August 16th: Brainerd Tailgate Hamfest- Crow Wing Cty Fairgrounds

September 6th there’s the Rush C Ham fest sponsored by the East Central MN Amateur Radio Club Info at qrz.com/db/K0ECM

September 13th in the close metro area is the Lake Elmo Tailgate Swap fest put on by MARA; and also the NPRRC hamfest up in Brewster  put on by the Northern Plains Regional Radio Council.

September 20th TCFMC presents the last Chance Tailgate Swap fest at West Medicine Lake Community Club $10 for sellers come in at 7 and buyers are $5 come in at 8…

And on 9/27 in  Moorhead is the Dakota Division Convention visit hamfest.rrra.org/2025

And Don’t forget to get registered
for the North Star Radio Convention for 2025 on October 11th at HTC.  Organizers have a full slate of seminars prepared to motivate you on a variety of subjects. JB Anderson on an 80 meter loop antenna, Bill Mitchell on Kite antennas, Art Rew on transmitter hunting, and John Kruk (yes of Yaesu) on DUNoW (A multi-node digital voice system), And  by popular requests…the MN-ARC board has approved having a swap fest as well. So those of you that need an additional ham fest to sell your used gear, you can at the state convention- You can  Choose up to 5 programs you are interested in attending to help the committee determine  the schedule, and if you care to-sell some gear or have more food options. go to north star radio.org to register

Casual Get-Togethers

Hams in the Park will hold seasonal get togethers on the 2nd saturday of the month, at Long Lake Regional Park in New Brighton, starting at noon. Talk-in will be on 146.52 simplex. Come on over and set up your radio gear one more time and enjoy the company of like-minded friends..

The Twin City FM Club is holding their Friday morning Breakfast starting at 6 am at Perkins, 6920 Wayzata Blvd. in Golden Valley just off the Louisiana Avenue exit on I-394.

The Minnesota DMR community hasn’t announced an in-person breakfast schedule for the new year.  But you can also join them for an online Virtual breakfast.  Check out the Where’s Breakfast page on the www.minnesotadmr.com website for more details.

The Northern Lights Radio Society is holding breakfast on each second Saturday of the month at the Golden Corral, 3000 White Bear Ave. #4, in Maplewood starting at 8:30 am. The restaurant is located in the small strip mall just across White Bear Ave on the north end of the Maplewood  Mall, in the SE corner of  White Bear Ave and Woodlyn Ave.

The Bakken Amateur Radio Society Fusion Technical Net is held on Monday nights at 7:30 pm local time in WIRES-X Room #21493 and on the MNWIS repeaters. The net is open to anyone interested in System Fusion, Yaesu and so on. For more details, check out their website: www.wØmdt.com.

The Minnesota DMR community also has a weekly net on Wednesday nights from 7 – 8pm on the DMR Minnesota State Talkgroup # 3127