Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM by President Richard Heisman. Opened by prayer by Richard England. In attendance: Richard and Martha England, Richard and Sandy Heisman, Mike Hurst, Joe and Sue Loucka, Jimmy Helvering, Thad Williams, Mike and Louise Burkhead, Teresa Davis. James Griswell, Captain of the Chester County Rescue Squad was also in attendance. My apologies to the gentleman from the Jackson Radio Club, for not being able to remember his name.

Richard, W4KRU, brought some items for sale. Some good-quality PL-259’s, and various small-sized speakers.

Field Day is coming up, the last full weekend of June. Pres. Richard advised that he would bring a generator and a longwire antenna. Richard E. (to differentiate between our two Richards!), advised that he would bring a HF transceiver and vertical antenna. Joe said he will bring another HF rig. Mike will bring a 2 meter rig and power supply, and Ringo antenna. Will convene at Chickasaw State Park at 10:00 AM, at the pavilion at lakeside, below the Chickasaw Restaurant. The Club has leased the pavilion for the day. Louise will start cooking a pork tenderloin around 10:00. She will bake, or otherwise BBQ this tenderloin. Should be ready for consumption around 2:00 PM. Everyone bring his own drinks, potato chips, etc., and any “cold food” that you wish. Bring plenty of water and beverages (non-alcoholic, of course!) to stay hydrated. The temperature should be “really scorching”, if the current heat wave persists!
Club decided to purchase a new 3 ft. by 6 ft. banner, “Chester County Amateur Radio Club”.

President Richard will put article in local newspaper about our Field Day activity. The public is invited.

Joe reminded us that we need a new picture of the entire club, for the website.

Jackson Radio Club will be holding their Field Day activity at the BMX Park, (I think the name if Fred Young BMX Park), just south of Norton Hill, off Highway 45 south of Jackson.

VP Joe wants to line up persons to do presentations for future club meetings. The next program will probably be a club activity to build an rf probe. Joe can provide simple kits for the probe. This probe is used with a VOM (or voltmeter) to measure RMS voltage. Joe asked for suggestions for future programs, and one suggestion was discussion of antennas. The subject of antennas is a broad and deep topic. Antenna theory would help us understand them better. Richard E. advised that he could cover different antennas, and perhaps how to build them.

Scheduled a “tailgate party” at the Chester County High Schooll parking lot on July 24, from 0900 until… Breakfast at Jack’s Restaurant (adjacent to CCHS parking lot) at 0700.

Vice Pres. Joe made a great presentation on what repeaters are, how they operate, tips on operation courtesy, etc. Joe advised that the new Club repeater is in service, and been operating for about two weeks. Joe has done countless hours’ work on the new repeater, particularly on the controller. He has upgraded the controller to a “smart controller”. We thank Joe for his dedicated work on the repeater. Keeping an amateur repeater operating in such a high-RF environment is a monumental task. Many thanks, Joe.
It was a great club meeting, and everyone enjoyed it very much.
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Richard Heisman, Pres.
Mike Burkhead, Sec.