[DARARepeater] TNG + NO ZOOM this WEEK

Tue May 3 17:26:44 EDT 2022

TNG – KIWI SDR receiver network & Hamvention cleanup

DARA General Membership Meeting THIS FRIDAY MAY 6th

Hamvention Patches, Lanyards, Shirts+ AND Tickets !!

TNG – MAY 12th - Raspberry Pi based HF GO BOX

HAMFEST 

Projects 

** License Exam Questions of the week – 188

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, May 5, 2022 

Speakers will start about 7:30.

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Things this week:  

TNG –  KIWI SDR receiver network & Hamvention cleanup

This week there will not be a ZOOM meeting.

This week Mike, W8RKO, will showing us the KIWI SDR receiver network.  Not so much about the KIWI SDR receiver itself but more about the network it communicates to.  Discussing possible uses in the ham shack for propagation checking, transmit antenna comparisons, power level comparisons, etc.  Also, non-ham related SWL uses.

we will start cleaning up for Hamvention.  

WARNING!! - May 6th DARA membership meeting will be home brew night so get projects ready!

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. 

DARA General Membership Meeting THIS FRIDAY MAY 6th

Homebrew at May DARA Membership Meeting

The May DARA Membership meeting will take place this coming Friday May 6 at 7:00pm at the Greene County Expo Center in the Mercantile Building. This is our Homebrew meeting and is the time to show off what you have been creating over the last year. A judge has been appointed and he is collecting his judging team. Share your new ideas with the membership and maybe win a prize. Did I say prize? Yes, there will be prizes for Homebrew winners and also door prizes for attendees. More information will be in other articles in the May RF Carrier. Zoom information follows if you absolutely cannot make the meeting in-person.

Topic: DARA Membership Meeting

Time: May 6, 2022 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81776073619?pwd=MXVRWDc5OXVXclJGMWxYcFpobG44QT09 

Meeting ID: 817 7607 3619

Passcode: 616222

One tap mobile

+16465588656,,81776073619#,,,,*616222# US (New York)

+13017158592,,81776073619#,,,,*616222# US (Washington DC)

Dial by your location

        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)

        +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)

        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)

        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

Meeting ID: 817 7607 3619

Passcode: 616222

Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcwE9SBxyC 

Hamvention Patches, Lanyards, Shirts+ AND Tickets !!

At this FRIDAY’s DARA meeting you will have the opportunity to purchase Hamvention stuff ahead of the crowds.

DARA Venture Crew 73 will have their patches and lanyards for sale and can laminate your tickets. 

XWARN will be there with their T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies.

This may be the last chance to get your Hamvention ticket at pre-sale price.

Bring your $$ and get your stuff ahead of the line.

TNG – MAY 12th - Raspberry Pi based HF GO BOX

On MAY 12th, Dave, KE8DOC, will be presenting his Raspberry Pi based HF GO BOX to the Thursday Night Group. This system uses a Raspberry Pi 4 with 4 gig of RAM to control the radio, generate and decode HF digital modes and run log software. This is a practical demonstration of the Build-a-Pi menu system that the Single Board Computer SIG installed at the last meeting. 

The go box consists of a 2U portable 19 inch rack box with the radio and Raspberry Pi mounted on rack shelves. I am using a Yaesu FT-857D HF transceiver, Signalink USB, CAT interface, power supply, GPS recever and the Raspberry Pi .  The Raspberry Pi is loaded with WSJT-X, GridTracker, JS8Call, FLdigie, FLrig and HAMers loging system.  

See you on MAY 12th

HAMFEST 

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

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 

May 6th DARA meeting will be home brew night so get projects ready!

Keep working on your projects at home OR bring them with you to TNG and do them there.   

** License Exam Questions of the week – 188

Combining waves is our groovy quiz topic!

T7A08 Which of the following describes combining speech with an RF carrier signal?

A. Impedance matching

B. Oscillation

C. Modulation

D. Low-pass filtering

G8B01 Which mixer input is varied or tuned to convert signals of different frequencies to an intermediate frequency (IF)?

A. Image frequency

B. Local oscillator

C. RF input

D. Beat frequency oscillator

E7E09 What occurs when an excessive amount of signal energy reaches a mixer circuit?

A. Spurious mixer products are generated

B. Mixer blanking occurs

C. Automatic limiting occurs

D. A beat frequency is generated

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:

T7A08 = C.

G8B01 = B.

E7E09 = A.

Quiz 188

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