UTARC Quiz

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This month, it's time for a quiz about Amateur Radio at the University of Texas. How much do you know about our slice of ham radio history?

1.

The first Amateur Radio station to operate on the UT Austin campus was 5XU. It became operational in: 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, or 1941?

2.

In the late 1960's, two special Amateur Radio stations were authorized by the FCC to operate from campus. These were: special event stations, stations involved in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life, stations for a youth summer camp, Military Affiliated Amateur Radio Service stations, or Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service stations?

3.

in 1973, UT and Texas A&M organized a long-distance competition using Amateur Radio for communications. The competition was: a bicycle race, a scavenger hunt, a chess match, sailing races, or an orienteering meet?

4.

In 1983, a student at the UT club station W5EHM spoke with another ham who unexpectedly found himself in a war zone. The other ham was located in: Cameroon, Afghanistan, Mozambique, Grenada, or the Spratly Islands?

5.

There are two repeater sites on the UT Austin campus. Together, they cover how many Amateur Radio bands: 1, 2, 4, 6, or 7?

6.

Today, the UT club station has the callsign N5XU. Equipment at the club station covers many ham radio bands. What is the lowest frequency band for which N5XU does not have equipment: 1.8 MHz, 10 MHz, 29 MHz, 432 MHz, or 902 MHz?

7.

In the early 1970's, a UT ham student put up a wire antenna from his tenth story dorm room in Jester Hall by drilling a small hole in the window glass. He hid his handiwork using: a U.S. Marine Corps bumper sticker, a small herb garden, curtains, stacks of textbooks, or lots of aluminum foil?

8.

In recent years, the UT Amateur Radio Club has been involved in the Collegiate Championship, a national Amateur Radio operating contest. The best place that UT has ever finished in this competition is: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th?

9.

The last time that the UT club station was used in support of emergency communications was in: 1945, 1973, 1983, 1991, or 1998?

10.

The UT Amateur Radio Club library has at least one copy of every issue of QST magazine going back to the year: 1921, 1949, 1952, 1970, or 1999?

To find out the answers to this quiz, come to the UTARC General Meeting!