Mesh Relay Needed in Eagle River
Are you an Eagle River resident that lives on the front side of Mount Baldy, up high enough on the hillside to “see” Anchorage? If so, you may be able...
Author: Kent Petty
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Alaska Search and Rescue Cache MESH Node Installed
3.4 GHz Ubiquiti NanoStation as well as a VHF antenna at the SAR Cache on Tudor Road in East Anchorage. Tom Plawman (KL4RQ), Bill Laxson, (KL7IPO), me (KL5T), and most importantly, our bucket truck operator and exterior installer Zach, descended on the facility at about 1:00 pm. KL7IPO graciously supplied the bucket truck and…
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AREDN Alaska Forum Created
An “Alaska” forum has been created on the AREDN (Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network) website for discussing MESH networking in Alaska. If you are interested in MESH networking, this is a great place to get info and help. Here’s a direct link to the Alaska forum: https://www.arednmesh.org/forums/alaska The AREDN website forum is very active with new…
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KL7AA E-mail Reflector
Did you know that KL7AA has an e-mail reflector? And, actually, that this reflector has been active for years? Yessiree, sure does. And it’s been managed by John, AA0NN for many moons? What does the reflector do? Well, if you send an e-mail to it from your registered e-mail address, that message will be distributed…
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Anchorage Senior Activities Center is On the MESH
On Thursday, January 17, Sid Atwood (KL7SID) and I visited the Anchorage Senior Activities Center to repoint the 3.4 GHz Ubiquiti NanoStation. We had installed that node quite some time...
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AARC Fred Meyer Community Rewards ID Number Changes
The AARC has been enrolled in the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program for quite some time now. This has proved helpful to the club! When you link your Fred Meyer...
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APRS, Really? Yes!
Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS)? You’ve probably heard of it. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR? You might have heard of him. You may have even dabbled with APRS. Maybe you found it...
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Remember When We Tore “Stuff” Apart? – Oh the Wonder!
OK, remember the fun we had as kids (well, maybe even now as big kids, AKA, adults) when we pulled “stuff” apart to maybe fix it, or just to see...
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AREDN MESH Networking Fun
I had an experience tonight that provided me with a little amazement. It spoke to the robustness of the AREDN MESH networking protocol, equipment, and capabilities. Here’s my little story....
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AARC Assists Student with APRS Weather Balloon Experiment
Boris Mesits, KE8JLB visited the RSOC during this week’s Working Wednesday. Boris is a graduate of South High School in Anchorage and is now attending college at UNC Chapel Hill. Boris asked for a bit of help putting together a 2-meter antenna to be mounted to an APRS Weather Balloon experiment his student club at…