Public Service – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

Ham Radio Iditarod History, 1979 – 1980

By: Kent Petty, KL5T March 17, 2021 With the 2021 Iditarod finishing up, I was provided a CD by JD Delancy, W1JD, containing an interesting array of articles, photos, and...

By Kent Petty Published March 17, 2021 Public Service

We Made Our Fundraising Goal!

By: Kent Petty, KL5T, Treasurer We made it! 16 very generous people came together to help raise $1,500 to get a full set of new all-season tires (6 tires plus...

By Kent Petty Published December 9, 2020 ARES, Direction Finding, Donations, EMCOMM, Fundraising, Public Service

Initial LoRa Gateway Status Report

Here’s a bit of info about our LoRa Gateway we’ve installed at our Hillside South Location. You might remember that we installed the station on June 28 (check our blog...

By Kent Petty Published July 6, 2020 LoRa, Public Service, RF Experiments

AARC Installs LoRa Gateway At Hillside South Site

Thanks to Matt Ostrander’s (KL4QH) dogged determination, a LoRa gateway has been installed at our Hillside South site. On Sunday, June 28, Matt and Kent Petty (KL5T) spent a good...

By Kent Petty Published July 3, 2020 LoRa, Public Service, RF Experiments

It’s PFD Application Time! Pick. Click. Give. to the AARC

It’s that time of the year for Alaskan’s to apply for the PFD. Please know that the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club is eligible for the PDF and we could sure...

By Kent Petty Published January 7, 2020 Donations, Education, EMCOMM, Equipment, Fundraising, Public Service, RSOC Upkeep

FEMA Region 10 Youth Preparedness Camp Announced

FEMA Region 10 just announced that they will be hosting a Youth Preparedness Camp in Alaska this summer, July 26-31, 2020. Youth ages 14-17 from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington...

By Kent Petty Published December 23, 2019 ARES, Education, EMCOMM, Public Service

RSOC Takes on SHARES Mission for Alaska State EOC

The government’s SHAred RESources (SHARES) High Frequency (HF) Radio program provides an additional means for users with a national security and emergency preparedness mission to communicate when landline and cellular...

By Kent Petty Published November 6, 2019 ARES, EMCOMM, Public Service, RSOC Operations, Served Agency

Anchorage Runfest Live Feed

Live stream of 2019 Anchorage RunFest start/finish line in Anchorage, AK. Streamed live using an AXIS P1346 network camera fed with wireless broadband through the AARC mesh network backbone. More...

By Walter Yankauskas Published August 18, 2019 Mesh Networking, Public Service, Volunteer

Team Rubicon Trains at the RSOC

Team Rubicon in Alaska tapped into our great community resource, our Radio Science and Operations Center (RSOC), as the venue for a recent weekend training activity. Team Rubicon members from...

By Kent Petty Published May 17, 2019 ARES, Press Release, Public Service, RSOC Operations, Served Agency

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

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