[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group - DARA General Membership Meeting

Wed Jun 9 20:00:12 EDT 2021

TNG – NO ZOOM THIS WEEK

DARA JULY 9th  General Membership Meeting 

HAMFEST & Other things of interest!!

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week #146 

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, June 10, 2021 

Speakers will start about 7:30.

There will NOT be a ZOOM this WEEK.

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Things this week:  

TNG – This and That  NO ZOOM THIS WEEK

       There will NOT be a ZOOM this WEEK. 

Last week’s gathering at the clubhouse had 30+ attendees.  Everyone had a good time. immunized members.  

This week we will continue catching up with old friends and making some new ones 

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 JULY 9th  General Membership Meeting 

EARLY JULY 9 NOTICE

The next DARA General Membership Meeting Notice will be an in-person membership meeting this coming Friday, July 9, 2021.

We will be meeting at the Greene County Fairgrounds & Expo Center in the Mercantile Building (old furniture store) at 7:30pm.

DARA Membership Meeting In-Person at Greene County Expo Center, NOT at Kettering Rec Center!

HAMFEST & Other things of interest!!

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

07/10/2021 - Mansfield 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   HAMFEST IS A GO!!!!!

Location: Van Wert, OH
Sponsor: Van Wert Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://w8fy.org/hamfest.html 

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/> 

                  08/07/2021 - 2021 Columbus Hamfest <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/2021-columbus-hamfest>   

Location: Grove City, OH
Sponsor: Aladdin Shrine Audio Unit
Website: http://columbushamfest.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 #146

The Beverage antenna was patent 1,381,089 granted on 7 June 1921.  The quiz this week is the Beverage antenna.

T9A11 What is the gain of an antenna?

A. The additional power that is added to the transmitter power

B. The additional power that is lost in the antenna when transmitting on a higher frequency

C. The increase in signal strength in a specified direction compared to a reference antenna

D. The increase in impedance on receive or transmit compared to a reference antenna

G9D09 What is the primary use of a Beverage antenna?

A. Directional receiving for low HF bands

B. Directional transmitting for low HF bands

C. Portable direction finding at higher HF frequencies

D. Portable direction finding at lower HF frequencies

E9H01 When constructing a Beverage antenna, which of the following factors should be included in the design to achieve good performance at the desired frequency?

A. Its overall length must not exceed 1/4 wavelength

B. It must be mounted more than 1 wavelength above ground

C. It should be configured as a four-sided loop

D. It should be one or more wavelengths long

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:

T9A11 = C.

G9D09 = A.

E9H01 = D.

Quiz 147

 DARA Repeater

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