HOT OFF THE PRESS: New AnyTone AT-D878UVII Available at CQRadios.com
By: Kent Petty, KL5T May 3, 2021 The new Anytone AT-D878UVII Plus is here! The is the latest AnyTone DMR UHF/VHF handheld and only available presently at CQRadios.com. While the...
Author: Kent Petty
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FCC Sets Date to Mandate FRNs for New Licensees
The FCC has set May 20, 2021, as the end date for amateur radio license applicants to take advantage of the “FCC Registration Number (FRN) auto-registration”. What does this mean? ...
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April General Membership Meeting, 4/1/2021
Hello all, Our monthly Anchorage ARC Membership Meeting is on Thursday, April 1 at 1900 AKST. Our guest speaker will be Elecraft! Focus of the talk will be on the...
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3.4 GHz Reprieve
Posted by Kent Petty, KL5T, March 19, 2021 Note: The following has significant impact our use of the 3.4 GHz spectrum as part of our MESH network here in the...
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Ham Radio Iditarod History, 1979 – 1980
By: Kent Petty, KL5T March 17, 2021 With the 2021 Iditarod finishing up, I was provided a CD by JD Delancy, W1JD, containing an interesting array of articles, photos, and...
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History of Heathkit by Paul Topolski, W1SEX
By: Kent Petty, KL5T March 10, 2021 Paul Topolski, W1SEX, is an ARRL WMA Section Technical Specialist. Paul gave his presentation on the history of Heathkit at our March 4,...
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D-Star – Digital Voice
By: Chip Andrews, KL7CA March 8, 2021 For those of you who regularly participate in the South Central Simplex Net, held every Wednesday evening at 2000L (AST), you may have...
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March 4th AARC Membership Speaker Announcement
By: Richard Tweet, KL2AZ March 3, 2021 Greetings, The presentation at the beginning of the March 4th AARC Membership meeting will be given by Paul Topolski, W1SEX, Technical Specialist of...
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Anchorage DMR Repeater Down for Troubleshooting
By: Kent Petty, KL5T February 24, 2021 There have been reception issues with the AARC DMR hillside repeater (444.2+) for some time now. Kevin Opalka (KL1V) and Kent Petty (KL5T)...
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Gordon West License Prep Manuals Back In Stock
By: Kent Petty, KL5T, 2/12/2021 We have the Gordon West Technician examination study guides now back in stock. We also have a small stock of Gordon West’s General license exam...