The following are candidates for the 2013-2014 selection of DMRAA Officers and Board. The election will be held at the May general meeting on May 28. You must be a DMRAA member in good standing to be able to vote. Nominations can also be taken from the floor at the meeting. President (1 year term) [...]

Kenwood TM-V71A dual-band mobile radio Rick Wagner N0PBO, Indianola $50 ARRL gift certificate and Cen-Tech 7-function multi-tester Walter Chivers WD0FYJ, Urbandale Baofeng UV-5R dual-band portable radio Bob Powers N0YKX, Boone $50 ARRL gift certificate and Cen-Tech 7-function multi-tester Lanny Benishek KB0TTJ, Urbandale Baofeng UV-5R dual-band portable radio Mike Weaver K0BGP, Shellsburg $25 ARRL gift certificate [...]

The Cyclone Amateur Radio Club (CARC) will be operating as WØI on central campus during VEISHEA from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. They are celebrating 100 years of amateur radio on campus. Listen for them around 7.275, 14.275, and 28.375 as well as the CARC repeaters (147.375 or 443.375) and give [...]

Good day: I am presently putting together a “travel package” through NW Tours to reserve a tour bus with room and board for all interested HAM radio operators who would like to attend the Dayton Hamvention® 2013 – “DX Hamvention” – May 17-19, 2013. If you have an interest and a sincere desire to go [...]

The Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association will be holding a general-class study group beginning on February 21. The class will be held at the Northwest Community Center, 5110 Franklin Ave., just west of the Franklin Avenue Library. The first class will be February 21 and will meet on successive Thursdays from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. [...]

You can work K0DMX via the MISA linked repeater system, HF SSB, or D-STAR (Reflector 001C). The 14th Annual Skywarn Recognition Day (SRD) will be held at National Weather Service offices around the nation to celebrate the contributions amateur radio operators make during severe weather. The Des Moines National Weather Service (NWS) office, located at [...]

During a two-week period, beginning September 6, 2012, the Doppler radar at your National Weather Service Forecast Office will undergo an upgrade to incorporate new technology. For these two weeks, radar data will be unavailable from NWS Des Moines! Surrounding radar sites include: Sioux Falls, SD Minneapolis, MN La Crosse, WI Quad Cities, IA Kansas City, [...]

The Story County Amateur Radio Club is inviting hams to participate in a Fox Hunt, or hidden transmitter hunt, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Sunday, August 12, 2012, in Ames, Iowa. We request all interested hunters assemble in the parking lot west of Ames City Hall (behind the Ames Veteran’s Memorial, Grand Avenue [...]

DES MOINES, Iowa – Central Iowa “hams” will join with thousands of amateur radio operators who will be demonstrating their emergency capabilities on June 23 and 24, capping off National Amateur Radio Week. At the event – a 24-hour exhibition called Field Day – the public will have a chance to meet and talk with [...]

The following is the ballot for the 2012-2013 selection of DMRAA Officers and Board. The election will be held at the May general meeting on May 22. You must be a DMRAA member in good standing to be able to vote. Nominations can also be taken from the floor at the meeting. President (1 year [...]