SCARS LIVE QUESTIONS

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LIVE QUESTIONS FOR JAN 17 & JAN 18, 2026 SUPPLIED BY K2HA

1, In 1992 KY6V Gordon Smith was trapped inside the transmitter building of TV station WCIX for one hour because:

A: The collapsed tower bent the door.

B: The tower crushed the exit pathway.

C: Wind Pressure held the door closed.

D: The debris from the 539 meters (1,768 ft) tower jammed the door shut.

2, On the average how much does it cost carriers to send a single text?

A: $0.002 to $0.005

B: $0.02 to $0.03

C: $0.09 to $0.11

D: $0.16 to $0.18

3, Given the choices below, what does a capacitor do? (they have many purposes but only one of these choices is correct)

A: Blocks AC voltage from passing through a circuit

B: Stores an electrical charge

C: Increases the DC resistance of a circuit

D: Acts as a fuse in the event of a short circuit

4, What are the advantages of using a beverage receiving antenna on 160 to 10 meters?

A: Superior noise reduction

B: Excellent directionality

C: No tall support necessary

D: All of the above

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

LIVE QUESTIONS FOR JAN 10 & JAN 11, 2026 SUPPLIED BY K2HA

1, If an Astron RS-50A linear power supply is supplying 50 amps at 13.8 VDC (output full load), approximately how many watts is it consuming from a 115-125 volt 20 amp AC single phase circuit?

A: 290 to 360 watts

B: 460 to 560 watts

C: 890 to 1060 watts

D: 2000 to 2500 watts

2, A shipboard antenna described as having multiple parallel wires and secured to ship masts with a yoke arrangement was known as?

A: Dipole

B: Marconi

C: Faraday

D: Hertzian

3, Jeff Bezos had a mental model for big decisions when he bet everything on Amazon. The name of the model is: 

A: 80/20 Regret Rule

B: Legacy Loop

C: Regret Minimization Framework

D: Return on Investment (ROI)

4, Who invented the cubical quad antenna in the late 1930s?

A: HCJB Ecuador radio engineers

B: W1NSA NASA radio engineers

C: U.S. Air Force MARS radio engineers

D: International Telecommunication Union radio engineers

THE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS ARE

1C, 2B, 3C AND 4A