The July DMRAA meeting featured a presentation by Tom, NØVPR on Repeaters and Linking.  The repeater portion of the PowerPoint presentation is now available on this website. It is available on the repeater page DMRAA.com/repeaters or you may click here DMRAA Repeater Talk for the presentation.  This information is quite useful when trying to understand local […]

Preceding the Sunday, August 14th Story County Amateur Radio Club Pot Luck, the club is also hosting another Fox Hunt, or hidden transmitter hunt, at 2:00 pm in Ames, Iowa. We request all interested hunters assemble in the parking lot at Moore Memorial Park, 3050 Northridge Pkwy, Ames IA 50010, west of Stange Road and the Somerset neighborhood. This location will work […]

The Warren Amateur Radio Society will be offering a FREE entry level (Technician) licensing class on Saturday & Sunday afternoons August 27-September 11, 2016, from 2-6pm. The class will be held in the training room, located in the basement of city hall (use South door). Advance registration is recommended, but not required. To register, or […]

The DMRAA will conduct a General License class this fall.  The class will be 7 weeks long and will start on Thursday, Sept. 8 and the last class, which will include the testing session on October 20. The sessions will be held at:   Edgewater Retirement Community Wellness Classroom 9225 Cascade Av. West Des Moines, IA   […]

Any Amateur Radio operator that considers themself well prepared, will keep certain items in their Go-Box ready for the unexpected.  Beyond the usual radios, batteries, antennas and cables, we must remember the other items too.  While shopping at Northern Tool this week an item begged for inclusion in the kit.  For a mere $3.00 was […]

Dallas County ARES is supporting the American Diabetes Assn annual Tour de Cure.  Bicycle riders ride from Clive to Jamaica Iowa and return.  This is quite an easy event to work and is over by 2:00 PM. Don, KCØMTF is looking for a couple of folks for next week’s “Tour de Cure” bicycle ride.  Contact […]

Please consider attending the Emergency Preparedness Business Summit on June 9th at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines. Share this invitation widely and encourage others to attend this important and informative event. See the attached flyer for details and registration information.  Click here for Flyer → Business Summit Flyer   Thank you, A.J. Mumm  

Polk County ARES will again provide the communication for the Market to Market Relay Race – May 7th, 2016 This event will require approximately 22 operators from 6:00am until 8:00pm, however most operators will work 4 – 5 hours shifts.  This is a great event to prepare our skills and equipment for emergency needs.  We are […]

We have received news that the KØGH 444.750+ tone 151.4 Coralville  repeater is now linked to the UHF system.  The link is made via the internet to Baxter KCØNFA 444.225+ tone 151.4.  The UHF system is a mostly RF linked system which has many repeaters.  This includes repeaters in Baxter, Grimes, Creston, Newton, Prescott, Menlo, […]

Story County Amateur Radio Emergency Service will host it’s 2nd 1-Day Technician Class May 14th in Ames. Study for and take the test same day! Our November class had over a 90% same-day pass rate!   Click here for Flyer → HamCram_flyer_May   Click her to register→ http://kb7vml.net/registration