UTARC Trivia Challenge!

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The club webmasters invite you to read about the rich history and accomplishments of the University of Texas Amateur Radio Club and explore the many things that the club can be about. How well do you know about the club? Take this quiz and find out! All of the answers can be found (somewhere!) on the UTARC club web site:
http://www.utexas.edu/students/utarc/

1.

The first known Amateur Radio station on the University of Texas at Austin campus held the callsign 5XU. When did the station first go on the air?

2.

The Longhorn Amateur Radio Club of the early 1950's had a club station on campus. Where was it located?

3.

What newsworthy event happened to Felix WB5NED on October 25, 1983 while he was using the club station equipment?

4.

A UTARC member set up the first TCP/IP packet gateway in the Austin area. Who was he?

5.

What is the only antenna at the club station that did not fall down during the severe wind storm damage of September, 1995?

N5FEL poses on the W5EHM tower in the early 1980's.

6.

The club once held a special callsign to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the United States Constitution. The first station contacted with this special call was located in what country?

7.

This club alumnus has operated from the United States, Samoa, the Cook Islands, Singapore, Hong Kong, Heard Island, Cambodia, the Solomon Islands, Campbell Island, Reunion Island, India, South Africa, England, and Israel. Who is he?

8.

N5XU holds a West Gulf division record score in which ARRL radio contest?

9.

The roof of WRW is a summertime home to what migratory mammals?

10.

The only Field Day effort known to have taken place on the University of Texas at Austin campus took place in what year?

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