Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 16th 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.

Hamfest Fundraiser Event - Donation Drop-off
Friday, March 26th from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Blaine Baseball Complex
Parry Brown KC0TWB will be attending the Mid-winter Madness Hamfest in Buffalo. He is willing to bring donated items along to sell to benefit the club. We are looking for donations for this event. If you have any old ham radio or associated equipment that you are willing to donate to the club, please bring it to the Blaine Baseball Complex on Friday, March 26th, between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thank you, in advance, for helping us in this fund raiser.

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.

General Meeting
Friday, April 2nd from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Blaine Baseball Complex
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.

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
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.

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.

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.

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.