Walter Yankauskas

Gold Nugget Triathlon 2022 Volunteer Report

Gold Nugget Triathlon 2022 Sunday, May 15, 2022 The Race Committee started monthly meetings in October for the May race. The week before the event was concerning. On Tuesday, May...

By Walter Yankauskas Published June 4, 2022 Events, General Info, Public Service, Volunteer, Volunteer Opportunity

Gold Nugget Triathlon Volunteers needed

It’s time to get outside and exercise your technique and your equipment by helping out some local charities with communications support. There is almost no better practice available for disaster...

By Walter Yankauskas Published May 12, 2022 Public Service, Volunteer, Volunteer Opportunity

Race Day Volunteer Signup

It is May 5th, and lots of events are starting up. It’s time to get outside and exercise your technique and your equipment by helping out some local charities with...

By Walter Yankauskas Published May 5, 2022 EMCOMM, Public Service, Volunteer, Volunteer Opportunity

Public Service Volunteer Opportunities

It’s spring, and it’s time to get outside and exercise your technique and your equipment by helping out some local charities with communications support. There is almost no better practice...

By Walter Yankauskas Published April 17, 2022 Public Service, Volunteer, Volunteer Opportunity

John Bury on KTUU TV

One of the AARC Board of Directors, John Bury KL7QZ was featured in a story that was broadcast on Tuesday, February 2, 2022 by Alaska’s News Source (KTUU TV). Telling...

By Walter Yankauskas Published February 3, 2022 Education, Press Release, Public Service

Gold Nugget Triathlon – Sat May 15 & Sun May 16

Gold Nugget Triathlon Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16, 2021 The Gold Nugget Triathlon is one of the largest women’s triathlons in the US. On Saturday, a 3.1 mile...

By Walter Yankauskas Published May 1, 2021 Events, Public Service, Volunteer, Volunteer Opportunity

NSF Funds Creation of Research Lab at Alaska’s HAARP

04/15/2021 A 5-year, $9.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will allow the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute to establish a new research observatory at the High-frequency Active...

By Walter Yankauskas Published April 19, 2021 ARRL, General Info, RF Experiments

How to disappear from an FAA map

How to move into a former federal building and disappear off the map Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS–B) is a surveillance technology in which an aircraft determines its position via satellite...

By Walter Yankauskas Published May 31, 2020 FCC Building

Fairbanks Radio Station, circa 1922

I found this photo while stumbling through the intertubes, at: Alaska’s Digital Archives The back of the photo said “View of the interior of the Fairbanks Radio Station, circa 1922-1923.”....

By Walter Yankauskas Published April 15, 2020 Uncategorized

ABS Mast Experiment

In the fall of 2018 I decided to experiment with constructing an antenna mast with ABS pipe. The saying is that “the only experiment that is a failure, is one...

By Walter Yankauskas Published April 9, 2020 Equipment, RF Experiments

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