TNG – Anarchy returns

HAMFEST upcoming

Projects

** License Exam Questions of the week – 178

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, Feb 17, 2022

Speakers will start about 7:30.

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Things this week: 

TNG –  Anarchy returns

This week there will not be a ZOOM meeting.

I’m not sure how many of you will be there this Thursday night but please be careful if you go to the clubhouse.

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 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/

03/12/2022 - MOVARC Hamfest

Location: Bidwell, OH
Sponsor: Mid-Ohio Valley Amateur Radio Club

03/13/2022 - Winter Hamfest

Location: Lorain County Community College
Elyria, OH 44035

Sponsor: Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society

03/20/2022 - Toledo Mobile Radio Association Hamfest and Computer Fair

CANCELED

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

04/09/2022 - 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

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

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

05/20-22/2022 - Dayton Hamvention

Location: Green County Fairgrounds, OH

Sponsor: Dayton Amateur Radio Association

Website: https://hamvention.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 #178

The questions this week are drawn randomly from the least used section of each question pool.

T3A02 Why might the range of VHF and UHF signals be greater in the winter?

A. Less ionospheric absorption
B. Less absorption by vegetation
C. Less solar activity
D. Less tropospheric absorption

G4B03 Which of the following is the best instrument to use when checking the keying waveform of a CW transmitter?

A. An oscilloscope

B. A field strength meter

C. A sidetone monitor

D. A wavemeter

E7C03 What advantage does a series-L Pi-L-network have over a series-L Pi-network for impedance matching between the final amplifier of a vacuum-tube transmitter and an antenna?

A. Greater harmonic suppression

B. Higher efficiency

C. Does not require a capacitor

D. Greater transformation range

For more information about B-Road Thursday Evening Group Projects…

Go to W8BI homepage (http://www.w8bi.org) under Education, Thursday Group.

Or

Go to (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:

T3A02 = B.

G4B03 = A.

E7C03 = A.

Quiz 178