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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

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

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