SCARS LIVE QUESTIONS

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LIVE QUESTIONS FOR MARCH 21 & 22, 2026 SUPPLIED BY K2HA

1, Which is the most annoying noise from data centers to nearby residential neighborhoods?

A: Low-frequency hum or drone

B: Backup generator noise

C: Building cooling fan noise

D: Server fans

2, A roll of 500 feet of high-quality RG-6 TV coaxial cable cannot be effectively used to make which one of the following ham radio antennas and feed line?

A: 70 cm dipole antenna

B: Long end-fed wire with a 9:1 balun

C: Multi-band Fan Dipole cover 80, 40, 20, and 10 meters

D: Beverage Antenna

Bonus Question:  Why?

3, Some countries have a time offset of 30 minutes, which of these countries have a time offset of 45 minutes.

A: India

B: Iran

C: Nepal

D: Afghanistan

4, With a direct hit on the earth by a Carrington-level solar superstorm, which of the following consequences to electronics would not happen? 

A: Satellites will fail and lose orbit.

B: Power Grid Transformers will burn-up.

C: UHF hand held transceiver traffic will fail.

D: The Internet will fail.

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

LIVE QUESTIONS FOR MARCH 14 & 15, 2026 SUPPLIED BY K2HA

1, When testing a new dipole, the VSWR is high across the band but lower at the high-frequency end. This indicates:

A: The overall antenna length is too long

B: The overall antenna length is too short

C: The coaxial feeder is too long

D: The coaxial feeder connections need to be reversed

2, Who initially figured out how to transmit sound (speech and music) via an electronic means from point to point over the air?

A: Reginald Fessenden

B: Samuel Morse

C: Thomas Edison

D: Guglielmo Marconi

3, The decremeter, an instrument used in early radio to determine the logarithmic decrement of a spark transmitter, is a type of:

A: Voltmeter

B: Ohmmeter

C: Wavemeter

D: Frequency Meter

4, In early CW transmission using a spark transmitter, what did the term “sticky keys” mean?

A: Keys with sticky food left on the paddle.

B: Keys out of adjustment due to the pivots wearing out. 

C: Contacts burned and eroded by high voltage.

D: All of the above.

THE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS ARE

1B, 2A, 3C AND 4C