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Another Big Working Wednesday Turnout!

Wow! Yet another BIG turnout for Working Wednesday. Three weeks in a row 10-15 folks showing up to partake in the many project efforts. We did everything from checking into...

By Kent Petty Published August 30, 2017 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, ARES, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Working Wednesday

WORKING WEDNESDAY – 2017.08.30

Working Wednesday Agenda for AARC Clubhouse, 5923 Rowan Street, Anchorage for August 30, 2017 1). SNIPER’S NET CHECK-IN: 1800 to 1820 2). TEST HF WINLINK CONNECTIVITY TO FAIRBANKS / ANMC...

By Kent Petty Published August 30, 2017 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, ARES, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Working Wednesday

Projects and Activities! We Need You!

Calling All Members! We need your help! Check out our “Projects – We Need Your Help and Ideas!” page. It lists a pile of projects the club can use help...

By Kent Petty Published August 27, 2017 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, ARES, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Public Service, Volunteer, WebOps, Working Wednesday

AARC MESH PBX Operational

With the tremendous help of Jason, KM4ACK, we’ve successfully installed and configured a telephone server (PBX) on the Anchorage MESH network last night during Working Wednesday. The FreePBX application is...

By Kent Petty Published August 25, 2017 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, ARES, Mesh Networking, Working Wednesday

Raspberry Pi and Asterisk PBX Coming for the MESH

We’re stepping forward on the Anchorage MESH network with a needed enhancement. We’ll be building and configuring a PBX (Private Branch Exchange) telephone system for the network which will allow...

By Kent Petty Published August 17, 2017 ARES, Mesh Networking

Working Wednesday Agenda, 8/16/2017

Working Wednesday tonight. It’s 1728L and some folks are here. See you there too? Agenda per TJ, KL7TS: WORKING WEDNESDAY – 2017.08.09 1). SNIPER’S NET CHECK-IN: 1800 to 1820 2). ...

By Kent Petty Published August 16, 2017 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, ARES, Mesh Networking, Working Wednesday

3 Local Winlink RMS Stations Active and on the MESH

The AARC MESH network continues to evolve. We now have three Winlink RMS stations that are integrated into the local MESH Post Office system. These include: 144.98 MHz KL7AA-10 1200...

By Kent Petty Published August 11, 2017 ARES, Mesh Networking

Working Wednesday Agenda, 8/9/2017

WORKING WEDNESDAY – 2017.08.09 1). SNIPER’S NET CHECK-IN: 1800 to 1820 2). SENIOR CENTER FIND CUSHCRAFT A3 BOOM-TO-MAST PLATE FIND CUSHCRAFT ASSEMBLY MANUAL 3). FLASH RADIOS WITH FUP 04 VX8-DR...

By Kent Petty Published August 9, 2017 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, ARES, Equipment, Working Wednesday

Winlink Post Offices, Local Portals, and Message Syncronization

Big news! It looks like we’ve potentially solved the question of how to synchronize our local RMS Gateways on the Winlink system. It’s a solution based our mesh network and...

By Kent Petty Published August 3, 2017 ARES, Mesh Networking

ARES E-Letter talks about ICS, STEM, AREDN and Grants

Info from KL7TS on July 19, 2017 ….. If you’re an ARRL member, you can edit your profile to receive ARRL email (“e-letters”) about subjects of interest. This week’s ARES...

By Kent Petty Published August 2, 2017 ARES, DX, Mesh Networking, Public Service

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