RF Experiments – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

HamSci Grape 2 System Operational At RSOC Detachment 1

The Anchorage ARC has partnered with HamSci to host a Grape 2 Personal Space Weather Station at KL5T’s Nikiski residence (heretofore known as Detachment 1 of the Radio Science and Operations...

By Kent Petty Published April 7, 2024 Equipment, HF, RF Experiments, Science

More – Membership Meeting, 2/1/2024 at 1900 AKST Zoom ONLY

Our February general membership meeting is tomorrow night, February 1, at 1900L. This will be a Zoom ONLY meeting due to the snow conditions Dr. Nathaniel A. Frissell, W2NAF will be our...

By Kent Petty Published January 31, 2024 Membership Meetings, RF Experiments, Science

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

Experiments in 915 MHz Mesh Networking – Meshtastic

From Dennis Jones, AL5K Over the past several weeks, some members of the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club have begun to experiment with text-based mesh networking using the Meshtastic protocol and...

By Kent Petty Published December 31, 2023 LoRa, RF Experiments

Direwolf Experts?

Posted by: Kent Petty, KL5T 9/13/2022 We are working on a very important emergency communication (EMCOMM) project that will involve an implementation of the Direwolf virtual TNC software. If you...

By Kent Petty Published September 13, 2022 ARES, EMCOMM, Public Service, RF Experiments

AL7ID in Fairbanks Area Looking For Anchorage Contacts on 6 Meters Meteor Scatter

Hi there, Anybody in the Anchorage area running MSK144 on 6 Meters for meteor scatter? There’s shower coming up next week and I’m trying to test 6 Meters WSJT-X MSK144....

By Kent Petty Published August 8, 2022 DX, RF Experiments

33cm Portable Operations in KL7CU’s Driveway

From: Craig Bledsoe, KL7H May 5, 2022 Here are some photos that I took of Mike Masters, KL7CU, operating on 927.5 MHz FM during tonight’s edition of the South Central...

By Kent Petty Published May 5, 2022 900 MHz, Antennas, Nets, RF Experiments

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

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

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