Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

Acknowledgment

Activities of the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club are made possible in part by grants from the Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation and the Alaska Community Foundation.

By Dennis Stevens Published December 16, 2018 Fundraising

Earthquake – Please Be Safe

To our fellow hams and family members: Thanks for the efforts over the last few days. We’ve all been impacted here one way or another. I hope that you are...

By Kent Petty Published December 1, 2018 ARES

RSOC SteppIr Vertical on the Air

At the Radio Science & Operations Center (RSOC) we have the SteppIR Mark IV vertical installed and working, using temporary Field Day ground radials. One of the grounding blocks had...

By Kent Petty Published November 11, 2018 ARES, DX, RSOC Operations, Working Wednesday

Great Alaska ShakeOut 2018 – Area Hams Participate

Hams in the Anchorage, Mat-Su Valley, and Kenai Peninsula areas participated in the 2018 Great Alaska ShakeOut Earthquake Drill on October 18. At the appointed time, 10:18 a.m., from the...

By Kent Petty Published October 25, 2018 APRS, ARES, Public Service, RSOC Operations

Great Alaska ShakeOut 2018

The Anchorage Area ARES group and Anchorage Amateur Radio Club ask for your participation in the The Great Alaska ShakeOut “Earthquake Drill”, tomorrow, October 18, 2018 at 10:18 a.m. We...

By Kent Petty Published October 17, 2018 APRS, ARES, Events, Public Service, RSOC Operations

Hot Transmitter on 147.93 MHz Found and Shut Down

On the afternoon of October 10, a transmitter keyed up on 147.93 MHz. This happens to be the input frequency for club’s Grubstake VHF repeater (147.33/93). As a result, the...

By Kent Petty Published October 12, 2018 APRS, Direction Finding, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations

Fairbanks License Testing Session Added

An additional Fairbanks license testing session is scheduled for October 13, 2018. Please follow this link to register. 73, Kent Petty, KL5T Chairman, Anchorage ARC VEC

By Kent Petty Published October 9, 2018 VEC

AREDN Expands Supported Hardware with New Firmware Release – ALL Anchorage AREDN Mesh Nodes Updated

AREDN released version 3.18.9.0 of their firmware a few days ago. This is a major release that resulted in expanded support of Ubiquit, Microtik, and TP-Link hardware. See the AREDN...

By Kent Petty Published September 29, 2018 Uncategorized

Fire Mitigation Operation

Fire Mitigation Operation 2018 The Wild land Fire Mitigation Operation will be held on Sept 28 – Oct 1. This event will be held on the North side of Eagle...

By Dave Webb Published September 28, 2018 Events, Public Service, Volunteer

New ARES EC for Search and Rescue Liaison Appointed

Tom Plawman, KL4RQ, has been appointed as our new Anchorage area Emergency Coordinator (EC) for Search and Rescue Organization Liaison. Tom is a relatively new ham but has he’s already...

By Kent Petty Published September 19, 2018 ARES, Served Agency