Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

Event Support Volunteer Page Created

We’ve created a page on the AARC website which lists the Public Service Events the club supports, as well as a means to volunteer to assist with each event. From...

By Kent Petty Published April 11, 2019 ARES, Events, Public Service, Volunteer

AARC Assists with Successful UNC-Chapel Hill SEDS Club Experiment

Boris Mesits, KE8JLB, is a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is a member of their SEDS Club (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space)....

By Kent Petty Published April 8, 2019 APRS, Education, RF Experiments, Working Wednesday

RSOC Gets New Banners

Two new banners were installed at the RSOC over the past few days. One presents the club’s information with our old faithful AARC logo, our club name, web address, and...

By Kent Petty Published March 27, 2019 Education, FCC Building, Press Release, RSOC Operations, RSOC Upkeep, Working Wednesday

AARC Assists with Ghosts in the Air Glow

The AARC is assisting Professor Amanda Dawn Christie of Concordia University with reception and live streaming of her art/science transmissions from HAARP. Day one, Monday, March 25 wrapped up with...

By Kent Petty Published March 26, 2019 DX, Education, Events, Press Release, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations

Fairbanks May License Testing Session Moved to Saturday, May 11

Amateur radio license testing sessions in Fairbanks are normally conducted on the 1st Saturday of each month. However, due to a scheduling conflict at the testing venue, the May Fairbanks...

By Kent Petty Published March 20, 2019 VEC

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