[DARARepeater] TNG + NO ZOOM this WEEK

[George]

TNG –  Tom has a list – What’s next?

HAMFEST 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week – 182

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, Mar 17, 2022 

Speakers will start about 7:30.

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Things this week:  

TNG –  Tom has a list – What’s next?

This week there will not be a ZOOM meeting.

 

Tom was sent the following list of potential topics.  

If any of them interest you come and let Tom know.

 

has a list of several topics

• P25

• Perhaps a radio in civil air patrol?

• John Ackerman on Time

• Repeater design & build considerations

• Can VHF/UHF be used for anything other than repeaters?

• Can an FM station make contacts in VHF/UHF contests?

• The role of rovers in VHF/UHF, and how to be one

• Are microwaves only something you find in a kitchen?

• Is the FCC offering experimental licenses in any frequencies? 8m?  How to get one and what to do with it

• 5G, and what's next

• When will a new internet standard emerge, and what will it be?

• Apps you need as a Ham

• How to create your own app

• Operating on 630m or 2200m, because my yard is already inadequate for 160m...

• Hamvention 101 (where, size, when, tickets, talk in, event station, masks?, proof of vaccination?, other events coincident to Hamvention, what basics should we know to not embarrass ourselves)

• Volunteering opportunities for Hamvention

• Volunteer opportunities within the club

• Strategic plan for DARA, and how we can play a part

• World's top 5 (10?) gatherings of radio enthusiasts, and how each excels

• Top radio clubs of the world and why

• I will be happy to do my presentation on CQWW propagation, hopefully advancing it

• EMCOMM, what do they do, how to get started, etc

• What should I have in my emergency kit?  (How much food & water, other supplies, for hams, what radios/antennas/modes, etc.)

• Ham trailer design (EMCOMM agencies, size & weight considerations, what needs exist, is there a standard...)

• The Huber club is working on a grant application for a trailer, maybe a "how to get a grant" presentation

• Miami Valley MESH Alliance

• What are the developing technologies we will see in ham radio?

• Are there public science projects for hams?

• Cube-sat or other AMSAT presentation

• Youth in radio, what interests them vs. the old guys, how to suck the innocent into a lifetime of large expenditures on stuff nobody will understand

• I'd like to get a scope on the output of our amplifier to judge signal quality, distortion

• Weird rules of VE (expired license, fail tech but pass general, etc.)

• License limits around the world (power, frequencies, etc.)

• The 220 band

• Getting licensed in the UK?

• Oh, how could I leave the Raspberry Pi off the list.

• Single board computing group

• What does ARRL's regulatory advocacy group do?  Key threats?  Things we need to do to comply with regulations?

• Field Day, how it's done in different clubs

 

Did you attend the QSO Today Virtual Ham Expo held last weekend? Was it any good?

 

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 diet pop and water.

 

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

 

HAMFEST 

 

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

 

03/20/2022 - Toledo Mobile Radio Association Hamfest and Computer Fair <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/toledo-mobile-radio-association-hamfest-and-computer-fair-1> 

CANCELED

Location: Perrysburg, OH
Sponsor: Toledo Mobile Radio Association
Website:  <http://tmrahamradio.org/> http://tmrahamradio.org

 

04/09/2022 - Sixty-Sixth Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club Hamfest <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/sixty-sixth-cuyahoga-falls-amateur-radio-club-hamfest> 

Sponsor: Cuyahoga Falls Amateur Radio Club, Inc.
Website: http://www.cfarc.org/hamfest.php

 

4/24/2022 - Athens Hamfest <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/athens-hamfest-9> 

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

 

04/25/2022 - 04/29/2022 RV Radio Network Spring Rally <http://www.arrl.org/hamfests/rv-radio-network-spring-rally> 

Location: Millersburg, OH
Sponsor: RV Radio Network
Website: http://rvradionetwork.com <http://rvradionetwork.com/> 

 

05/01/2022 - Lucas County Amateur Radio Emergency Service Trunk Sale and Swap Meet 

Location: Toledo, OH 

Sponsor: Lucas County Amateur Radio Emergency Service 

Website: http://tinyurl.com/lcaresswap 

 

05/20-22/2022 - Dayton Hamvention <https://hamvention.org/> 

Location: Green County Fairgrounds, OH

Sponsor: Dayton Amateur Radio Association

Website: https://hamvention.org 

 

06/04/2022 - FCARC Summer Hamfest 

Location: Wauseon, OH 

Sponsor: Fulton County Amateur Radio Club 

Website: https://k8bxq.org/hamfest 

 

07/09/2022 - Mansfield Mid Summer Trunkfest 

Location: Mansfield, OH 

Sponsor: Intercity Amateur Radio Club 

Website: http://www.w8we.org

 

07/17/2022 - Van Wert Hamfest 

Location: Van Wert, OH 

Sponsor: Van Wert Amateur Radio Club 

Website: http://W8FY.ORG

 

08/13/2022 - Cincinnati Hamfest 

Location: Owensville, OH 

Sponsor: Milford ARC 

Website: https://CincinnatiHamfest.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 – week #182

Topic this week is safety. 

 

T0C11 What is the definition of duty cycle during the averaging time for RF exposure? 

A. The difference between the lowest power output and the highest power output of a transmitter

B. The difference between the PEP and average power output of a transmitter

C. The percentage of time that a transmitter is transmitting

D. The percentage of time that a transmitter is not transmitting

 

G0B06 Which of the following is covered by the National Electrical Code?

A. Acceptable bandwidth limits

B. Acceptable modulation limits

C. Electrical safety inside the ham shack

D. RF exposure limits of the human body

 

E0A09 Which insulating material commonly used as a thermal conductor for some types of electronic devices is extremely toxic if broken or crushed and the particles are accidentally inhaled?

A. Mica

B. Zinc oxide

C. Beryllium Oxide

D. Uranium Hexafluoride

 

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:

T0C11 = C.

G0B06 = C.

E0A09 = C.

Quiz 182

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