SCARS LIVE QUESTIONS
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LIVE QUESTIONS FOR OCTOBER 10 & 11 - 2026, SUPPLIED BY K2HA
1. In amateur radio and high-voltage electronics, what is a "dead man's stick"?
A: A temporary wooden support beam used when raising tower sections.
B: An insulated rod used to safely discharge and short high-voltage filter capacitors.
C: A non-conductive alignment tool used to adjust live inductor coils.
D: The shorting lever on a J-38 key.
3. Google Translate supports hundreds of languages, including one that was declared officially extinct by UNESCO in 2009 before being revived. Which language is it?
A: Manx, from the Isle of Man
B: Cornish, from the tip of England
C: Breton, from the northwest of France
D: Occitan, from the south of France
3. Which radio spectrum block—widely used globally for smart homes and unlicensed IoT nodes—is the subject of a major spectrum battle to be reallocated for high-power 5G networks providing terrestrial GPS backup?
A: 433 MHz (70-centimeter band)
B: 900 MHz (33-centimeter band)
C: 2.4 GHz (13-centimeter band)
D: 5.8 GHz (5-centimeter band)
4. Many modern automakers sell your driving data (like hard braking) to insurers, which can raise your premiums. How can you legally stop this?
A: Wrap your car’s infotainment screen in aluminum foil.
B: Adjust privacy settings and opt out via your automaker's app or portal.
C: Disconnect your car battery for 10 minutes every week to wipe the drive.
D: File a formal complaint with the Department of Transportation.
THE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS WILL BE POSTED HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUNDAY RAGCHEW NET
LIVE QUESTIONS FOR OCTOBER 3 & 4 - 2026, SUPPLIED BY K2HA
Why do many modern cars no longer feature a traditional engine oil dipstick?
A: Electric oil pumps automatically refill the reservoir from a backup tank.
B: Electronic sensors track oil levels and display them on a digital dashboard screen.
C: Synthetic oils do not evaporate, making manual level checks completely unnecessary.
D: Modern engines are vacuum-sealed, and removing a dipstick would disrupt the pressure.
2. According to major tech manufacturers, at what percentage should you charge a phone's battery before storing it away long-term?
A: 100%
B: 50%
C: 25%
D: 10%
3. Which of these methods to include D-STAR into QSO-One would NOT work?
A: Tunneling the D-STAR digital stream directly through an established AllStarLink node by mapping the IAX2 audio frames to use standard PCM uncompressed audio.
B: Porting the Android-based DVSwitch/DroidStar open-source architecture into the app's framework.
C: Deploying a server-side hardware transcoder array using AMBE3000 chips to bridge an open codec like M17 to D-STAR reflectors.
D: Modifying the app to connect directly to an ircDDB gateway by emulating the MMDVM hotspot protocol over UDP.
4. You are trying to transmit a friendly message to a Gen Z or younger internet user. However, due to a major generational "frequency shift," certain emojis are now decoded as passive-aggressive, cold, or deeply uncool. Which of the following emojis is actually safe to use without causing a misunderstanding?
A: 👍 (Thumbs Up)
B: 🙂 (Slightly Smile)
C: 😂 (Laughing-Crying)
D: None of the above