{"id":8846,"date":"2011-11-27T11:39:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T17:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=8846"},"modified":"2011-11-27T11:39:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-27T17:39:34","slug":"are-you-as-sharp-as-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/11\/27\/are-you-as-sharp-as-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you as sharp as you think?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I find that the years and <strong>lack<\/strong> of keeping up have dulled some of my knowledge on the subjects of <strong>Ham<\/strong> Radio.&nbsp; How about you?&nbsp; Are you keeping up, remembering things? I k now there are a ton of changes and things are really different than when I started but that is not an excuse.&nbsp; We should all strive to keep up with some of the advancements.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hell <strong>Power<\/strong> <strong>pole<\/strong> was not even in <strong>use<\/strong> when I started, but I know what it is.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I really like these from the ARRL and save them here for my own content and \u201cremembrance\u201d\u2026 \u2013 WD0AJG<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Amateur Radio Quiz: Forming Attachments<\/h4>\n<p><strong>TAGS:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:Banana%20plug\">Banana plug<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:bonus%20question\">bonus question<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:coaxial%20cable\">coaxial cable<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:contacts\">contacts<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:screw\">screw<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:screw%20terminal\">screw terminal<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:ward%20silver\">ward silver<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrl.org\/news\/search\/Tag.name:wire\">wire<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>11\/24\/2011 <\/p>\n<p>By H. Ward Silver, N0AX<br \/><a href=\"mailto:n0ax@arrl.net\"><strong>n0ax@arrl.net<\/strong><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><i>Critical to almost all aspects of successfully making contacts are the contacts &#8212; or rather, the connections between contacts &#8212; that allow electrons to scurry back and forth (and back and forth) carrying on our conversations. Pin down each question and socket to \u2019em!<\/i> <\/p>\n<p>1) Which of the following are types of crimp terminals?<br \/>a. Ring<br \/>b. Fork<br \/>c. Spoon<br \/>d. Spade <\/p>\n<p>2) \u201cRed Right Up\u201d refers to the standard configuration of which <strong>type<\/strong> of connector?<br \/>a. Molex<br \/>b. Powerpole<br \/>c. Phono<br \/>d. Terminal strip <\/p>\n<p>3) What word describes the current-carrying rating of a <strong>wire<\/strong>?<br \/>a. Ampacity<br \/>b. Conductance<br \/>c. Susceptance<br \/>d. 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I k now there are a ton of changes and things are really different than when I started but that is not an excuse.&nbsp; We should all strive to keep up with some of the advancements.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hell Power pole was not even in use when I started, but I know what it is.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I really like these from the ARRL and save them here for my own content and \u201cremembrance\u201d\u2026 \u2013 WD0AJG<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Amateur Radio Quiz: Forming Attachments <\/p>\n<p>TAGS: Banana plug, bonus question, coaxial cable, contacts, screw, screw terminal, ward silver, wire <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/11\/27\/are-you-as-sharp-as-you-think\/\">&#8220;And Now the Rest of the Story &#8211; &#8220;Are you as sharp as you think?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Are you as sharp as you think? - And That was How it Went<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2011\/11\/27\/are-you-as-sharp-as-you-think\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are you as sharp as you think? - And That was How it Went\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I find that the years and lack of keeping up have dulled some of my knowledge on the subjects of Ham Radio.&nbsp; How about you?&nbsp; Are you keeping up, remembering things? 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