Anchorage ARC Inc
Contact Information
- Club Name:
- Anchorage ARC Inc
- Call Sign:
- KL7AA
- Contact:
- Richard P. Tweet KL2AZ
- Daytime Phone:
- (907) 345-0719
- Evening Phone:
- (907) 345-0719
- Email:
- PRESIDENT@KL7AA.ORG
Basic Information
- Call Sign:
- KL7AA
- Annual Report:
- Jan 02nd 2024
- Meeting Time:
- First Thursday of each month, 7 pm.
- Meeting Place:
- Radio Science and Operations Center, 6721 Raspberry Rd, Anchorage
- Section:
- AK
- Affiliation Date:
- May 12th 1951
- Specialties:
- Contest, Digital Modes, DX, General Interest, Public Service/Emergency, Repeaters, School or Youth Group, VHF/UHF
- Services Offered:
- Club Newsletter, Entry-Level License Classes, General Or Higher License Classes, Hamfest, License Test Sessions, Mentor, Repeater, Tvi/RFI Committee
- Description:
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The Anchorage Amateur Radio Club serves the entire 1,963 square miles of the Municipality of Anchorage including Anchorage proper, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Eagle River, Chugiak, Peters Creek, Eklutna, Indian, Bird Creek, Girdwood, and Portage. It covers 80 miles of highway from its northern reaches on the Glenn Highway at Eklutna to its southern reaches just past Portage on the Seward Highway. It operates numerous voice repeaters, packet digipeaters, VHF, UHF, and HF Winlink RMSs, an APRS digipeater/I-gate, and high-speed AREDN mesh network. The club’s clubhouse is its Radio Science and Operations Center (RSOC) located at the former FCC monitoring station in west Anchorage. From there, its “operations” area includes 5 HF stations, a satellite station, mesh network connectivity, and an assortment of VHF and UHF equipment of many types including interoperability equipment. The club also operates the Anchorage ARC VEC, offers license prep classes as well as an assortment of STEM education courses, and is the primary sponsor of ARES in the Anchorage area. The club call is KL7AA. Meetings: 7:00 PM, 1st Thursday, every month at the Radio Science and Operations Center, 6721 Raspberry Road. Club website: https://kl7aa.org. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kl7aa/. Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnchorageARC. Newsletters/Newsletter archives: https://kl7aa.org/newsletters/. E-mail info@kl7aa.org for more information.
- Links:
- http://KL7AA.ORG
Club Statistics
- Club Members:
- 283
- Voting Members:
- 193
- Voting Licensed Amateur Members:
- 170
- Voting ARRL Members:
Anchorage ARC Inc Officers
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Contact, President, Editor
Richard P. Tweet KL2AZ -
Treasurer
Kent Petty KL5T -
Vice President
T J Sheffield KL7TS