ARES – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

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

Grubstake Wide Area Repeaters About to be Shut Down

Did you know that the Grubstake wide area repeaters are about to be shut down unless a funding source is identified? The Grubstake site is host to our linked 147.33/93...

By Kent Petty Published February 21, 2019 ARES, Donations, Fundraising, Repeaters

Mesh Relay Needed in Eagle River

Are you an Eagle River resident that lives on the front side of Mount Baldy, up high enough on the hillside to “see” Anchorage? If so, you may be able...

By Kent Petty Published January 22, 2019 ARES, Mesh Networking, Public Service, Served Agency

Alaska Search and Rescue Cache MESH Node Installed

3.4 GHz Ubiquiti NanoStation as well as a VHF antenna at the SAR Cache on Tudor Road in East Anchorage. Tom Plawman (KL4RQ), Bill Laxson, (KL7IPO), me (KL5T), and most importantly, our bucket truck operator and exterior installer Zach, descended on the facility at about 1:00 pm. KL7IPO graciously supplied the bucket truck and…

By Kent Petty Published January 22, 2019 ARES, Mesh Networking, Public Service, Served Agency

AREDN Alaska Forum Created

An “Alaska” forum has been created on the AREDN (Amateur Radio Emergency Data Network) website for discussing MESH networking in Alaska. If you are interested in MESH networking, this is a great place to get info and help. Here’s a direct link to the Alaska forum: https://www.arednmesh.org/forums/alaska The AREDN website forum is very active with new…

By Kent Petty Published January 22, 2019 ARES, Mesh Networking

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