Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2009. Welcome !!! A mixture of questions: historical, theoretical, operational, legal, factual, … Some multiple

Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2009.

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)A Light Emitting Diode (LED)

b)A Photodiode

c)A Varactor (Varicap Diode)

d)A Zener Diode


Question 4:

Which of the following would not be an insulator?

a)Vinyl

b)Rubber

c)Mica

d)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?

a)1

b)2

c)3

d)4


Question 7:

What is this electronic circuit?

a)High pass filter

b)Low pass filter

c)Band-pass filter

d)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?

a)7.0 - 7.1MHz

b)7.1 - 7.2MHz

c)7.0 - 7.3MHz

d)7.0 - 7.2MHz


Question 10:

Who was the only amateur radio operator to operate from Tibet in the late 1950s?

a)Marshal Kim Seung-Hee

b)Robert Ford

c)Dorji Yangloo

d)Edmund Hillary


Question 11:

In the following logic diagram, what are the outputs Q1 & Q2 when the inputs are as shown?

a)Q1=0, Q2=0

b)Q1=0, Q2=1

c)Q1=1, Q2=0

d)Q1=1, Q2=1


Question 12:

What was the SW3?

a)An SWL club of the 1930's.

b)A type of 3 element beam.

c)A 3 tube receiver

d)A triode.


Question 13:

Who has owned or used the call sign WA3QIZ?

a)David Mirkin (TV / Film producer)

b)Principal Seymour Skinner (The Simpsons)

c)The Savant DX group (VA)

d)All of the above


Question 14:

What is the approximate frequency at which XL= -XC in the following circuit, if L=100µH & C =10pF?

a)2.5MHz

b)5MHz

c)25MHz

d)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…

a)30 Watts

b)315 Watts

c)425 Watts

d)485 Watts


Question 16:

Which of the following DXCC countries spans over more than one continent, according to ham boundaries in the world?

a)Spain

b)Italy

c)Egypt

d)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.

a)22.7µA

b)45.4µA

c)227µA

d)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)A high-pass filter

b)A low-pass filter

c)A band-pass filter

d)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?

a)Makes the antenna electrically longer

b)Adds inductive reactance

c)Adds capacitive reactance

d)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?

a)58.32 m

b)59.85 m

c)60.96 m

d)61.73 m


Question 23:

County hunters know Texas has the most counties of any state... how many are there???

a)167

b)201

c)254

d)299


Question 24:

What is the advantage of the PSK31 digital mode of transmission?

a)Every character is 5 data-bits in length

b)31.25 Kilo-baud data-rate

c)Less than 100Hz signal band width

d)All of the above


Question 25:

Which is NOT a valid Q-code?

a)QRC

b)QRK

c)QRW

d)QSM


Question 26:

If two inductors are connected in series, the first is 22mH, and the second is 10mH… what is the total inductance?

a)6.9mH

b)12.2mH

c)16mH

d)32mH


Question 27:

What is the maximum transmitter power of a beacon station?

a)50 Watts

b)100 Watts

c)150 Watts

d)200 Watts


Question 28:

To which country does the call sign HB0ASW belong?

a)Switzerland

b)Austria

c)Andorra

d)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?

a)The Carrier Oscillator

b)The BFO

c)The Local Oscillator (LO)

d)Jay Leno


Question 30:

What is a Rettysnitch?

a)A fictional torture device for bad hams.

b)An early type of lightning arrester.

c)A unique antenna design.

d)Someone who calls the FCC.


Question 31:

What is the national SSB calling frequency on the 1.25m band?

a)222.1

b)223.1

c)223.15

d)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?

a)Logic 0

b)Logic 1

c)Indeterminate


Question 33:

Who was the first ‘Ham’ astronaut to operate from space?

a)Owen Garriott, W5LFL

b)John Phillips, KE5DRY

c)Mike Barratt, KD5MIJ

d)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?

a)N6IWN

b)NI6WI

c)NI6IW

d)N6IW


Question 35:

In what year was the Fallbrook Amateur Radio Club founded?

Bonus question:

What was the original name of the club?


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Escondido Amateur Radio Society Quiz Night - 2009. Welcome !!! A mixture of questions: historical, theoretical, operational, legal, factual, … Some multiple