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New RSOC Logo Debuts

The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club (AARC) Board of Directors commissioned a new logo for the Radio Science and Operations Center tonight at their monthly Board of Directors meeting. Better known...

By Kent Petty Published March 19, 2019 Education, FCC Building, Press Release, Public Service, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations, VEC, Volunteer

APRS Weather Balloon Experiment Update….Go Boris!

Boris Mesits, KE8JLB, reports that they are still assembling everything for the Weather Balloon Experiment being put together at UNC Chapel Hill. The radio transmitter works beautifully, they were able...

By Kent Petty Published March 14, 2019 APRS, Education, RF Experiments

Grubstake Repeaters Granted Life!

Due to an outpouring of support via cash donations from 14 area hams, as of Mar 8, 2019, the Grubstake repeater system is forward-funded through approximately May 16, 2021! These generous...

By Kent Petty Published March 8, 2019 ARES, Donations, Fundraising, Repeaters

Long Range MESH Link Enhanced! What happened?

And we continue to learn. Wow, there is so much to this MESH networking endeavor, and much to learn that is so unexpected! Today, I thought we could enhance the...

By Kent Petty Published March 1, 2019 ARES, Mesh Networking, RF Experiments

Long Range AREDN MESH Link Operational

A 47.8-mile 3.4 GHz AREDN MESH link was brought online today linking Anchorage to the Yetna area. A few weeks ago, Bryan Emerson, KL4A, checked in with me to see...

By Kent Petty Published February 28, 2019 ARES, Mesh Networking, RF Experiments

AREDN Developer, K6AH, Interviewed by QSO Today

Following is from an e-mail from WU2S about an interview conducted by QSO Today with Andre Hansen, K6AH. Andre is the prime mover and shaker of the Amateur Radio Emergency...

By Kent Petty Published February 25, 2019 Mesh Networking

Grubstake Wide Area Repeaters About to be Shut Down

Did you know that the Grubstake wide area repeaters are about to be shut down unless a funding source is identified? The Grubstake site is host to our linked 147.33/93...

By Kent Petty Published February 21, 2019 ARES, Donations, Fundraising, Repeaters

FCC to Mandate FRN Establishment Prior to License Application Submission

On February 7, the FCC notified VECs that they held an online presentation on December 20, 2018 which discussed the upcoming Commission Registration System (CORES) changes, and its effect on...

By Kent Petty Published February 12, 2019 VEC

Go Ahead, Keep Us Informed!

Are you an IRLP god? A DMR god? A D-Star god? A Fusion god? An EME god? Are you a god of something amateur radio? If you are, or know...

By Kent Petty Published January 31, 2019 Amateur Satellites, APRS, Contesting, Direction Finding, DX, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Repeaters, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations, Volunteer

FCC Has Processed AARC VEC’s Filing Backlog

The FCC announced today that the government is back in business and they are working to bring the Universal Licensing System (ULS) back online. They advised that they will begin processing applications made from January 3 through January 29 over the next several weeks. They ask that we be patient as they are working expeditiously…

By Kent Petty Published January 30, 2019 VEC

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