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...
Author: Kent Petty
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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...
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Bob Heil Addresses Anchorage ARC – A Treasure!
By: Kent Petty, KL5T We were privileged to have Bob Heil speak at our monthly general membership meeting on February 4, 2021 via Zoom. Some of you may know about...
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Reminder – File for your 2021 Alaska PFD and Pick. Click. Give.
By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Treasurer Hi all, Just a reminder to everyone to not forget to file for your 2021 Alaska PFD if eligible. The filing deadline is 11:59 PM...
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Square Waves #2 – Talkgroups
By: Will DuBois, N7DUD In the previous post I covered the basics of DMR and what makes it different from analog radio. If you haven’t read that, I would highly...
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Code Speak – Ditty Dah Dah Di Dit
By: Kent Petty, KL5T, January 26, 2021 I’ve seen some writings of late addressing Morse code, how to learn it, etc. and found some of it a bit lacking. I...