NEXT MONTH’S MEETING
February BOARD MEETING NOTES
February PROGRAM NOTES

When:	Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Time:	6:30 PM Board Meeting  ZOOM Meeting
	7:00 PM Program             ZOOM Meeting
Program:	"Coaxial Cables," Tom Herman, N1BEC

ZOOM VIDEO MEETING CALLED TO ORDER: 1831
MEMBERS PRESENT: Bill Knepper, John Campeau, Cheryl Freese, John Ellingson, Jim Pace, and Kevin Rasku.

JANUARY MINUTES: The January board meeting minutes were not presented for approval.
FINANCIAL REPORT: The bank account balance is $8,297.93
LIABILITY INSURANCE: Jim Pace moved and John Campeau seconded that the club apply through the ARRL for liability insurance underwritten by Risk Strategies. Motion passed, reaffirming the motion passed last month. John Campeau has submitted an application to the ARRL.
NEW HAMS: Bill Knepper reported that Don Lockridge has assembled a "New Ham Kit" to give to new amateur radio operators when they pass their technician examination.
VE TESTING SESSION: Jim Pace reported the next VE test session is Saturday, February 20, starting 2:00 PM at Mountain View Baptist Church, 1201 Belmont Avenue, Centralia, WA.
K7PG: Bill Harwell was not present to report on the status of changing the club call sign to K7PG.

MEETING CLOSED: 1858.

The February 3, 2021 ZOOM Video General Meeting was called to order by Bill Knepper at 7:02 PM.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Bill Knepper announced that Don Lockridge has assembled a "New Ham Kit" with getting startred information for newly licensed Technican Amateur Radio Operators. Copies should be available at the February 20 VE test session.
• Jim Pace announced the VE Test session on Saturday, February 20 at Mountain View Baptist Church, 1201 Belmont Avenue, Centralia, WA.
• Bill Harwell reported that Winter Field Day was a success with 8 people active.

PROGRAM: Chuck Verdon talked about a variety of antenna types and everyone had an opportunity to ask questions and share experiences.

A website that Chuck referenced was: https://www.antenna-theory.com/ 
Information about the Bonnie Crystal "Broadband Butteryfly Terminated Dipole Antenna" can be found at: http://hflink.com/antenna/ Scroll down the page to the "TFD Terminated Folded Dipole (T2FD)" article by Bonnie Crystal.

The meeting adjourned at 8:34 PM. There were at least 20 people attending.