Strange quiz on 2m Ham band.

[SA_tx_88116]

So I’m currently monitoring the 2m band and there’s some quiz going on about sea animals anybody know about this? Examples:70806642927__92FF9E79-4875-4DBD-8730-814A2F63F7CD
Example 2:70806632022__2B48A851-D7D8-44CD-8BB3-D698DEBA50A1

 

[DeeEx]

I’m not sure what the attachments are. Some nets have trivia every night, such as the CMARA “George’s Old Timers’ Net” on the W1BIM repeater in Paxton, MA.

 

[SA_tx_88116]

I’m not sure what the attachments are. Some nets have trivia every night, such as the CMARA “George’s Old Timers’ Net” on the W1BIM repeater in Paxton, MA.

The attachments are my videos of the quiz on my scanner

 

[paulears]

The site wants a lot of confirmation and permissions for ads, and the download has ads and sadly, that signifies too much of a risk. Surely youtube with a password for preventing casual access would be simpler? Far less risky too - downloading from sites you don;t know seems a bit odd, nowadays.

 

[SA_tx_88116]

The site wants a lot of confirmation and permissions for ads, and the download has ads and sadly, that signifies too much of a risk. Surely youtube with a password for preventing casual access would be simpler? Far less risky too - downloading from sites you don;t know seems a bit odd, nowadays.

I agree I just don’t have enough time to make a YouTube channel though

 

[nd5y]

So I’m currently monitoring the 2m band and there’s some quiz going on about sea animals anybody know about this?

For something like that you will get better answers if you post the frequency and time that you heard it.

 

[SA_tx_88116]

For something like that you will get better answers if you post the frequency and time that you heard it.

146.800FM at 12:05 AM

 

[Thunderknight]

I used my iPad to watch the videos.
Sounds like a quiz during a ham radio net. Probably to drum up on air activity.

 

[SA_tx_88116]

I used my iPad to watch the videos.
Sounds like a quiz during a ham radio net. Probably to drum up on air activity.

It lasted for a good 30 minutes too

 

[AB5ID]

Was it in Texas on a Friday night between 9 and 11pm?

 

[AB5ID]

OHARC Trivia Net – WZ5BBS

wz5bbs.com

OAK HILL AMATEUR RADIO CLUB – "Advancing the art of amateur radio, while preserving its past"

n5oak.org

 

[SA_tx_88116]

Was it in Texas on a Friday night between 9 and 11pm?

No it started at 12:05 AM and I heard it in Texas and every once in awhile a tone would play and it would say that the repeater was located in Conroe Texas.

 

[hp8920]

The quiz thing is not unheard of. Local net used to draw Trivial Pursuit cards instead of the usual "how was your weekend" question. As far as I know, this wasn't advertised anywhere, it was just a thing the net controller decided to do.

 

[GlobalNorth]

Trivial Pursuit On The Air.

There was a club in central AZ that did this. Don't know if they still do.