St. Cloud Armory
1710 8th St. N GPS: N 45 33.916 W -94 10.588
Talk-in:
147.015+ Tone = 100 Hz (backup is 146.940-)
Prizes:
$25 drawn at 10am $50 at 11am $100 drawn at Noon
10 am & 11 am drawings must be present to win On-site VE testing- 10 am-Noon; New licenses and upgrades Remember to bring any
C.S.C.E's, a copy of your existing license, pencil, and a photo ID for testing.
Admission: $6 per person Tables: $16; or $8 BYOT** (Note
price changes for 2011)
Table Reservations: To reserve a table contact
Art Carlson by e-mail at
wa0njr@hotmail.com a limited number of
tables are available on a first come, first served basis. Table reservations
will only be held until 9:00am, unless other arrangements are made.
Chili, Hot Dogs, Pop, Coffee
and a Variety of Bake sale items available
Doors Open at 7:00 AM
Auction 8:00 AM
FREE Parking
Professional Auctioneer Jim
Severson
Midwinter Madness 2012 Will be Held on
Saturday March 31, 2012
Buffalo Civic Center 1306 County Road 134
Buffalo MN 55313
Sponsored by K0LTC.org, Inc. Maple Grove Radio Club
Breakfasts & luncheons NLRS Breakfast
NLRS members and their guests informally
gather for breakfast one Saturday each month, 8:30 AM, alternating
between the Old Country Buffet restaurants in Roseville and
Richfield. If you are going to be in the area, check with one of the
locals for details and please join us! (You don't have to buy
breakfast to join us.) Breakfasts are currently scheduled as
follows (check the net for any late changes):
Dates and times for 2012.
February 11 - Roseville
March 10 - Richfield
April 14 - Roseville
May 12 - No breakfast - Aurora 2012, White Bear Lake
June 2 - Roseville (a week early to avoid the June VHF contest)
July 14 - Richfield
August 11 - Roseville
September 1 - Richfield (a week early to avoid the Sept VHF contest)
October 13 - Roseville
November 10 - Richfield
December 8 - Roseville
Third Saturday of each month 9AM Fast & Slow Scan ATV group at Roseville Old
Country Buffet
St. Paul Radio Club Breakfasts:3rd Saturday of each month.
9:00 am at Perkins in the Midway Center,
on the south side of University Avenue
between
Snelling & Pascal,St. Paul.
VE TEST SCHEDULE
CALL TO MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS AND CONFIRM TEST DATE!
1st. Saturday
The
S.P.R.C. is affiliated with the ARRL testing program
and holds these test
sessions monthly in the Basswood
Room of the Roseville City Hall
2660 Civic Center Drive.St
Paul.
The VE sessions begin at 9:00
am on the first Saturday of each month.
A reservation is suggested; contact
the Coordinator,
Leon Dill, W0COE, at 651-688-9964 or Email Leon at
W0COE@arrl.net.
2nd. Saturday.
The Anoka County Radio Club schedules
V.E. amateur radio testing sessions on most
every 2nd Saturday
of the month throughout the year.
We are ready to test new and upgrading hams
in all the current FCC elements.
The Anoka County Radio Club's testing starts
at 9:00 a.m.
and we will continue to take walk-ins until
10:00am. We test at the
Blaine City
Hall.
If you have any questions about
attending our V.E. amateur radio testing session,
Please call Shep Shepardson at 651-340-0567.E-MAIL Paul .
2nd Thursday,
Big Lake Library, 790 Minnesota
Ave, 3 blocks North of Highway 10 and County
Right turn from Highway 10 West at the traffic
light onto County#43, go north 3 blocks,
make left onto Minnesota Ave, you will see the
schools complex. Library will be on your left
across from the schools.
On Saturday's the Library does not open until 10
am..
Start Time: By Appointment
Contact: John Smolenski, N0YR,
763-263-8741
or Boaz Erickson, N0RD,
763-263-5644
Bloomington Emerg. Services. Call KEØOR Dan , at 952-888-9756.or Email:
dan-arrl@droyer.org
Tests
given at New Bloomington Civic Plaza/ Police Dept. 1800 W old Shakopee
Road at the corner of Logan and W Old Shakopee Road. At 9:00 AM.
Stillwater Amateur Radio Assn (SARA)
VE Session is scheduled to be held
at Boutwells Landing,
with registration and check-in to begin at 6pm
with exams to begin at 6:30pm.
Pre-registration is encouraged to aid us
in knowing how many examinees to expect,
but is not required. Please park and
enter via the north side of the building.
The address is:
13575 58th St N
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082
There is an information desk on the right side of the lobby as you
enter the building, and a nearby stairway
that will take you down one floor to the exam room.
Please contact me with questions you may have
regarding the exam process.
Shel NØDRX
651-439-1272 n0drx@hotmail.com
St. Paul Radio Club Meetings at St. Thomas University, Murray-Herrick Campus
Center, Room 155
1st Friday of the month. No meetings July & August.
NETS OF INTEREST.
Minnesota Traffic Nets
Frequency
Time
Time
Description
3.860 MHz
12:00 PM
Daily
MN Phone Net-Noon
3.860 MHz
5:30 PM
Daily
MN Section Net
3.568 MHz
6:30 PM
Daily
MN Section Net
3.568 MHz
9:50 PM
Daily
MN Section Net II
3.925 MHz
9:00-11:00 AM
M-S
PICO Net
3.925 MHz
3:00-5:00 PM
M-F
PICO Net (Winter)
This is a list of our ARRL traffic nets in Minnesota. We welcome your
participation!
Sunday.
7 PM MARA Swap Net 146.85
7:30 PM Le Sueur area Ares net Sunday night
at
on the 146.61 repeater using the 136.5 PL tone
8PM.
Hiawatha ARC Net on 147.30 Begins w/short Goodhue County ARES net
Carver County ARES net weekly at 8:30pm local time on the 147.165 repeater with
a 107.2 pl tone.
The Northern Lights Radio Society has 4
nets on Sunday evening.
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Day & Time
Dates
Frequency
Net Control
Point Towards
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Sunday 8:15 PM
All Year Long
222.120 MHz
N0KP
EN34gt
Sunday 8:30 PM
All Year Long
50.175 MHz
K0SIX
EN35di
Sunday 9:00 PM
All Year Long
144.260 MHz
KA0PQW
EN33iu
There is also an informal chat net Saturday evenings at 9PM on 144.250. Just to the east of us in Wisconsin, the Badger Contesters also meet weekly:
Day & Time
Dates
Frequency
Wednesday, 9:00 PM local
All year long
144.250 MHz
9 PM ATV fast scan users Net on 145.29. Tone of 114.8
Monday
Handiham Net. Monday thru Saturday at 11:00AM CST.
Echo Link enabled. 145.450.
8PM East Central Minnesota Radio Club. Net 145.330- PL 146.2
8:00 PM. Dakota County RACES net 147.39 pl 77.0
Tuesday
7 PM T.C.R.C net on 147.21 Also take part in the "eyeball qso"
during the net at Caribou Coffee shop in Apple Valley.
7 PM Minnetonka RC on 145.45
8:30 PM 3M Radio Club net on 147.12
Wednesday
ST.PAUL RADIO CLUB 2 Meter Net , Wednesdays, 7:00 p.m.
On the SPRC repeater, 145.310 MHz, no PL tone
7:00 PM
Anoka County Radio Club 2 Meter Net
Wednesday nights at 7 PM central time
on the 146.670 repeater - offset and tone of 114.8
with Parry,KC0TWB,as net control.
7:00 PM SEMARC 10 Meter CW net. on 28.110.
7:30 PM Courage Center Handiham Net 145.45.
8:00 PM SEMARC VHF Activity net on 146.985 pl 100.0
8 PM SPRC Friendly net on 28.310 Pre-net at 7:45
Thursday.
Thursday evening Tech Talk Net
at 7:00 pm on the 145.45 NØBVE
Repeater
. The net manager is John KD0CAC.
Saturday
8:00 AM QCWA Net 3.908.
9:30 AM 146.76 Tone of 114.8 Saturday Swap Shop net.
7 PM Magic net on 145.17 Tone 100.0. Repeater
7 PM. Saturday Ham Talk Net on 145.45 N0BVE repeater with Newline.
Other HF nets
3.860 Minn. State Phone Net Noon & 5:30 PM daily
3.710 Minn. Slow Speed CW Net 6:00 PM daily
3.568 Minn. State CW Traffic Net 6:30 pm and 9:50 pm daily
3.925 MN PICO Net continuous from 9 AM to 11:00 AM Mon.-Sat. and 3PM to 5PM
Monday-Friday.
On The Air Activities will be listed on the Friendly Net and the Magic Net, E-MAIL Marty KA0NAN