SCARS LIVE QUESTIONS
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LIVE QUESTIONS FOR AUGUST 22 & 23 - 2026, SUPPLIED BY K2HA
1. For an AI model to function, what does it do with your typed or spoken question?
A: turns it into a series of letters
B: combines words into sentences
C: forms relationships
D: creates tokens
2. Which transceiver below is a CW, SSB, Digital 5 band (4-5W with 9V supply) that costs about $153 assembled and is approximately the size of a deck of playing cards.
A: QMX multi-band multi-mode transceiver
B: AT43- SSB QRP Transceiver
C: Xiegu G106 SDR HF Transceiver
D: Elecraft KH1 (Elecraft's smallest QRP transceiver)
3. The POTA Board of Directors is struggling with the French ZNIEFF designation. According to the French government ZNIEFF areas are classified as:
A: Designated Governmental Parks
B: Certified Wetlands
C: An Official French National Park
D: Official Scientific Inventory Mapped Natural Area
4. To reduce the angle of radiation of a transmitted signal, the amateur should:
A: reduce the number of Yagi elements
B: electrically isolate the antenna from the mast
C: reduce the height of the antenna above the ground
D: increase the height of the antenna above ground
THE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS WILL BE POSTED HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUNDAY RAGCHEW NET
LIVE QUESTIONS FOR AUGUST 15 & 16 - 2026, SUPPLIED BY K2HA
1. Andy Hildebrand spent 13 years at Exxon sending sound into the earth to find oil. What product or technology did that oil-hunting tech turn into?
A: Shazam
B: Auto-Tune
C: Hearing aid clarity software
D: Noise-canceling headphones
2. Worldwide: How much time per year does the average worker lose by mousing around instead of using keyboard shortcuts?
A: Nine Hours
B: Two Days
C: Eight Days
D: Three Weeks
3. Which of these coffees is the secret engine that keeps Dave – GW8SZL awake while he manages the SCARS organization?
A: Black Death Coffee
B: Death Wish Coffee
C: Black Insomnia
D: BioHazard
4. In Amateur Radio, what does the abbreviation CTCSS stand for?
A: Central Transmit Carrier Signal Switch
B: Call Tracking Code and Signal Standard
C: Common Tone Channel Selector System
D: Continuous Tone-Coded Squelch System