[DARARepeater] TNG this WEEK

[George]

TNG – upcoming Hamfest and friends

Small Computer SIG * Aug 13 * 

 

HAMFEST 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week – 200 !!!

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, Aug 4, 2022 

Speakers will start about 7:30.

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Things this week:  

TNG – upcoming Hamfest and friends

This week we will talk about the upcoming Hamfest in our area. Hint – see list below.

This week there will not be a ZOOM meeting.

We will continue the evening with good talk amongst friends.

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

 

Small Computer SIG * Aug 13 * 

The joint Dayton Amateur Radio Association / Dayton Microcomputer Association Single Board Computer SIG will be meeting on Saturday August 6th at 2:00pm.  Single Board Computer SIG meetings are held at the Dayton Amateur Radio Association club house, 6619 Bellefontaine Road, Huber Heights, OH 45424

 

The planned subject for the August meeting is the interfaces on the Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Both boards have hardware to support interfaces like I2C, SPI, 1-Wire and serial. We will be building a temperature sensor using the 1-Wire interface.   

 

Dave KE8DOC    sbc-sig at dma1.org

 

HAMFEST – updated 07-27-22

 

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

 

08/06/2022 - HHARC Trunkfest

Location: Huber Heights, OH

Sponsor: Huber Heights Amateur Radio Club (HHARC)

Website: https://www.hharc.org/ 

 

08/06/2022 - Columbus Hamfest

Location: Grove City, OH

Sponsor: Aladdin Shrine Audio Unit

Website: http://columbushamfest.com 

 

08/13/2022 - Cincinnati Hamfest 

Location: Owensville, OH 

Sponsor: Milford ARC 

Website: https://CincinnatiHamfest.org

 

08/20 & 21/2022 - Huntsville Hamfest

Location: Huntsville, AL 35801

Sponsor: 

Website: http://facebook.com/w8vtd

 

08/21/2022 - Warren ARA Tailgate Swap Meet

Location: Cortland, OH

Sponsor: Warren ARA

Website: http://facebook.com/w8vtd

 

09/11/2022 - Findlay Hamfest

Location: Findlay, OH

Sponsor: Findlay Radio Club

Website: https://www.findlayradioclub.org/

 

09/17/2022 - Mound Amateur Radio Assoc. Swap Meet 

Location: Miamisburg, OH 

Sponsor: MARA 

Website: http://W8DYY.ORG

 

09/25/2022 - Cleveland Hamfest 

Location: Berea, OH 

Sponsor: Hamfest Association of Cleveland 

Website: http://www.hac.org

 

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 – 200 !!

The Repeater Quiz hits a milestone this week, the 200th quiz. To commemorate such an occasion, a special topic was saved for this quiz, scat. All questions relate to some form of scatter. Do you know your scat?

 

T3C03 What is a characteristic of VHF signals received via auroral backscatter?

A. They are often received from 10,000 miles or more

B. They are distorted and signal strength varies considerably

C. They occur only during winter nighttime hours

D. They are generally strongest when your antenna is aimed west

 

G3C06 What is a characteristic of HF scatter?

A. Phone signals have high intelligibility

B. Signals have a fluttering sound

C. There are very large, sudden swings in signal strength

D. Scatter propagation occurs only at night

 

E2D02 Which of the following is a good technique for making meteor scatter contacts?

A. 15-second timed transmission sequences with stations alternating based on location

B. Use of special digital modes

C. Short transmissions with rapidly repeated call signs and signal reports

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 evenings.

Everyone is invited!!! 

 

 

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Answers:

T3C03 = B.

G3C06 = B.

E2D02 = D.

Quiz 200

 

 

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