SCARS LIVE QUESTIONS

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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 WILL BE POSTED HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUNDAY RAGCHEW NET

LIVE QUESTIONS FOR JAN 3 & JAN 4, 2026 SUPPLIED BY K2HA

1, On CW if you heard an operator send "QSB?" what is the meaning?

A: Are you shutting down?

B: Are you busy right now?

C: Can you send more slowly?

D: Are signals fading on your end?

2, Approximately how many hours of video on average are uploaded to YouTube per minute?

A: 100 hours

B: 300 hours

C: 500 hours

D: 1,000 hours

3, An antenna positioned at 120 feet can provide a distant receiving station with the equivalent signal effect of HOW MUCH more transmitting power than the same antenna at 35 feet. 

A: 2 to 4 times

B: 4 to 6 times

C: 6 to 8 times

D: 8 to 10 times

4, The term “antenna” for a dipole was first named by which of the following famous men:

A: Guglielmo Marconi

B: Heinrich Hertz

C: Ferdinand Braun

D: Andrew Alford

THE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS ARE

1D, 2C, 3D AND 4A