Contesting – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

2024 ARRL Field Day at RSOC

The club will operate during Field Day as an ”EOC”. Members are welcome to attend/participate. The RSOC will be open, tomorrow, Saturday, 6/22/2024 at about 0900L preparing for the Field...

By Kent Petty Published June 21, 2024 Contesting, Events, Field Day, HF, Volunteer Opportunity

HamSCI Event – April 8th Solar Eclipse

Ham Radio Science Citizen Investigation (HamSCI) is hosting several events associated with the upcoming April 8th North American Solar Eclipse. They call it “The HamSCI Festivals of Eclipse Ionospheric Science”....

By Kent Petty Published January 12, 2024 Contesting, Education, Events, RF Experiments, Science

UPDATE – Sign Up to Operate as W1AW/KL7 VOTA

Greetings, Your Anchorage Amateur Radio Club will be operating the Volunteers on the Air (VOTA) station W1AW/KL7 from 0000Z on November 15th through 2359Z on November 22. Anyone wishing to...

By Kent Petty Published November 15, 2023 ARRL, Contesting, HF, VOTA

Skimmer Station Operational in South Central Alaska

Have you heard of the Reverse Beacon Network or RBN? If not, you might find it very interesting and helpful if you are an HF DXer or contester. With the...

By Kent Petty Published September 17, 2023 Contesting, CW, DX, HF

Attend Tim Duff, K3LR Presentation

Posted by: Kent Petty, KL5T Written: 4/28/2022 The Central West Virginia Wireless Association is excited to be hosting Tim Duff, K3LR. He will be discussing his contest station. We have...

By Kent Petty Published April 28, 2022 Contesting

Shared Apex Loop Receive Antenna Installed

TJ Sheffield KL7TS and I (Dave Webb N9AIG) started at about 10:00 AM working outside at the RSOC and followed social distancing rules. We both wore masks and gloves; when...

By Kent Petty Published July 9, 2020 ARES, Contesting, DX, EMCOMM, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations

RSOC Hosts Air Force 673 CS for Exercise Noble Skywave

The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club (AARC) played host to Elmendorf Air Force Base’s 673 Communications Squadron (673 CS) during Canadian-sponsored Communications Exercise Noble Skywave this week at the Radio Science...

By Kent Petty Published October 25, 2019 Contesting, Education, RSOC Operations

Go Ahead, Keep Us Informed!

Are you an IRLP god? A DMR god? A D-Star god? A Fusion god? An EME god? Are you a god of something amateur radio? If you are, or know...

By Kent Petty Published January 31, 2019 Amateur Satellites, APRS, Contesting, Direction Finding, DX, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Repeaters, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations, Volunteer

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...

By Kent Petty Published September 9, 2018 ARES, Contesting, Donations, DX, Equipment, FCC Building, Fundraising, RSOC Operations

VHF Contest Time!

The ARRL September VHF Contest is coming up soon, so let’s show off what Alaskans can do! This event uses any/all VHF/UHF bands, so it’s a great time to try...

By Kent Petty Published August 12, 2018 Contesting

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