AARC Now Has Dedicated Vehicle Donation Page
By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Treasurer January 4, 2021 You might have seen our announcement last month about the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club (AARC) / Radio Science and Operations Center (RSOC)...
Author: Kent Petty
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Our Internet Vulnerabilities – Why We Need to Maintain our non-Internet-Based Communications Systems
The CBS News Sunday morning 1/3/2021 episode contains a piece by Ted Koppel about our cyber vulnerabilities, specifically, the cybersecurity threats posed by the alleged Russian hack of SolarWinds. Among...
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How to Keep Tabs on the AARC / RSOC
What are the various ways we attempt to keep our members informed about the ongoings of the club and maybe other interesting topics related to amateur radio? Well, we’ve got...
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Looking for Old AARC Newsletters
By Kent Petty, KL5T While the club has a pretty good inventory of newsletters going back to 1972, there are gaps / missing copies. If you happen to be one...
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FCC Likes $35 For Amateur Radio License Fee
The FCC issued its Report and Order FCC 20-184 which sets the amateur radio licensing fee at $35. This is reduced from the initial proposed fee of $50. In the...
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AARC/RSOC Now Accepts Donated Vehicles of All Types!
By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Treasurer December 21, 2020 GREAT NEWS! The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club (AARC) / Radio Science and Operations Center (RSOC) has partnered with Vehicles for Charity. What...
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Reminder – Last Day to Take Advantage the 2020 Special Tax Credit
By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Treasurer This is just a reminder that today is the last day to take advantage of the tax year 2020 special $300 tax deduction for donations...
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Should You Become a Volunteer Examiner?
By: Kent Petty, KL5T Chairman, Anchorage ARC VEC Remember when you took your license examination to get your very first amateur radio license? Remember those “volunteer examiners” (at least...
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A look back at EMCOMM in 1972
From the February 29, 1972 Anchorage ARC Newsletter By: Wilse Morgan, W6PVF/KL7, 344-1257 The result for service to link-up the repeater here on Ft. Rich and the repeater at Pedro...
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Square Waves – DMR, an Introduction
By: Will Dubois, N7DUD December 28, 2020 A caveat: I am not a technical expert. My goal here is to share some things that I have learned and show how...
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