SCARS LIVE QUESTIONS
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LIVE QUESTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 26 & 27 - 2026, SUPPLIED BY K2HA
1. What share of every dollar, euro, and yen in the world exists as physical cash?
A: 8%
B: 33%
C: 50%
D: 70%
2. AllStarLink delivers superior, telco-grade VoIP quality compared to legacy EchoLink primarily because its core infrastructure is built on which platform?
A: A proprietary, closed-source hardware equalizer
B: The open-source Asterisk PBX telephone switching platform
C: Analog frequency inversion modules
D: Low-frequency RF digital encoding loops
3. What digital audio limitation causes EchoLink to have significantly lower audio fidelity compared to AllStarLink?
A: EchoLink relies on a highly compressed, low-sample-rate GSM codec.
B: EchoLink uses hardware-level analog frequency inversion scrambling.
C: EchoLink enforces closed-source server-side audio equalization.
D: EchoLink is strictly bound to lower RF transmission frequencies.
4. Which of the following runs on the most massive codebase?
A: A Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jet
B: The entire Android operating system
C: A modern premium car
D: An F-35 fighter jet
THE ANSWERS TO THE ABOVE QUESTIONS WILL BE POSTED HERE SHORTLY AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUNDAY RAGCHEW NET
LIVE QUESTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 19 & 20 - 2026, SUPPLIED BY K2HA
1. In what year did Hidetsugu Yagi and Shintaro Uda patent the directional antenna array known today as the Yagi?
A: 1963
B: 1952
C: 1939
D: 1926
2. Which digital signal processing (DSP) technique does the EchoLink software use to isolate and detect the specific frequency pairs of an incoming DTMF tone?
A: The Goertzel Algorithm
B: Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Windowing
C: Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Demodulation
D: Manchester Phase Encoding
3. Your POTA activation is going well, but you notice your 30-Ah LiFePO4 battery voltage is dropping. Which of the following would have extended your activation without your transceiver shutting down?
A: A bank of storage capacitors
B: A DC-to-DC power booster
C: A portable USB power pack
D: A battery regulator
4. According to biomechanical spine studies, how much approximate weight is exerted on the human neck vertebrae when viewing a cell phone screen at a 45-degree angle?
A: 10 to 19 pounds (4.54 to 8.62 kg)
B: 20 to 29 pounds (9.07 to 13.15 kg)
C: 30 to 39 pounds (13.61 to 17.69 kg)
D: 40 to 49 pounds (18.14 to 22.23 kg)