TNG – Thursday, May 7

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

This week we will clean up the clubhouse to prepare for visitors during Hamvention.

We are looking for presentations. If you have something you would like to share, please let me know.

If anyone is interested in a Hamvention ticket in exchange for some (at least 6) volunteer hours, let me know. I have an opportunity for you.

73,
de Mark, N8ME

License Exam Quiz #369

de Steve, AE8AT

Here we are in May! Anyone doing anything this month??? Hopefully we will see everyone at Dayton Hamvention® in a few days! Since we will be hosting the largest gathering of radio amateurs, it seems like a good time to draw some questions from the operating practices questions of each question pool.

T2B05 What would cause your FM transmission audio to be distorted on voice peaks?

A. Your repeater offset is inverted

B. You need to talk louder

C. You are talking too loudly

D. Your transmit power is too high

G4D03 What is the effect of an incorrectly adjusted speech processor?

A. Distorted speech

B. Excess intermodulation products

C. Excessive background noise

D. All these choices are correct

E4D04 Which of the following is used to reduce or eliminate intermodulation interference in a repeater caused by a nearby transmitter?

A. A band-pass filter in the feed line between the transmitter and receiver

B. A properly terminated circulator at the output of the repeater’s transmitter

C. Utilizing a Class C final amplifier

D. Utilizing a Class D final amplifier

Answers:

T2B05 = C

G4D03 = D

E4D04 = B