[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

Tue Aug 31 15:08:47 EDT 2021

TNG – work on TNGfest & this and that

-      Milford Hamfest – how was it?

DARA Membership Meeting - SEPT 10

HAMFEST upcoming 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week – week #156

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, Sept 2, 2021 

Speakers will start about 7:30.

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Things this week:  

TNG - TNGfest & this and that

       There will NOT be a ZOOM this WEEK. 

We will discuss rules/policies for the auction and flea market.

Maybe we can get a report about the Milford Hamfest from those that went.

Even though mask are not required feel free to wear a mask if you feel more comfortable.  There will be some wearing mask so you will not be the only one.

The pop cooler will only have water in it. So if you want anything else – bring it.

PLEASE if you are having any of the COVID symptoms DO NOT come to the clubhouse.  

DARA Membership Meeting - SEPT 10

If you have not heard there will be a General Membership meeting Friday September 10, 2021 at 7:00pm at the Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center in Xenia, OH. More details next week.

This meeting will also be available via a virtual ZOOM meeting.  More details next week.

HAMFEST 

Most of these are from The Ohio Section Journal http://arrl-ohio.org/ 

09/12/2021 - FINDLAY HAMFEST

Location: Findlay Ohio
Sponsor: Findlay Radio Club
Website: https://www.findlayradioclub.org/hamfest 

09/18/2021 - Mound Amateur Radio Assoc. Swap Meet

Location: Miamisburg, OH
Sponsor: MARA
Website: http://W8DYY.ORG <http://w8dyy.org/> 

09/18/2021 - Miami County Swap Meet https://www.w8fw.org/events 

Location: Troy, OH
Sponsor: Miami County Amateur Radio Club

Website: http://w8fw.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/> 

10/02/2021 - 10th Annual Vette City Hamfest, ARRL Great Lakes Division Convention

Location: Bowling Green , KY
Sponsor: Kentucky Colonels Amateur Radio Club
Website: https://ky4bg.com <https://ky4bg.com/>  

10/09/2021 - Northwest Ohio Amateur Radio Club (NWOARC) hamfest <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/northwest-ohio-amateur-radio-club-nwoarc-hamfest> 

Location: Westminster, OH
Sponsor: NWOARC, Northwest Ohio Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://www.nwoarc.com <http://www.nwoarc.com/> 

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/  

11/06/2021 - GARC Hamfest <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/garc-hamfest-4> 

Location: Georgetown, OH
Sponsor: Grant Amateur Radio Club

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 OR bring them with you to TNG and do them there.   

License Exam Questions of the week  – week #156

The quiz topic this week is radio contesting. September starts a cycle of major radio HF contests. Five of the largest HF radio contests occur in September, October, and November. (Field Day is not a contest.) Participants use these events to test their stations and test their knowledge of HF propagation while seeking to establish radio contact with every country in CQ WW contests, or with each of the 84 84 ARRL/RAC sections for the ARRL Sweepstakes. Dates are provided below for each contest.

•        CQ World Wide RTTY September 25-26, 

•        CQ World Wide SSB October 30-31, 

•        ARRL CW Sweepstakes November 6-8, 

•        ARRL SSB Sweepstakes November 20-22, and, 

•        CQ World Wide CW November 27-28.

T8C04 Which of the following is good procedure when contacting another station in a radio contest?

A. Sign only the last two letters of your call if there are many other stations calling

B. Contact the station twice to be sure that you are in his log

C. Send only the minimum information needed for proper identification and the contest exchange

D. All of these choices are correct

G2D09 Which of the following is required when participating in a contest on HF frequencies?

A. Submit a log to the contest sponsor

B. Send a QSL card to the stations worked, or QSL via Logbook of The World

C. Identify your station per normal FCC regulations

D. All these choices are correct

E2C02 Which of the following best describes the term “self-spotting” in connection with HF contest operating?

A. The often-prohibited practice of posting one’s own call sign and frequency on a spotting network

B. The acceptable practice of manually posting the call signs of stations on a spotting network

C. A manual technique for rapidly zero beating or tuning to a station’s frequency before calling that station

D. An automatic method for rapidly zero beating or tuning to a station’s frequency before calling that station

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 evenings.

Everyone is invited!!! 

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There will NOT be a ZOOM this WEEK. 

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Answers:

T8C04 = C.

G2D09 = C.

E2C02 = A.

Quiz 156

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