Public Service – Page 4 – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

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

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

Mission Statement Reaffirmed, Vision Statement Adopted

The AARC Board of Directors reaffirmed our Mission Statement and adopted a new Vision Statement at the January 17, 2018 Board of Directors meeting. Our Mission: “The mission of the...

By Kent Petty Published January 17, 2018 Board Meetings, Public Service

Scouting’s Jamboree-on-the-Air

Scouting’s Jamboree-on-the-Air (JOTA) / Jamboree-on-the-Internet (JOTI) report that more than 2,500 have signed up to take part in the 2017 event over the October 20-22 weekend. This is the 60th...

By Dave Webb Published October 12, 2017 Events, Public Service

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 is Live on Twitter!

We are live on Twitter! OK, we’ve actually had a Twitter account for quite some time, but we really haven’t done much with it. However, we now have the account...

By Kent Petty Published August 2, 2017 Public Service

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

Anchorage Senior Center – Rotator Installed

The Anchorage Senior Center is one step closer to having a full HF, VHF, UHF, and MESH networking capabilities. On Saturday, July 30, Sid Atwood (KL7SID), Kent Petty (KL5T), and...

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

Public Service Activities Page Update

The public service activities page has been updated to allow folks to sign up as volunteers for public service events we are actively supporting. There is just one 2-day event...

By Kent Petty Published April 20, 2017 Public Service, Volunteer

Emergency Communications Driving Increase in Amateur Radio Operators

Did you know? Check out this great article from Emergency Management Magazine. Please get involved. There are plenty of positions needed to be filled in our local Anchorage area ARES...

By Kent Petty Published April 15, 2017 ARES, Public Service, Volunteer

Category: Public Service