Ham Trivia: Radio receivers in the early days utilized power from three battery sources. How were these identified?
1. Power cells 2. AA cells 3. 'A', 'B' and 'C' batteries 4. Solar cells
Answer 3 is Correct!
The 'A' battery provided the filament voltage, the 'B' battery furnished the 'B'-plus OR Voltage to the plates of the tubes, and the 'C' battery provided the grid-bias voltage to the tubes.
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Quote: I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work. --Thomas Alva Edison, inventor
Frightening Factlet: For the first federal income tax in 1914, the "normal" tax rate was 1%. Five years later it was 77%. I thought this was a good one for April 15.
Trivia Question: Inventor Edwin Perkins invented more than 100 food products before he came up with Kool-Aid. What did he call it when he first developed it in the mid-1920's? 1. Fruit Smack
2. Kool-Juice 3. Fruit Quench 4. Thirst Quench
Ans.=1) Fruit Smack
He renamed it Kool-Aid in 1927 and a package sold for 10 cents. In 1933, in the thick of the depression, he lowered his price (in spite of good sales) to 5 cents. His sales increased from $383,000 in 1931 to $1.5 million in 1936.
Putrid Pun: Why does winter seem so long? Because it comes in one year and out the other. Tom Tom@Clicktron.
Parade
Testing
Once again a great job by all who helped participate in the parade. The trailer was donated by Steve KB8YTC who dug it out for us and pulled by Paul KC8ELQ. There were many who showed up to do the decorations. They were a little wet but the float I hear was really neat. WAY TO GO ALL!!!!!
As stated earlier in this newsletter Bay City will be holding testing April 15th. We will NOT be holding testing for the month of May due to the conflict with Dayton and the fact all the VE's will be in Ohio.
For the months of June, July and August it is unsure if testing will be held. The American Red Cross has informed us that they will be revamping their building for these months and the room will not be available for us.
We will be sure to keep you posted on June, July and August for testing.
