August 31, 2006 - GPS Trivia

Once again, we must have made this question too easy because too many of you got the answer right!


TRIVIA QUESTION

The first GPS satellite was launched in 1978. When did the Defense Department declare GPS fully operational? Was it

• 1985
• 1990
• 1995

TRIVIA ANSWER

July 17th 1995. When the system was first introduced, miscalculations were programmed into GPS transmissions to limit the accuracy of non-military GPS receivers. This operation was cancelled in May 2000.

For more information on GPS, try this link.


o o o o o o o o o o NET CHECK-IN's o o o o o o o o o o

Here's the list of hams that checked in to toight's net. Those marked with a * got the trivia question correct. Congrats!

• WB6A Pat
• WB6ATV Ron*
• KE6CZH Robert*
  
• K6FCC Khalil*
• N6HY Ernie
• KB6IS Madeline
• N6KAS Andy
• KG6KTC Leon
• NY6L Jay
  
• K6LMN Roger
• W6NVY Gary
• KG6NWJ Barry*
• KD6OBM Jason*
• N6OEC Phil*
• KF6PIH Scott*
• K6QVZ Joe*
• KG6RDA Sidney*
• AD6UP Louie*
• WA6USL Murray*
• KF6YBM Henry*
• KF6ZQM Harry*
• N6ZZK Ted*

Congratulations to all you *'s and thanks to everyone for checking in to the net!

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August 24, 2006 - Money Trivia

Tonight's Trivia Question concerns something that concerns all of us - money!

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produces 35 million notes a day with a face value of appoximately $635 million. 95% of the notes printed are used to replace motes already in circulation. Of all the notes printed, One Dollar Bills make up about 45% of currency production.


TRIVIA QUESTION:

What is the average life span of a One Dollar Bill?

TRIVIA ANSWER:

According to the Federal Reserve Bank, the life span of a $1 Federal Reserve Note is 22 months.

The average life of all Federal Reserve Notes depends on its denomination:

$1 - 22 months
$5 - 24 months
$10 - 18 months
$20 - 24 months
$50 - 55 months
$100 - 60 months

For lot's more information on our money, go to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing web site at: http://www.moneyfactory.gov/


xxxxxxxxxxx Check-In's for Tonight xxxxxxxxxx

Here's the list of check-ins to tonight's net along with their answers for the trivia question:

• WB6A Pat - 5 years
• WB6ATV Ron - 1-1/2 years
• KE6CZH Robert - 10 years
• KG6DBL Bill - 1-1/2 years
• K6FCC Khalil - 23 months (so close!)
• KD6JEV John - 18 months
• N6KAS Andy - 13 years
• KG6KTC Leon - 1 year
• NY6L Jay - 5 years
• K6LMN Roger - 5 years
• KG6MZU Walt - (no answer)
• W6NVY Gary - 1 year
• KG6NWJ Barry - 2 years
• KD6OBM Jason - 12 years
• KF6PIH Scott - 6 years
• K6QVZ Joe - 5 years
• KG6RDA Sidney - 6 months
• AD6UP Louie - 22 months*
• KF6YBM Henry - 5 years
• KF6ZQM Harry - 6 months
• N6ZZK Ted - 6 months
• KG6STN Jeff - 1-1/2 years
• AC6AJ Lee - 10 months
• KI6AMN Keith - 6 years
• N6OEC Phil - 3 months
• KG6LFN Douglas - 6 months
• KI6DGB Carl - 1 year
  

* Congrats to Louie, AD6UP, who got the answer right. (Using Google, there, Louie???)

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August 17, 2006 - Computer Trivia

Lot's of folks checking in tonight and lot's of folks getting the trivia question right! I'm just going to have to make these questions harder!

Trivia Question:

On this date in 1970, an inventor by the name of Douglas Engelbart received a patent for something that millions of people use with their computer. What did Douglas Engelbart invent?

A - The Computer Modem

B - The Computer Hard Disk Drive

C - The Computer Mouse


Trivia Answer:

C - The Computer Mouse

In 1970 Engelbart received a patent for the wooden shell with two metal wheels (computer mouse U.S. Patent 3,541,541), describing it in the patent application as an "X-Y position indicator for a display system". Engelbart later revealed that it was nicknamed the "mouse" because a wire tail came out the end.

He never received any royalties for his mouse invention, partly because his patent expired in 1987, before the personal computer revolution made the mouse an indispensable input device, and also because subsequent mice used different mechanisms that did not infringe upon the original patent.

Currently (at age 81 in 2006), he is the director of his own company, the Bootstrap Institute which he founded in 1988 with his daughter, Christina Engelbart. It is located in Fremont, California and is housed rent-free courtesy of the Logitech Corp., the world's largest manufacturer of computer mice.

The following web page has some interesting links for you to check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Engelbart


> > > > > > CHECK-IN's < < < < <>

WB6A Pat

WB6ATV Ron

N6CZH Robert

KG6DBL Bill *

K6FCC Khalil

N6HY Ernie

KB6IS Madeline

N6KAS Andy

KG6KTC Leon

NY6L Jay *

KE6MSS Thomas

KD6NIW Oliver

W6NVY Gary

KG6NWJ Barry *

KD6OBM Jason

K6QVZ Joe

KG6RDA Sidney

AD6UP Louie

WA6USL Murray

KF6YBM Harry *

KF6ZQM Harry

N6ZZK Ted

N6OEC Phil

KI6BKB Doug *

Until next week, 73!

August 10, 2006 - Candid Camera Trivia

Tonight's trivia question is an "On This Day In History..." question.

TRIVIA QUESTION:

On this day, August 10th, the program Candid Camera made its debut on television after being on radio for a while. In what year did the Candid Camera TV show first appear? Bonus Question: What was the show called on the radio?

TRIVIA ANSWER:

1948. On the radio it was known as Candid Microphone.

Candid Camera is a long-running television series, created and produced by Allen Funt (whose photo is shown here), which initially appeared on radio as Candid Microphone in the 1940s, then screened in the United States on August 10 1948, with local versions produced around the world.

The show involved scenarios in which unwitting members of the public would be placed in a situation where unusual things began happening (caused by actors hired by the producers as well as various props, some ingenious). The victim of the prank's reactions would be filmed by a concealed camera, and at some stage the joke is finally revealed to them, when the victim would be told "Smile, you're on Candid Camera."

For more information, check out this link.

The Official Candid Camera web site can be found here.


xxxxxxxx Net Check In's for Today xxxxxxxx

Here's the list of stations that checked in to tonight's net along with their answers to the trivia question(s):

• WB6A Pat 1980
• WB6ATV Ron ?
• KE6CZH Robert 1950
• KG6DBL Bill ?
• K6FCC Khalil 1959
• KF6GKR Terry ?
• KB6IS Madeline 1949
• KD6JEV John ?
• N6KAS Andy ?
• KG6KTC Leon 1960
• NY6L Jay 1948 "People Say the Darndest Things"
  
• KE6MSS Thomas 1956
• KG6MZU Walt 1954
• W6NVY Gary 1952 "Candid Microphone"
• KG6NWJ Barry 1953 "Fun with Dick and Jane"
• KD6OBM Jason 1957
• KF6PIH Scott 1964
  
• K6QVZ Joe 1954
• KG6RDA Sidney ?
• AD6UP Louie 1960 "Candid Microphone"
  
• WA6USL Murray ?
• KF6YBM Henry ?
• KF6ZQM Harry 1960 "What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?"
• N6ZZK Ted 1952 "Fly on the Wall"
• KG6TRR Bob 1956 "People Say the Craziest Things"
  

Thanks to ALL who checked in!

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August 3, 2006 - Submarine Trivia

I'm just going to have to make the trivia questions harder. You guys are too good. How did so many of you get the correct answer? I didn't think tonight's question was that easy!

TRIVIA QUESTION:

On this date in history... the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus sailed under the polar ice cap and became the first ship to reach the geographic North Pole. In what year did this occur?

TRIVIA ANSWER:

1958. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine and the first vessel to complete a submerged transit across the North Pole.

Nautilus' keel was laid by Presiden Harry S. Truman on June 14, 1952, was christened and launched on January 21, 1954, and was commissioned on September 30, 1954.

On January 17, 1955 she put to sea for the first time.

After a failed attempt in June, 1958, on August 3, 1958 she sailed under the geographic North Pole, making history.

In the spring of 1979, Nautilus set out from Groton, Connecticut on her final voyage. She reached Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California on May 26, 1979 - her last day underway. She was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on March 3, 1980.

Nautilus now serves as a museum of submarine history at her present berth near the Naval Submarine Base New London, in Groton, Connecticut.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_%28SSN-571%29


. . . . . . . . NET CHECK INS FOR 8/3/06. . . . . . . .

Those marked with a * got the trivia answer correct. Way to go!

• WB6A Pat
• WB6ATV Ron*
• KE6CZH Robert
• W6DTS Ted*
• K6FCC Khalil*
• N6HY Ernie
  
• KB6IS Madeline
• KD6JRV John
  
• N6KAS Andy
• KG6KTC Leon*
• KG6MZU Walt
• KD6NIW Oliver
  
• W6NVY Gary
• KG6NWJ Barry
• KD6OBM Jason
• KF6PIH Scott
  
• K6QVZ Joe*
• KG6RDA Sidney
• AD6UP Louie*
• WA6USL Murray*
• KF6YBM Henry
• KF6ZQM Harry
• N6ZZK Ted
• AC6AJ Lee
• KG6TRR Bob
• N6OEC Phil
  

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