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Anoka County
Radio Club
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ACRC Net
The Anoka County Radio Club hosts a
net every Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. on the 146.670 Repeater. Our
regular Net Control is Parry Brown KCØTWB. If you have any
ideas for content on the net, contact Parry at
kc0twb@msn.com or on the net!
Click on the
ACRC Nets link to see the net counts and
details.
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Lakes 8K Run and 4K Walk - we need
help for this event!
Saturday, July 4th at the East Lake Park, Blaine - Staging at
7:45 a.m.
The Blaine police department has asked the Anoka County Radio Club to provide communications help
at the Lakes 8K Run and 4K Walk event. The layout of the event can be
seen on the following map
(PDF).
We will be staging near East Lake Park, talk-in will be
on our Repeater. We have been asked to have everyone onsite by 7:45 a.m.
so they can start closing roads in preparation for the event. The
Lakes 8K Run and 4K Walk will start at 8:00 a.m. and should run for about till
about noon.
You should have a 2-Meter HT with fully charged batteries.
Bring extra batteries for your radio if you can. If you have a safety
vest, please bring it.
Please contact Bob Cordell KB0GIP
kb0gip@juno.com to help out or if you
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Blaine Blazin' 4th Fireworks - we
need help for this event!
Saturday, July 4th at the National Sports Center, Blaine - Staging at 6
pm
The Blaine police department has asked the Anoka County Radio Club to provide communications help
at the fireworks event of the BB4. The layout of the event can be seen on
the following map
(PDF).
We will be staging at the NE Corner of Schwan's Center in
the parking lot. We have been asked to have everyone onsite by 6:00 p.m. so they can
start closing roads in preparation for the fireworks. There will be a pot
luck with some meat provided by the club. Please bring some food items
to share.
You should have a 2-Meter HT with fully charged batteries.
Bring extra batteries for your radio if you can. If you have a safety
vest, please bring it.
The Blaine Blazin' 4th fireworks will start at 10:00 p.m. and should run for about
an hour. We will need to secure the drop zone until about 11:30 p.m.
Please contact Bob Cordell KB0GIP
kb0gip@juno.com to help out or if you
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Anoka-ARES
Meeting
Monday, July 20th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the
Blaine Service Center.
Please check the Anoka-ARES
website for more details and the meeting location.
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Board Meeting
Tuesday, July 21st from
7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
at the Blaine Baseball Complex
If you are interested in club business, then
you are welcome to attend the Monthly Board Meetings.
All members are encourage and welcome to participate in the Board Meetings.
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month.
Like the General Meeting, the Board Meetings are normally held at
the Blaine Base Ball Complex and start at 7:00 p.m. The Board
Meeting Minutes can be viewed on the Club
Documents link on our webpage.
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Centerville Fete des Lacs
2009
August 7, 8, 9 in Centerville, MN
We need volunteers to help out at these events.
These are family-friendly events. More information will be posted
soon! Contact Bob Cordell KB0GIP for more information at
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General Meetings
You do not
need to be a member to attend and family members of all ages are welcome.
Each meeting will have a different topic for the month.
There are ten General Meetings from January through June and again
from September through December.
We take the summer months off while everyone tend to be really busy having
fun in the warm weather. General Meetings are normally held on the first
Friday of the month at the Blaine Base Ball Complex and start at 7:00 p.m.
To view the minutes from these meetings, click on the
Club Documents link.
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Club Events
Several time a year the ACRC helps out at
events like parades, festivals, fun runs, fire works and more.
These events tend to be fun and several are great family events.
There is nothing like having a guaranteed front row seat at a
fireworks event or parade. Check out the
club calendar for
more information.
ACRC
Emergency Services and Anoka-ARES
As listed
in our long name, the ACRC also provides supplemental communications
support in times of need. The ACRC
has a reciprocal agreement with Anoka-ARES to support and coordinate
drills and events throughout the year. If you are interested in
putting your name on the list to help out, please contact Dave Runkle -
KC0KEP (the Anoka County E.C.) or one of the other
board members. If you are looking for more information an Anoka-ARES,
please follow this link to the Anoka-AREA web site at
http://www.anoka-ares.org.
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Repeaters
We
sponsor and operate two repeaters - a two-meter repeater at 146.670 MHz
and
a 1.25-meter repeater at 224.940 MHz. For more
details on the club's repeaters, please check out
the Repeater Status page.
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Do You Have Pictures of Club Events?
If you have pictures of club events and would like to see
them up on our website or in our newsletter please make the digital photos
or files available to either Shawn Rung KØSMR at k0smr@arrl.net or
Tim Neu KCØLQL at tim@tneu.visi.com.
Email is the best delivery method, but you can also send a CD, disk or flash
drive to us with the pictures on, or even post them to a web or ftp site and
email us the web address to download them. If you have a large
quantity of pictures or if they are very high resolution, a CD or flash
drive is best. Contact Shawn or Tim with any questions.
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