RF Experiments – Anchorage Amateur Radio Club

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

NSF Funds Creation of Research Lab at Alaska’s HAARP

04/15/2021 A 5-year, $9.3 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant will allow the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute to establish a new research observatory at the High-frequency Active...

By Walter Yankauskas Published April 19, 2021 ARRL, General Info, 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

ABS Mast Experiment

In the fall of 2018 I decided to experiment with constructing an antenna mast with ABS pipe. The saying is that “the only experiment that is a failure, is one...

By Walter Yankauskas Published April 9, 2020 Equipment, RF Experiments

USB Interference Fun on HF

On Thursday, 4/18/19, we acquired a shelf to use in our ham shack/office/workshop room. On Friday I organized and set it up to use as a radio bench and computer...

By jflimeiii Published April 26, 2019 Interference, RF Experiments

Youth Summer Radio Camp Offered at RSOC

The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club (AARC) is holding a 5-day summer camp targeting youth’s entering grades 7-12. There will be offerings for a 4-hour morning session (8 AM to 12...

By Kent Petty Published April 25, 2019 ARES, Direction Finding, Education, Mesh Networking, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations

AARC Assists with Successful UNC-Chapel Hill SEDS Club Experiment

Boris Mesits, KE8JLB, is a student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is a member of their SEDS Club (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space)....

By Kent Petty Published April 8, 2019 APRS, Education, RF Experiments, Working Wednesday

AARC Assists with Ghosts in the Air Glow

The AARC is assisting Professor Amanda Dawn Christie of Concordia University with reception and live streaming of her art/science transmissions from HAARP. Day one, Monday, March 25 wrapped up with...

By Kent Petty Published March 26, 2019 DX, Education, Events, Press Release, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations

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