Phase 3D Quiz

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It appears that the odds of a successful launch of Phase 3D, the largest Amateur Radio satellite ever built are higher than ever. How much do you know about this new ham radio ``bird?''

1. The launch site for Phase 3D is in: South America, Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, or the South Pacific?

2. On which of the following Amateur Radio bands will P3D not have an uplink receiver: 15M, 12M, 10M, 2M, or 70cm?

3. ``All receivers are inverting'' means that: a USB uplink signal will be LSB on downlink, CW will take more bandwidth than phone, no digital signals will be allowed, you must use an ``inverted'' receiver to work through P3D, or the receivers on-board P3D automatically compensate for Doppler shift?

4. On which band will P3D have two separate uplink ranges and two separate downlink ranges: 435 MHz, 1.2 GHz, 2.3 GHz, 3.4 GHz, or 10 GHz?

5. A scientific experiment built into P3D will study: ultraviolet light, the Aurora Borealis, the Magellan Piezo-Electric Belts, HF transition propagation, or cosmic ray energy?

6. P3D is expected to reach: a low Earth orbit, a geostationary orbit, an isosynchronous orbit, a geosynchronous orbit, or a Keplerian orbit?

7. The P3D orbit is intended to place the satellite at the same place in the overhead sky every: 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 6 hours, 2 days, or 1 month?

8. P3D weighs approximately: 300 kg, 400 kg, or 500 kg, 1,000 kg, or 2,000 kg?

9. The most powerful computer CPU on board P3D is a: Pentium III, Pentium II, Pentium, 80486, or 80386?

10. How many countries have contributed volunteer labor to the P3D project: 1, 2, 5, 9, or 10?

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