A Really Big Day, Up and Away!
Saturday was a busy, busy day at the RSOC. A dandy crew of folks got together to tune up our AB-105 tower with a proper accoutrement of antennas, from 20...
Category: ARES
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AARC Hosts Alaska VOAD August Meeting
The AARC was privileged to host the August meeting of Alaska Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) at the Radio Science and Operations Center (RSOC) today. It was a great...
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RSOC Linked to AARC Anchorage MESH
Today, Richard Tweet, KL2AZ, and Kent Petty, KL5T, installed MESH gear at Anchorage International Airport’s former Fire Station 2 building. This facility lies just to the northwest of the intersection...
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Anchorage ARES Webpage Started
A webpage for and Anchorage ARES was started this evening. Its purpose is to help get current information out to ARES members, and to actually enroll/register amateurs into the ARES...
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RSOC Closer to Big Mesh Connection
On Tuesday, June 28, TJ, KL7TS and Kent, KL5T installed the RSOC mesh node that will ultimately lead to connection to the Anchorage area larger MESH. We installed a Ubiquiti...
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State-Run Kenai Connection Communications Exercise a Success
On the morning of Thursday, May 31, the Alaska State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) kicked off the planned Kenai Connection Communication Exercise at 1000L. This event was designed to test...
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Anchorage ARES Activates for Jan 23 Earthquake
When the 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck at 0031L, local hams became active on the 147.30/90 repeater located atop Site Summit. As many of you know, this repeater covers a wide area...
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Eagle River Valley APRS Digipeater Activated
A recent need was noted to improve APRS digipeater coverage throughout the area. To help support that need, KL5T fired up his Kantronics KPC3+ TNC driving an Alinco DR-1200 2-meter...
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APRS – Anchorage / Mat-Su In Need of Several Digipeaters
We’ve conducted a review of APRS activity in the Anchorage / Mat-Su Valley areas. The review included analysis of activity directly detected on the KL7AA-10 Digipeater / I-Gate located on...
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Power Outage Takes Down Systems
A power outage struck parts of South Anchorage and the Anchorage Hillside a few days ago. The outage took down a few of our hillside assets for about 2 hours...