[DARARepeater] Thursday Night Group - NO ZOOM this WEEK

Tue Nov 9 01:28:59 EST 2021

Veterans Day Nov 11

TNG – Frequency Measurement Test

TNGFEST – next week Nov 18

HAMFEST upcoming – Fort Wayne THIS WEEKEND

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week – 164

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, Nov 11, 2021 

Speakers will start about 7:30.

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Things this week:  

Veterans Day Nov 11

Please take the time to visit, call, text or email as many of the Veteran’s you know to THANK THEM for the freedoms we have in our lives.

TNG – Frequency Measurement Test

       There will NOT be a TNG ZOOM this WEEK. 

This week there will not be a ZOOM meeting. It was great having all of you with us.  We hope to return soon. 

The ARRL sponsored Frequency Measurement Test (FMT) is this week, on the 11th, the same night as TNG. Our own Mike Suhar, W8RKO, will be one of the two transmitting stations, and most likely John Ackermann, N8UR, will be monitoring Mike's transmissions either as a check station or as an actual competitor. Tom, N8ZM, will do a brief introduction to what the FMT is all about , and we hope to try to monitor and measure Mike's signals.

Just good talk amongst friends AND staying warm.

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 MAY 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. 

TNGFEST – next week Nov 18

The fest portion of this will be from 7pm till 8:00 - 8:30 depending on the activity. After that we will begin our auction portion of the event.  DISCLAIMER – none of us are auctioneers so it will be a gentleman’s event – no fighting.

If you are going to sell PLEASE email me, ewingg at gmail.com, by WEDNESDAY Nov 17. So I can plan on how much table space to devote to the fest.

TNG ask you to make a small donation of say 10% of your sales to help fund some of our activities.

We have no idea how many of you are wanting to sell stuff, nor do we know how many buyers will be there.  PLEASE limit the number of items you are bringing to what would fit on ½ of one of the tables.

If you are bringing heavy stuff – bring a pad to protect the tables. 

     You will be responsible for damage to the tables.

Everything you bring MUST be sold, given away or trashed.  There is limited trash bins space at 

    The clubhouse, so you may have to take it back home.  

DO NOT bring anything you are not willing to leave with.

PLEASE do not arrive before 6:30 P.M. to set up. The tables have to be rearranged BEFORE the event.

If you are NOT selling PLEASE do not show up until 7pm. 

HAMFEST 

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

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>   cancelled

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 #164

One question is drawn from each of the three question pools. Steve, AE8AT, is providing these questions.  Thanks Steve

This week the quiz looks skyward at ways the sun can affect radio communication. 

T3C10 Which of the following bands may provide long distance communications during the peak of the sunspot cycle?

A. 6 or 10 meter bands

B. 23 centimeter band

C. 70 centimeter or 1.25 meter bands

D. All of these choices are correct

G3A08 Which of the following effects can a geomagnetic storm have on radio propagation?

A. Improved high-latitude HF propagation

B. Degraded high-latitude HF propagation

C. Improved ground wave propagation

D. Degraded ground wave propagation

E3A06 What might help to restore contact when DX signals become too weak to copy across an entire HF band a few hours after sunset?

A. Switch to a higher frequency HF band

B. Switch to a lower frequency HF band

C. Wait 90 minutes or so for the signal degradation to pass

D. Wait 24 hours before attempting another communication on the band

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 TNG ZOOM this WEEK. 

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Answers:

T3C10 = A.

G3A08 = B.

E3A06 = B.

Quiz 164

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