License Exam Quiz #330

de Steve, AE8AT 

This week the quiz commemorates the work of Mary Golda Ross. Born on August 9, 1908, Mary was Native American and a member of the Cherokee Nation. As an aerospace engineer, she was hired by Lockheed as a founding member of the Skunk Works. She worked on the P-38 Lightning performing stress, aerodynamic, compressibility, and performance analysis resolving issues with the early designs. Her work following the was included calculations for space reentry, orbital mechanics, and space vehicle design. This included the upper stage rocket for Gemini and also earth-orbiting satellites, named Agena. She co-authored NASA’s Planetary Flight Handbook Volume III, providing the mathematics for spaceflight missions to Venus and Mars. Our question pools might be running low on space oriented questions, but here we go!

T1E02 Who may be the control operator of a station communicating through an amateur satellite or space station?

A. Only an Amateur Extra Class operator

B. A General class or higher licensee with a satellite operator certification

C. Only an Amateur Extra Class operator who is also an AMSAT member

D. Any amateur allowed to transmit on the satellite uplink frequency

G0B13 Where should lightning arrestors be located?

A. Where the feed lines enter the building

B. On the antenna, opposite the feed point

C. In series with each ground lead

D. At the closest power pole ground electrode

E2A06 What are Keplerian elements?

A. Parameters that define the orbit of a satellite

B. Phase reversing elements in a Yagi antenna

C. High-emission heater filaments used in magnetron tubes

D. Encrypting codes used for spread spectrum modulation

Answers:

T1E02 = D [FCC Part 97.301, 97.207(c)]

G0B13 = A

E2A06 = A