ARES – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

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

A look back at EMCOMM in 1972

From the February 29, 1972 Anchorage ARC Newsletter By: Wilse Morgan, W6PVF/KL7, 344-1257 The result for service to link-up the repeater here on Ft. Rich and the repeater at Pedro...

By Kent Petty Published December 28, 2020 ARES, EMCOMM, RSOC Operations

We Made Our Fundraising Goal!

By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Treasurer We made it! 16 very generous people came together to help raise $1,500 to get a full set of new all-season tires (6 tires plus...

By Kent Petty Published December 9, 2020 ARES, Direction Finding, Donations, EMCOMM, Fundraising, Public Service

Pickup Tires – A Little Over Half-Way There

By Kent Petty, KL5T Our target is $1,500 for tire replacement on the Ford F350 pickup is a bit over halfway met. To date we’ve raised a total of $800;...

By Kent Petty Published December 4, 2020 ARES, Direction Finding, Donations, EMCOMM, Equipment, Fundraising

Emergency Communication Vehicle Needs New Tires

By: Kent Petty, KL5T Want to make a difference? The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club / Radio Science and Operations Center (AARC/RSOC) is raising money to fund a tire replacement on...

By Kent Petty Published November 14, 2020 ARES, Direction Finding, EMCOMM, Equipment, Fundraising

Shared Apex Loop Receive Antenna Installed

TJ Sheffield KL7TS and I (Dave Webb N9AIG) started at about 10:00 AM working outside at the RSOC and followed social distancing rules. We both wore masks and gloves; when...

By Kent Petty Published July 9, 2020 ARES, Contesting, DX, EMCOMM, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations

Communications Academy – Seattle April 24-26 (CANCELED)

We have been advised that the Communications Academy has been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns. Anyone heading to Seattle in April might want to attend the 2020 Communications Academy. This...

By Kent Petty Published March 6, 2020 ARES, EMCOMM

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