Public Service – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

Great Alaska ShakeOut 2018 – Area Hams Participate

Hams in the Anchorage, Mat-Su Valley, and Kenai Peninsula areas participated in the 2018 Great Alaska ShakeOut Earthquake Drill on October 18. At the appointed time, 10:18 a.m., from the...

By Kent Petty Published October 25, 2018 APRS, ARES, Public Service, RSOC Operations

Great Alaska ShakeOut 2018

The Anchorage Area ARES group and Anchorage Amateur Radio Club ask for your participation in the The Great Alaska ShakeOut “Earthquake Drill”, tomorrow, October 18, 2018 at 10:18 a.m. We...

By Kent Petty Published October 17, 2018 APRS, ARES, Events, Public Service, RSOC Operations

Fire Mitigation Operation

Fire Mitigation Operation 2018 The Wild land Fire Mitigation Operation will be held on Sept 28 – Oct 1. This event will be held on the North side of Eagle...

By Dave Webb Published September 28, 2018 Events, Public Service, Volunteer

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...

By Kent Petty Published August 28, 2018 ARES, FCC Building, Public Service, RSOC Operations

Field Day 2018 #FD2018 is underway

Stop by the RSOC for this annual event. FD2018 – ARRL is the place to go for a full briefing for the nationwide event. Last year’s was a great success but now...

By AL4S Published June 23, 2018 FCC Building, Field Day, Public Service, RSOC Operations, Volunteer

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...

By Kent Petty Published June 7, 2018 ARES, Public Service, RSOC Operations, Volunteer

Public Service Hands-on Training Opportunity

The annual Walk and Roll for Hope is tomorrow and the AARC is providing comm support for the event. The field crew is ready to deploy, and Brandon, KL7BSC, will...

By Kent Petty Published May 4, 2018 APRS, Education, Events, Public Service, Repeaters, RSOC Operations, Volunteer

Alaska Search and Rescue

Be sure to attend our general meeting this Thursday at RSOC on Raspberry Road (7PM). We have a special guest speaker, Tom Plawman. Tom is president of the Alaska Search...

By Dave Heimke Published May 1, 2018 Education, Public Service

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...

By Kent Petty Published January 25, 2018 ARES, Public Service, Repeaters, Volunteer

KL7AA is relocating – Special QST

Link to Special QST – KL7AA Relocation Get all the details on this page for our club’s move to a site that is ideal for radio comms: a former FCC...

By AL4S Published January 19, 2018 5923 Rowan Clubhouse, Board Meetings, Equipment, FCC Building, Fundraising, Public Service, Volunteer

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