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Welcome !!! A mixture of questions: historical, theoretical, operational, legal, factual, … Some multiple choice – others straight answers. Some easy, some tricky, some to trick you… But all in fun. 35 questions – in about 30 minutes. First steps… Form a team. Chose your team captain.
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Welcome !!! A mixture of questions: historical, theoretical, operational, legal, factual, … Some multiple choice – others straight answers. Some easy, some tricky, some to trick you… But all in fun. 35 questions – in about 30 minutes.
First steps… • Form a team. • Chose your team captain. • Chose your team name. • No shouting out the answers. • No asking questions once the quiz has started.
Points for bonus questions… Any questions before we begin ??? Are you ready ???
Question 1: What does the acronym EARS stand for in the following URL (WEB address)? http://www.earsclub.ca
Question 2: 1st EARS NET question (Sunday 15th March)… Who is Duane Dibbley? Bonus question: What is the name of the actor who plays him?
Question 3: What electronic component does the following circuit symbol represent? • A Light Emitting Diode (LED) • A Photodiode • A Varactor (Varicap Diode) • A Zener Diode
Question 4: Which of the following would not be an insulator? • Vinyl • Rubber • Mica • Graphite
Question 5: This is the binary representation of a famous call sign in ASCII. 01010111 00110001 01000010 01110111 What is the call sign?
Question 6: How many call sign regions meet at the Four Corners of UT, AZ, CO, and NM? • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4
Question 7: What is this electronic circuit? • High pass filter • Low pass filter • Band-pass filter • Pi-filter Bonus question: What is the -3db cut-off frequency of the filter if R is 1KΩ, and C is 0.001µF?
Question 8: Who was the co-founder of the ARRL, in conjunction with Hiram Percy Maxim (W1AW)? Bonus question: What was his call sign?
Question 9: For a control operator holding an Amateur Extra Class license, what are the 40m band limits imposed if they were operating under the CEPT reciprocal licensing agreement in ITU region 1? • 7.0 - 7.1MHz • 7.1 - 7.2MHz • 7.0 - 7.3MHz • 7.0 - 7.2MHz
Question 10: Who was the only amateur radio operator to operate from Tibet in the late 1950s? • Marshal Kim Seung-Hee • Robert Ford • Dorji Yangloo • Edmund Hillary
Question 11: In the following logic diagram, what are the outputs Q1 & Q2 when the inputs are as shown? • Q1=0, Q2=0 • Q1=0, Q2=1 • Q1=1, Q2=0 • Q1=1, Q2=1
Question 12: What was the SW3? • An SWL club of the 1930's. • A type of 3 element beam. • A 3 tube receiver • A triode.
Question 13: Who has owned or used the call sign WA3QIZ? • David Mirkin (TV / Film producer) • Principal Seymour Skinner (The Simpsons) • The Savant DX group (VA) • All of the above
Question 14: What is the approximate frequency at which XL= -XC in the following circuit, if L=100µH & C =10pF? • 2.5MHz • 5MHz • 25MHz • 50MHz
Question 15: On the 30m band, the amateur station’s licensee must perform an RF environmental evaluation – if the power at the antenna exceeds… • 30 Watts • 315 Watts • 425 Watts • 485 Watts
Question 16: Which of the following DXCC countries spans over more than one continent, according to ham boundaries in the world? • Spain • Italy • Egypt • Colombia
Question 17: 2nd EARS NET question (Sunday 19th April)… In what year was the transistor invented? Bonus question: Name the inventor(s) – 1 bonus point for each.
Question 18: In the following circuit, what is the current flowing through R2, given that the hfe of T1 is 100. • 22.7µA • 45.4µA • 227µA • 4.5mA
Question 19: To reduce the level of harmonic interference produced by an HF transmitter, what should be placed in the feed-line between the radio, & ATU / Antenna? • A high-pass filter • A low-pass filter • A band-pass filter • A non-linear attenuator.
Question 20: Which famous politician / professional pilot owned this call sign? VU2RG
Question 21: What does the loading coil in a mobile antenna do? • Makes the antenna electrically longer • Adds inductive reactance • Adds capacitive reactance • Reduces capacitive reactance
Question 22: What is the maximum height of an antenna structure above ground level – before the owner is required to notify the FAA & FCC? • 58.32 m • 59.85 m • 60.96 m • 61.73 m
Question 23: County hunters know Texas has the most counties of any state... how many are there??? • 167 • 201 • 254 • 299
Question 24: What is the advantage of the PSK31 digital mode of transmission? • Every character is 5 data-bits in length • 31.25 Kilo-baud data-rate • Less than 100Hz signal band width • All of the above
Question 25: Which is NOT a valid Q-code? • QRC • QRK • QRW • QSM
Question 26: If two inductors are connected in series, the first is 22mH, and the second is 10mH… what is the total inductance? • 6.9mH • 12.2mH • 16mH • 32mH
Question 27: What is the maximum transmitter power of a beacon station? • 50 Watts • 100 Watts • 150 Watts • 200 Watts
Question 28: To which country does the call sign HB0ASW belong? • Switzerland • Austria • Andorra • Liechtenstein
Question 29: In a simple super-heterodyne SSB receiver, one input to the mixer stage is the amplified received signal. What is the other input? • The Carrier Oscillator • The BFO • The Local Oscillator (LO) • Jay Leno
Question 30: What is a Rettysnitch? • A fictional torture device for bad hams. • An early type of lightning arrester. • A unique antenna design. • Someone who calls the FCC.
Question 31: What is the national SSB calling frequency on the 1.25m band? • 222.1 • 223.1 • 223.15 • 223.2 Bonus question: What is the national FM calling frequency for the same band?
Question 32: 3rd EARS NET question (Sunday 10th May)… For a 2 input exclusive NOR gate – If input A is a logic 1, and input B is a logic 0 – what is the output X? • Logic 0 • Logic 1 • Indeterminate
Question 33: Who was the first ‘Ham’ astronaut to operate from space? • Owen Garriott, W5LFL • John Phillips, KE5DRY • Mike Barratt, KD5MIJ • John Grunsfeld, KC5ZTF Bonus question: Who was the first ‘Ham’ in space?
Question 34: What is the Special Event call sign of the USS Midway radio club? • N6IWN • NI6WI • NI6IW • N6IW
Question 35: In what year was the Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club founded? Bonus question: What was the original name of the club?