ARES – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

South Central Simplex Net Tonight

Don’t forget about the South Central Simplex Net (SCSN) tonight. The SCSN is held every Wednesday at 19:00L (7:00 PM), local Alaska time. The purpose of the Net is to...

By Kent Petty Published October 16, 2024 1.2 GHz, 220 MHz, 6 Meters, 900 MHz, APRS, ARES, D-Star, Digital Voice, EMCOMM, Mesh Networking, Mobile Ops, Nets, Packet Radio, RSOC Operations, UHF, VHF

DireWolf Software TNC – Call for Assistance

Hi all. We are working on a very important emergency communication project and have reached a bit of a stumbling block trying to get Direwolf to work as a software...

By Kent Petty Published December 3, 2023 ARES, EMCOMM

AREDN Mesh Node Flashing Clinic Follow-up

Due to snowpocolypse, I needed to delay the AREDN Mesh Node Flashing Clinic until tomorrow, Sunday, November 12 at 11:00 Alaska time. I’ll demonstrate flashing a Mikrotik node and a...

By Kent Petty Published November 11, 2023 ARES, Education, EMCOMM, Mesh Networking

AREDN Mesh Node Flashing Clinic

We have acquired several pieces of Mikrotik 5 GHz gear we need to configure to use on our Anchorage AREDN Mesh network. “Flashing” these units to install the AREDN firmware...

By Kent Petty Published November 8, 2023 ARES, Education, EMCOMM, Mesh Networking

FCC Extends Public Comment Period on 60-Meter Band Proposal

The FCC has extended the public comment period on the 60-meter band proposal until 11/28/2023. Please submit your comments! Click here to link to our previous post on the topic....

By Kent Petty Published October 31, 2023 ARES, ARRL, FCC Actions, General Info, HF

Calling All Amateurs – 60 Meters – PLEASE TAKE ACTION

Please see the following from ARRL Northwestern Division Director Mike Ritz, W7VO regarding the important need for all amateurs to make comments on the FCCs Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...

By Kent Petty Published October 27, 2023 ARES, ARRL, FCC Actions, General Info, HF

Be ready with the info….

By: Kent Petty, KL5T 9/13/2022 When bad things happen… So, we all want to be prepared for the day that bad things happen. In Alaska, and specifically, here in South...

By Kent Petty Published September 13, 2022 ARES, EMCOMM, Public Service, Winlink

Direwolf Experts?

Posted by: Kent Petty, KL5T 9/13/2022 We are working on a very important emergency communication (EMCOMM) project that will involve an implementation of the Direwolf virtual TNC software. If you...

By Kent Petty Published September 13, 2022 ARES, EMCOMM, Public Service, RF Experiments

Winlink Setting for the Kenwood TH-D72A Radio

From the capable hands of KL7TS…. We (i.e. the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club) recommend using the Santa Clara County ARES (SCCA) settings for all radios on our network, for the...

By Kent Petty Published August 16, 2022 ARES, EMCOMM, Winlink

UPDATE – Call For Expertise/Assistance – Linux/Raspberry Pi

Update posted by: Kent Petty, KL5T Date 2/11/2022 Thanks to help from Eugen (KL3RR) and Mike (KL3HY) this afternoon we solved the issue with a very important addition we’ve been...

By Kent Petty Published February 7, 2022 ARES, EMCOMM, Mesh Networking, RSOC Operations, Served Agency

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