Many US hams participate in a national program to help provide reports and warnings for storms and tornadoes. Not limited to ham operators, what is the name of this program?
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Station-4 is in the VHF/UHF room on the north facing desk. It has a FT-1000 setup sitting to the left of the secured AMARS station (CLICK FMI). A B-Square Terminated Folded Dipole (CLICK FMI) is available. It remains disconnected and requires no tuner.
If any operator wants to use the FT-1000, they may connect the B-Square TFD to the FT-1000 jumper coax and operate. Please no AMPS and only run 100 watt limit. When done, please disconnect the B-Square TFD.
The B-Square TFD is 124ft located at approx. 45 feet on the VHF/UHF tower with legs going east-west about 15ft off the ground.
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What does SAR measure?
A. Synthetic Aperture Ratio of the human body
B. Signal Amplification Rating C. The rate at which RF energy is absorbed by the body
D. The rate of RF energy reflected from stationary terrain
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Which of the following device packages is a through-hole type?
A. DIP
B. PLCC
C. Ball grid array
D. SOT
TRIVIA ANSWER
Answer: Skywarn
Since the early 1970s the Skywarn program has enabled volunteer storm spotters to communicate information to the National Weather Service about severe weather activity.
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