TNG – getting young people into ham radio

HAMFEST

Projects

** License Exam Questions – 209

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The Thursday Night Group will meet IN PERSON

Thursday, Oct 20, 2022

Speakers will start about 7:30.

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Things this week: 

TNG – getting young people into ham radio

Tom, N8Zm, will talk about Ideas for getting more young people into ham radio? Like 8 - 14-year-olds, before they get distracted by high school social life.

<note> this was a topic at the September DARA board meeting. 

This might be a great time for TNG to help solve this problem.  George WD8NHI

Even though masks 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.

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/

10/30/2022 - Massillon Hamfest (OH)

Location: Green, OH
Sponsor: Massillon Amateur Radio Club
Website: http://w8np.org

11/19 & 20/2021 - Fort Wayne Hamfest    

Location: Allen County War Memorial Coliseum and Exposition Center
Sponsor: Fort Wayne Hamfest
Website: https://fortwaynehamfest.com/

12/03/2022 – FCARC WinterFest

Location: Archbold, OH
Sponsor: Fulton County Amateur Radio Club
Website: https://k8bxq.org/hamfest

Projects

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

** License Exam Questions – 209

There is a theme for the week, however it appears among the answers.

T8D02 What is a “talkgroup” on a digital repeater?

A. A group of operators sharing common interests

B. A way for groups of users to share a channel at different times without hearing other users on the channel

C. A protocol that increases the signal-to-noise ratio when multiple repeaters are linked together

D. A net that meets at a specified time

G7C05 Which of the following is an advantage of a direct digital synthesizer (DDS)?

A. Wide tuning range and no need for band switching

B. Relatively high-power output

C. Relatively low power consumption

D. Variable frequency with the stability of a crystal oscillator

E7H09 What type of frequency synthesizer circuit uses a phase accumulator, lookup table, digital to analog converter, and a low-pass anti-alias filter?

A. A direct digital synthesizer

B. A hybrid synthesizer

C. A phase-locked loop synthesizer

D. A diode-switching matrix synthesizer

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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Answers:

T8D02 = B.

G7C05 = D.

E7H09 = A.

Quiz 209