RSOC Operations – Page 5 – 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

Hot Transmitter on 147.93 MHz Found and Shut Down

On the afternoon of October 10, a transmitter keyed up on 147.93 MHz. This happens to be the input frequency for club’s Grubstake VHF repeater (147.33/93). As a result, the...

By Kent Petty Published October 12, 2018 APRS, Direction Finding, RF Experiments, RSOC Operations

RSOC “Battery Lab” Operational

The following is a slightly edited version of an article published in the AARC September 2018 Newsletter. It was time, the AARC has received so many battery donations over...

By Kent Petty Published September 17, 2018 Donations, Equipment, RSOC Operations, Working Wednesday

A Really Big Day, Up and Away!

Saturday was a busy, busy day at the RSOC. A dandy crew of folks got together to tune up our AB-105 tower with a proper accoutrement of antennas, from 20...

By Kent Petty Published September 9, 2018 ARES, Contesting, Donations, DX, Equipment, FCC Building, Fundraising, RSOC Operations

RSOC Antenna Work – Thanks for Donations!

A major upgrade to the RSOC antenna system is planned for this Saturday. It will include stripping a gang of old FCC leftover antennas from the tower mast, as well...

By Kent Petty Published September 6, 2018 Donations, FCC Building, RSOC Operations, Volunteer

Update – Who Are Our Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts? We’ve got a project!

NOTE: Please see below. We had some problems with the form attached to this previous post, so I you submitted the form, we probably didn’t get it. We’re taking a different...

By Kent Petty Published September 4, 2018 APRS, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Repeaters, RSOC Operations

Who Are Our Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts? We’ve got a project!

There’s a great opportunity for our Raspberry Pi enthusiasts to take on an important and interesting project for the club. If successful, it might be something that many of our...

By Kent Petty Published August 31, 2018 APRS, Equipment, Mesh Networking, Repeaters, RSOC Operations

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

RSOC Linked to AARC Anchorage MESH

Today, Richard Tweet, KL2AZ, and Kent Petty, KL5T, installed MESH gear at Anchorage International Airport’s former Fire Station 2 building. This facility lies just to the northwest of the intersection...

By Kent Petty Published July 7, 2018 ARES, FCC Building, Mesh Networking, RSOC Operations

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