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

TNG – Thursday, April 10, 2025

DARA Clubhouse, 6619 Bellefontaine Rd. Dayton, OH 45424. The meeting begins around 7pm. The presentation begins at 7:30pm.

There is no special presentation this week.

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.

Everyone is invited!!!

73,
de Mark, N8ME

License Exam Quiz #314

Quiz topic this week is digital transmission modes...also receive...because we need that too.

T8D01 Which of the following is a digital communications mode?

A. Packet radio

B. IEEE 802.11

C. FT8

D. All these choices are correct

G1C07 What must be done before using a new digital protocol on the air?

A. Type-certify equipment to FCC standards

B. Obtain an experimental license from the FCC

C. Publicly document the technical characteristics of the protocol

D. Submit a rule-making proposal to the FCC describing the codes and methods of the technique

E8C04 What technique minimizes the bandwidth of a PSK31 signal?

A. Zero-sum character encoding

B. Reed-Solomon character encoding

C. Use of sinusoidal data pulses

D. Use of linear data pulses

Answers:

T8D01 = D

G1C07 = C [FCC Part 97.309(a)(4)]

E8C04 = C