[DARARepeater] TNG this WEEK

[George]

TNG – your projects and fun

HAMFEST – updated 06-29-22

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week – 195

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, July 7, 2022 

Speakers will start about 7:30.

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Things this week:  

TNG - your projects and fun

This week you can work on your projects, radios or just chat with friends.

There are a lot of different groups all doing their thing with different radios.  Come see what’s happening.

Just good talk amongst friends. 

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 has some pop and water.

 

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

 

HAMFEST – updated 06-29-22

 

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

 

07/09/2022 - Mansfield Mid Summer Trunkfest 

Location: Mansfield, OH 

Sponsor: Intercity Amateur Radio Club 

Website: http://www.w8we.org

 

07/16/2022 - NOARSFEST

Location: Elyria, OH

Sponsor: Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society

Website: https://w8woo.org/events/noarsfest/ 

 

07/17/2022 - Van Wert Hamfest 

Location: Van Wert, OH 

Sponsor: Van Wert Amateur Radio Club 

Website: http://W8FY.ORG

 

07/30/2022 – East Central INDIANA Hamfest 

Location: Winchester, IN

Website: http://inhamfest.com 

 

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

 

08/21/2022 - 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 – 196

 Last Thursday night, a local ham brought in a home-built dipole cut for the 2m band. That provided the topic for this week’s quiz, the dipole antenna.

T9A05 Which of the following increases the resonant frequency of a dipole antenna?

A. Lengthening it

B. Inserting coils in series with radiating wires

C. Shortening it

D. Adding capacitive loading to the ends of the radiating wires

 

G9B04 What is the radiation pattern of a dipole antenna in free space in a plane containing the conductor?

A. It is a figure-eight at right angles to the antenna

B. It is a figure-eight off both ends of the antenna

C. It is a circle (equal radiation in all directions)

D. It has a pair of lobes on one side of the antenna and a single lobe on the other side

 

E9C05 Which of the following is a type of OCFD antenna?

A. A dipole fed approximately 1/3 the way from one end with a 4:1 balun to provide multiband operation

B. A remotely tunable dipole antenna using orthogonally controlled frequency diversity

C. A folded dipole center-fed with 300-ohm transmission line

D. A multiband dipole antenna using one-way circular polarization for frequency diversity

 

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:

T9A05 = C.

G9B04 = A.

E9C05 = A. OCFD = off-center fed dipole

 

Quiz 196

 

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