SCARS LIVE QUESTIONS

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LIVE QUESTIONS FOR FEB 7 & 8, 2026

SUPPLIED BY K2HA

1, Clean water is disappearing globally; what other natural resource is now dangerously close to depletion?

A: Sand

B: Gold

C: Oxygen

D: Uranium

2, If you receive a CW RST report of 569c, what does the 'c' mean?

A: You have key clicks

B: You have a nice clean signal

C: You have a chirpy signal

D: You have a signal that can't be copied

3, The most popular cable plug and chassis-mount socket carry the old Signal Corps nomenclatures PL-259 (plug) and SO-239 (socket). What other type of nomenclature does it have?

A: Type N

B: Type F

C: Type C

D: Type M

4, Worldwide, which Band Spectrum is commonly used for the downlink signal for Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television downlink signals?  Bonus questions – are Ham Radio Amateurs allowed to transmit outside the commercial space in that band? If so, in which countries?

A: C-Band

B: X-Band

C: KU-Band

D: Ultra High Band

THE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS WILL BE POSTED HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUNDAY RAGCHEW NET

LIVE QUESTIONS FOR JAN 31 & FEB 1, 2026 SUPPLIED BY K2HA

 1, Which country arrested three ham radio operators for "espionage" and "treason," and threatened them with the death penalty?

A: Cuba

B: China

C: Belarus

D: North Korea

2, Which power increase would result in doubling your transmission range?

A: Quadrupling your transmitter power

B: Doubling your transmitter power

C: Tripling your transmitter power

D: None of the above are correct

3, How many two-way contacts with US-based amateurs are needed to receive the QRZ “USA250 Award” celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America?

A: 100

B: 150

C: 200

D: 250

4, What happens if the beam antenna elements are increased in diameter?

A: Increased Bandwidth

B: Lowered Resonant Frequency

C: Neither A or B

D: Both A and B

THE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS ARE

1C, 2A, 3D AND 4D