
12/04/2021 - FCARC WinterFest
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 #139
As the weather turns warmer, hams eyes turn towards towers, trees, and anyplace else they can install an antenna. Topic this week is a common instrument.
T7C02 Which of the following instruments can be used to determine if an antenna is resonant at the desired operating frequency?
A. A VTVM
B. An antenna analyzer
C. A Q meter
D. A frequency counter
G4B13 What is a use for an antenna analyzer other than measuring the SWR of an antenna system?
A. Measuring the front-to-back ratio of an antenna
B. Measuring the turns ratio of a power transformer
C. Determining the impedance of coaxial cable
D. Determining the gain of a directional antenna
E4A07 Which of the following is an advantage of using an antenna analyzer compared to an SWR bridge to measure antenna SWR?
A. Antenna analyzers automatically tune your antenna for resonance
B. Antenna analyzers do not need an external RF source
C. Antenna analyzers display a time-varying representation of the modulation envelope
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 June 2021!!
Topic: TNG Recurring
Time: 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every week on Thu, until June, 2021
Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.
Weekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcvfuyqrzIoHtd7qGlnMRq9Hg9c6f-gEc9r/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGrrDIvGNWcsh2ERpwqAIr4Z-rzmFhBgrdZyw7CDy5-UBKvHuUbMeR5Xd_1
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83295219243?pwd=MEpyMmtWTVB0dThKK2V2d0w1S1BxUT09
Meeting ID: 832 9521 9243
Passcode: 023704
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Meeting ID: 832 9521 9243
Passcode: 023704
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kpFFuLj3o
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Answers:
T7C02 = B.
G4B13 = C.
E4A07 = B.
Quiz 139
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