Meeting called to order at
1900 by President Dick Heismann, at our latest
meeting venue, the City of Henderson's Fire
Station No. 1.
In attendance: Joe
and Sue Loucka, Richard and Martha England, Dick
Heismann, Barry Smith, Kevin Roeder, Greg
Flanagan, N4GMF, Tom Goodman, AI4DB, Mike and
Louise Burkhead, Dan Sullivan, K4SDX, Lauralei
Russell, KJ4ZCX, and Eugene Branscum, KI4UYU.
We will be starting a net
on the two meter band, to be held on the third
Fridays of the month, at 1900, on the W4FHU
repeater (147.105+, 156.7 PL tone). I
informed the Club that there is a net conducted
each Tuesday night at 1915, called the Tennessee
Valley Emergency Net, on 146.550 Mhz. simplex.
This Net originates in Henderson County.
President Heismann reported
that he and Ron (W5DAT) has done considerable
work on the ARES Communications Bus.
Joe (AG4QC) showed an
example of the J-Pole antenna for the two-meter
band that was to have been the topic for the
January meeting. The January meeting was
cancelled due to the heavy snowfall. The
J-Pole will be the topic for the March meeting.
Joe modified his original J-Pole by adding a
ferrite bead decoupling balun, which will
enhance the antenna's performance.
Joe (AG4QC) presented the
meeting's program, "Grounding and Lightning
Protection". We all learned several good
pointers on the characteristics of lightning,
and methods of protecting our ham equipment from
the devastating power of lightning and transient
power spikes. A very good program with
info we all could use. Thanks, Joe!
We were happy to have some
fellow amateur radio operators attend the
meeting, from Decatur County. We welcome
Dan, Eugene, and Lauralei, and sincerely hope
that each of you enjoyed the meeting, and hope
you can become "regulars" at the Club meetings.
We stress that anyone can attend the Club
meetings, anytime, and you do not have to be a
member of the Chester County Amateur Radio Club.
You are more than welcome, and encouraged to
attend. We appreciate your attendance.
Meeting adjourned at 2020.
Mike Burkhead, K4TC
Secretary
