Hillside LoRa gateway continues to perform
You may have seen the club’s LoRaWAN gateway installation post at our Hillside South antenna site last year. With over a year of data, we are happy to report that...
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W1JD’s 160 Meter Antenna
By: JD Delancy, W1JD May 23, 2021 Since deciding that working on either a five or maybe nine-band Worked All States (WAS) on High Frequency (HF) would be fun, give...
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Eternally five years away? No, batteries are improving under your nose
From Lara Baker, AL2R 5/24/2021 Worth a Look: A really interesting article on battery technology improvements in Ars Technica. Scott K. Johnson does a great job explaining the complexities in a level...
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Motorola XTS3000 For Sale – DMR
From Eric Coulter 5/17/2021 I have a refurbished Motorola XTS3000 no display screen for sale for $400.00 or best offer. I’m not really educated on the specifics of this radio....
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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...
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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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April 1st AARC Membership Meeting Guest Speaker
Eric Swartz of Elecraft will be the guest speaker at the April 1st AARC 7pm Membership Meeting. He will be presenting on the Elecraft K4 series.This will be an online...
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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...