Recent Announcements:

• LEARA Club Net promotion - see the LEARA "On The Air" column in the newsletter for more info
• The Thursday LEARA Club net meets every Thursday at 8 PM on the 146.760. All are welcome to participate.
  
• ARES Nets and meetings are closed for the remainder of the year. The ARES Meetings are moving to the first Tuesay of each Month. They will start again on January 4 at 7PM.
  Nets will remain on Tuesdays at 8pm except for the first Tuesday which will be the meeting date. Please monitor the ARES website at www.n8esg.org//ares for information on nets and events. They are open to all, but if you are not an ARES member, please send a request at https://n8esg.org/contact/
• The SkyWarn Wednesday night practice nets on vacation until March 2022. .
• The National Weather Service has cancled it's customary multiple county Spring Spotter training for Spring of 2022
  An On-Line Spotter training video from the NWS is available at www.facebook.com/NWSCleveland/videos/858879174941020/


• In place of in person training, the NWS is offering a few on-line training sessions. See below
  On-Line Spotter registration with NWS is available at https://www.weather.gov/cle/SKYWARN_schedule
   
• Next LEARA monthly membership meeting is on Tuesday January 25 around 6:30 PM at Teamz Restaurant & Bar
  located at 6611 Eastland Rd, Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
  Please register on line.
• Next LEARA Trustee meeting Saturday January 11, at 9:15AM -
  It is open to all Paid LEARA Members. An Email will be sent out to members with instructions on how to attend.
• Have pictures of your shack or mobile installation? Pass them along to the newsletter editor Carsten KD8WBB at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• IRLP is no longer on the '88 repeater; The 88 system has been upgraded to Allstar and Echo link. See the LEARA Newsletter and Web Page for more information
• The Fusion Repeater on 444.700 is on the air, but WiresX is not working at this time. . Check out the Repeaters tab for more information.
• The '76 repeater has been returned to service.  The Case input is out for some unknown reason, Dave AD8G is working on it and should be turned on in the near future.. We want to thank Bill Hess K8SGX and David Anrewjewski AD8G for their work on our repeaters.
• Upcoming Hamfests – See Newsletter on the Club's Net page. (Due to COVID-19 many are still being cancled)
• Public Service events: The Public Service season for 2021 has come to a close, please check out the link at: http://neoesg.org/events
  and scroll to the bottom or click "HERE"
• N8UPZ reminds everyone that the National Weather Service can always use help with precipitation monitoring. For further info please check out the CoCoRaHS web site at http://www.cocorahs.org


• We can always use net controlers, which means that you can try your hand at running a LEARA net! Give it a try, it's not that hard. Learn the voices and call signs of your fellow radio members. We presently have 7 active net controlers to bring you the net each week. Why not join up and give us a hand.
  You can even do a part time shift - say 4 times a year! Give it a try!
  Contact Carl KB8VXE at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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NOTICE:

Sunshine Report

Past Trivia / Discussion Questions

• 10/07/21 Question: In Amateur Radio, what is a ZL Special?
  A: A two-element mono-band directive antenna
  B: Another name for a Cubical Quad antenna
  C: A full-wave loop antenna kit sold in New Zealand
  D: The name of a New Zealand DX contest award
  Answer: A- two-element mono-band directive antenna (These are the basic design characteristics of a ZL Special antenna as described in the ARRL Antenna Handbooks.)
• 10/14/21 Question: In what year was Oscar I, the first of the Phase I satellites launched?
  A) 1962, B) 1961, C) 1960, D) 1963
  Answer: - B- 1961
• 10/21/21 Question: What famous jazz muscician ran for the presidency of the US and lost?
  Answer: The jazz musician John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie campaigned as an independent write-in candidate during the 1964 United States presidential campaign.
  He promised that if he were elected, the White House would be renamed the Blues House, and he would have a cabinet composed of Duke Ellington (Secretary of State), Miles Davis (Director of the CIA), Max Roach (Secretary of Defense), Charles Mingus (Secretary of Peace), Ray Charles (Librarian of Congress), Louis Armstrong (Secretary of Agriculture), Mary Lou Williams (Ambassador to the Vatican), Thelonious Monk (Travelling Ambassador) and Malcolm X (Attorney General). He said his running mate would be Phyllis Diller. Gillespie pledged to provide housing and hospital care for all those who needed it and to withdraw American troops from the Vietnam War. Gillespie said that his campaign was not just a publicity stunt but was intended "to take advantage of the votes and publicity I'd receive and to promote change"
• 10/28/21 Question: If a DX station is working 'split,' what does that mean?
  Choices: A) He is using a separate transmitter and receiver,
  B) He is dividing his time between CW and SSB,
  C) He is transmitting on freq A and listening on freq B,
  D) None of the above.
  Answer: C- DX stations will, many times, transmit on one frequency and specify where they are listening for calls. This is referred to as 'working split'.
  Discussion:Are you planning on attending Nov Meeting?
• 11/04/21 Question: In what year did the ARRL start the November Sweeps Contest?
  Choices A) 1929, B) 1930, C) 1932, D) 1934
  Answer: C-1932
• 11/11/21 Question: When was the first picture of earth taken from space?
  Choices: A) October 24, 1946 from a Nazi V2 rocket
  B) 4 October 1957 from Sputnik 1
  C) April 12, 1961 by Yuri Gagarin
  D) May 5, 1961 by alan B. Sheppard
  E) None of the above
  Answer: A- October 24, 1946 from a Nazi V2 rocket
• 11/18/21Question: Which of the following SDR Receivers is also capable of transmitting?
  A. RTL-SDR v.3
  B. HackRF One
  C. KiwiSDR
  D. SDRplay RSP1A
  Answer B. HackRF One
  The HackRF One is capable of receiving and transmitting from 1Mhz to 6Ghz.
• 12/02/21 Quetion: Which Canadian band used an adapted version of the ARRL logo for their 2010 tour, and displayed images of some of their grandfather’s QSL cards during some live performances?
  A. Barenaked Ladies
  B. Arcade Fire
  C. Rush
  D. Men Without Hats
  E. The Foo Fighters
  Answer: B-Arcade Fire. Band members Win and Will Butler are the grandsons of the late Alvino Ray, W6UK.
  The song “We Used to Wait” from their grammy winning album relates to communications and, during their concert
  performances of the song, the band displays images of Amateur Radio QSL cards from their grandfather’s lifelong collection.

Related info on WWV

• During the 8/23/18 net, we were made aware of the proposal to eliminate the WWV-WWVH radio transmissions. read more about it at the following links.
  http://www.arrl.org/news/nist-fy-2019-budget-would-eliminate-wwv-and-wwvh
  http://www.arrl.org/news/concern-rising-within-amateur-radio-community-over-wwv-wwvh-shut-down-proposal

Trivia Question Etiquette

• The Trivia Question is supposed to be a fun and learning experience for everyone checking in. Most of the time the answer is a multiple guess, and for many literally a guess. It makes the people sit and ponder the possible answers. If you don't know the answer, you may say so and acknowlege that you are taking a guess, and then give your answer. If you KNOW the correct answer, please just give give the letter or text of your choice only. Don't spoil the question for others by giving a complete dissertation on the principals, theories and biographies of the author or scientist. Giving that information early in the net spoils the fun for the people who have yet to play. Factoids and anecdotal information regarding history or even personal experience relating to the question is a most welcome additive to the discussion AFTER the answer has been given. Let the Net Control KNOW you have additional info for the end of the net.
  
  Thanks for checking in and enjoy learning new facts, or basking in the knowlege that you have.

  Please note there is a slight change in the schedule.