[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group

George ewingg at gmail.com
Wed Feb 3 00:42:39 EST 2021


TNG Anarchy returns

Upcoming DARA meetings

HAMFEST (several new ones)

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week #128 

 

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The Thursday Night Group will meet ON-LINE

Thursday, February, 4, 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 AND staying warm.

 

Upcoming DARA meetings

 

Feb 5th - Jim Breakall WA3FET. Topic is: Innovative Wideband Techniques in
Antennas - A New OWA Concept and other interesting Antenna Tidbits

 

Jim is a professor in Pennsylvania and is a well know antenna designer. He
designed one of the arrays used at Arecibo prior to the collapse and
contributed heavily to the technical aspects of the station He and a few
others have the "Magic Mountain" station in PA.

 

Join Zoom Meeting  Feb 5, 2021 06:45 PM Eastern Time

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81733456763?pwd=bWw2VElBSTY5UE5pR1BMck1QSFFVZz09

Meeting ID: 817 3345 6763

Passcode: 088132

One tap mobile

+13126266799,,81733456763#,,,,*088132# US (Chicago)

+16465588656,,81733456763#,,,,*088132# US (New York)

Dial by your location

        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)

        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)

        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

Meeting ID: 817 3345 6763

Passcode: 088132

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbdvPbCzxX

 

 

March - Homebrew via zoom.  There may be prizes.

 

April - Anthony Luscre K8ZT is a well know presenter and will be speaking on
Youth and Amateur Radio.

 

HAMFEST

 

Hamvention 2021 cancelled. 

 

Orlando HamCation 2021 February 13 and 14, 2021.

          https://www.hamcation.com/forums-speakers 

ON-LINE ONLY.  These webinars will be split up into four (4) categories:
Vendor, Youth, Technology, and Contesting radio

 

QSO Today Virtual Ham Radio Expo March 13-14, 2021

The QSO Today Expo team is working hard to make this upcoming Expo even
better with new speakers, panel discussions, kit building workshops, and
more.  Withy a good Internet connection, anyone can attend from their home
or office.

         Early bird discounts are now available at www.qsotodayhamexpo.com
<https://app.getresponse.com/click.html?x=a62b&lc=BaUVSO&mc=It&s=AgyhTc&u=Fa
22&z=EtSAFbF&> . 

 

 <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/athens-hamfest-9> Athens Hamfest  04/25/2021

Location: Athens, OH
Sponsor: Athens County Amateur Radio Association
Website: http://ac-ara.org/



 <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/fcarc-summerfest> FCARC SummerFest
06/05/2021

Location: Wauseon, OH
Sponsor: Fulton County Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://k8bxq.org/hamfest

 

Projects 

Keep working on your projects at home.   HOME BREW NIGHT - MARCH 2021

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 #128

 

The topic for this quiz is directional antennas.  You don't just want your
signal going everywhere do you???  Well, actually you might want that.  Did
I just give away next week's quiz topic?

 

T9A06 What type of antennas are the quad, Yagi, and dish?

A. Non-resonant antennas

B. Log periodic antennas

C. Directional antennas

D. Isotropic antennas

 

G9C06 What configuration of the loops of a two-element quad antenna must be
used for the antenna to operate as a beam antenna, assuming one of the
elements is used as a reflector?

A. The driven element must be fed with a balun transformer

B. There must be an open circuit in the driven element at the point opposite
the feed point

C. The reflector element must be approximately 5 percent shorter than the
driven element

D. The reflector element must be approximately 5 percent longer than the
driven element

 

E9C14 How does the performance of a horizontally polarized antenna mounted
on the side of a hill compare with the same antenna mounted on flat ground?

A. The main lobe takeoff angle increases in the downhill direction

B. The main lobe takeoff angle decreases in the downhill direction

C. The horizontal beamwidth decreases in the downhill direction

D. The horizontal beamwidth increases in the uphill direction

 

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: Aug 13, 2020 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?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:

T9A06 = C.

G9C06 = D.

E9C14 = B.

 

Quiz 128



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