PLEASE if you are having any COVID, RSV or FLU symptoms DO NOT come to the clubhouse.

TNG – Thursday, October 31, 2024

DARA Clubhouse, 6619 Bellefontaine Rd. Dayton, OH 45424. The meeting begins around 7pm.

No special presentation this Thursday.

If anyone wants to or knows someone who might want to give a presentation at a future TNG or if you have a topic that you would like to see, please let me know.

TNG will have a special presentation this WEDNESDAY, October 30 at 7:30pm. Joe Eisenberg, K0NEB, will be in-person and give a presentation on kit building.

Can the Zoom people make sure that the presentation is Zoom’ed?

Everyone is invited!!!

73,
de Mark, N8ME

License Exam Quiz #291
de Steve, AE8AT

Repeaters are the topic this week.

T2A09 Which of the following indicates that a station is listening on a repeater and looking for a contact?

A. “CQ CQ” followed by the station’s call sign

B. The station’s call sign followed by the word “monitoring”

C. The repeater call sign followed by the station’s call sign

D. “QSY” followed by your call sign

G1A10 What portion of the 10-meter band is available for repeater use?

A. The entire band

B. The portion between 28.1 MHz and 28.2 MHz

C. The portion between 28.3 MHz and 28.5 MHz

D. The portion above 29.5 MHz

E4D03 What creates intermodulation interference between two repeaters in close proximity?

A. The output signals cause feedback in the final amplifier of one or both transmitters

B. The output signals mix in the final amplifier of one or both transmitters

C. The input frequencies are harmonically related

D. The output frequencies are harmonically related

Answers:

T2A09 = B

G1A10 = D [FCC Part 97.205(b)]

E4D03 = B