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.

Centerville Fete-De-Lacs Parade- Help is needed!
This Saturday, July 31st, staging at 8:30 a.m. at Pete Alcock’s house (1806 Main St), Centerville
We need club members and ham volunteers to help with communications for Centerville's Parade event.  The parade starts at 10:00 a.m.   This is a family-friendly event! Feel free to bring along the whole family to enjoy the parade!  There will be a pot luck after the event at Pete’s house for all the club/ham volunteers, please bring a dish to share. More details are on our website at this link.  Please contact Shawn Rung K0SMR k0smr@arrl.net and/orBob Cordell KB0GIP kb0gip@juno.net to sign up or if you have any questions.

Centerville Fete Des Lacs Fireworks - Help is needed!
Friday, August 6th, staging at 7:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Ice Rink in the Lamotte Park
We need club members and ham volunteers to help with communications for Centerville's Fireworks event.  The fireworks start at 10 p.m.  This is a family-friendly event!   Feel free to bring along the whole family to enjoy the fireworks!  More details are on our website at this link.  Please contact Shawn Rung K0SMR k0smr@arrl.net and/orBob Cordell KB0GIP kb0gip@juno.net to sign up or if you have any questions.

Centerville Fete-De-Lacs 8K/4K Walk/Run - Help is needed!
Saturday, August 7th, staging at 6:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the Ice Rink in the Lamotte Park
We need club members and ham volunteers to help with communications for Centerville's 8K/4K Walk/Run. event.   The event starts at 8:00 a.m.  More details are on our website at this link.  Please contact Shawn Rung K0SMR k0smr@arrl.net and/orBob Cordell KB0GIP kb0gip@juno.net to sign up or if you have any questions.

Monthly V.E. Testing
Saturday, August 14th from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. at the Blaine City Hall, Mark Stack Room
Are you ready to take your first amateur radio (ham) license test or upgrade to another level?  Then let us help! The Anoka County Radio Club holds V.E. amateur radio testing sessions on most every 2nd Saturday of the month. We are ready to test new and upgrading hams in all the FCC elements. Test sessions start at 9:00 a.m. and we continue to take walk-ins until 10:00 a.m.  We test at the Blaine City Hall in the Mark Stack Room.  Check the club's website for any updates or changes to the schedule. 

Board Meeting
Tuesday, August 17th 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.

July/August Newsletter Posted!
The newsletter was posted on our website and emailed out to all of the current members with email addresses. If you did not receive the email, please contact Shawn Rung K0SMR at k0smr@arrl.net so your email address can be updated. You can view the newsletter with this link.

Hams Against Hunger
We are accepting food donations to benefit the local food shelves. You can bring any non-perishable food items to our meetings and events, or give them to any board member. Thank you for helping out the less fortunate in our community - your donations are sincerely appreciated!

General Meetings (No July or August 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.

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.

Repeaters
We sponsor and operate two repeaters - a two-meter repeater at 146.670 MHz (114.8 PL tone) and a 1.25-meter repeater at 224.940 MHz (100.0 PL tone). For more details on the club's repeaters, please check out the Repeater Status page.

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.