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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.
September/October 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.
Simple Supper and General Meeting
Friday, September 10th from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Blaine Baseball Complex
Everyone is welcome to join us for the annual Anoka County Radio Club Simple
Supper! We will be meeting at the Blaine Baseball Complex on Friday,
September 10th starting at 6:30 pm for a meeting and some food! The club will be
providing the meat, so please bring a dish to share with everyone! This is
a family friendly event! We will be introducing some updates to the By-laws at this meeting, so we would like to see as many members attend as possible. We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Monthly V.E. Testing
Saturday, September 11th 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. We are in need of Extra Class VE's for this session. If you are available, please contact Shep Shepardson at 651-340-0567.
Board Meeting
Tuesday, September 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.
October General Membership Meeting
Friday, October 1st from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Blaine Baseball Complex
All members are strongly encouraged to attend the October Membership Meeting to renew thier membership and vote on some important By-law changes. We need to have a majority of the membership attend this meeting in order to vote on those changes. Thank you, in advance, for your attendance!
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.
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