Great Alaska ShakeOut 2018
The Anchorage Area ARES group and Anchorage Amateur Radio Club ask for your participation in the The Great Alaska ShakeOut “Earthquake Drill”, tomorrow, October 18, 2018 at 10:18 a.m. We...
Author: Kent Petty
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Hot Transmitter on 147.93 MHz Found and Shut Down
On the afternoon of October 10, a transmitter keyed up on 147.93 MHz. This happens to be the input frequency for club’s Grubstake VHF repeater (147.33/93). As a result, the...
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Fairbanks License Testing Session Added
An additional Fairbanks license testing session is scheduled for October 13, 2018. Please follow this link to register. 73, Kent Petty, KL5T Chairman, Anchorage ARC VEC
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AREDN Expands Supported Hardware with New Firmware Release – ALL Anchorage AREDN Mesh Nodes Updated
AREDN released version 3.18.9.0 of their firmware a few days ago. This is a major release that resulted in expanded support of Ubiquit, Microtik, and TP-Link hardware. See the AREDN...
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New ARES EC for Search and Rescue Liaison Appointed
Tom Plawman, KL4RQ, has been appointed as our new Anchorage area Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Search and Rescue Organization Liaison. Tom is a relatively new ham but has he’s already...
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RSOC “Battery Lab” Operational
The following is a slightly edited version of an article published in the AARC September 2018 Newsletter. It was time, the AARC has received so many battery donations over...
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Homer License Testing Session Scheduled
Ken Adams, AE7ES, advises that a license testing session is planned for Homer on October 4, 2018 from 5 pm – 8 pm. The session will take place at the...
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A Really Big Day, Up and Away!
Saturday was a busy, busy day at the RSOC. A dandy crew of folks got together to tune up our AB-105 tower with a proper accoutrement of antennas, from 20...
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RSOC Antenna Work – Thanks for Donations!
A major upgrade to the RSOC antenna system is planned for this Saturday. It will include stripping a gang of old FCC leftover antennas from the tower mast, as well...
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Let’s Flash and Configure Some Nodes!
The “tech talk” following the monthly meeting on Thursday will be a hands-on demonstration activity to fully reconfigure three factory-delivered Ubiquiti Powerbeam M5-300 5-GHz dish transceivers for AREDN MESH networking...