ARES – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

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

FEMA Region 10 Youth Preparedness Camp Announced

FEMA Region 10 just announced that they will be hosting a Youth Preparedness Camp in Alaska this summer, July 26-31, 2020. Youth ages 14-17 from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington...

By Kent Petty Published December 23, 2019 ARES, Education, EMCOMM, Public Service

RSOC Takes on SHARES Mission for Alaska State EOC

The government’s SHAred RESources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio program provides an additional means for users with a national security and emergency preparedness mission to communicate when landline and cellular...

By Kent Petty Published November 6, 2019 ARES, EMCOMM, Public Service, RSOC Operations, Served Agency

Working Wednesday’s…What are we doing?

Working Wednesdays are busy nights at the Radio Science and Operations Center (RSOC). To give a sense of what we’re up to, here’s a partial list of the happenings from...

By Kent Petty Published October 17, 2019 Amateur Satellites, ARES, Equipment, Mesh Networking, RSOC Operations, Working Wednesday

Team Rubicon Trains at the RSOC

Team Rubicon in Alaska tapped into our great community resource, our Radio Science and Operations Center (RSOC), as the venue for a recent weekend training activity. Team Rubicon members from...

By Kent Petty Published May 17, 2019 ARES, Press Release, Public Service, RSOC Operations, Served Agency

Anchorage ARC Featured in Indie Alaska Video Spot

INDIE ALASKA is an original video series produced by Alaska Public Media in partnership with PBS Digital Studios. They recently produced a great 2-minute video spot focused on the Anchorage...

By Kent Petty Published May 16, 2019 ARES, Education, Press Release, Public Service, RSOC Operations

Youth Summer Radio Camp Offered at RSOC

The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club (AARC) is holding a 5-day summer camp targeting youth’s entering grades 7-12. There will be offerings for a 4-hour morning session (8 AM to 12...

By Kent Petty Published April 25, 2019 ARES, Direction Finding, Education, Mesh Networking, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations

Volunteer for an Anchorage ARES Team of Interest

An ARES volunteer form has been created that will allow Anchorage ARES members to volunteer for team assignments. Click here to go to the volunteer form. Check out the Anchorage...

By Kent Petty Published April 12, 2019 ARES, Public Service, Volunteer

Callsigns for Emcomm Served Agencies Issued

Two new callsigns have been issued by the FCC that we will used for Emcomm purposes in the Anchorage Area. The new callsigns are “KL7NMC”, for the Alaska Native Medical...

By Kent Petty Published April 12, 2019 Anchorage Senior Center, ARES, Public Service, Served Agency

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

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