Tonights Polk ARES meeting has been postponed until February 8. The incident command courses will be held at that time as well.

On January 10th at 7:00 p.m., Polk County ARES and Polk County EMA will be holding a meeting at the new county operations center at 1907 Carpenter. Jon Davis will be teaching the IS-100 and IS-700 classes. Anyone wishing to become NIMS compliant should attend the meeting.

Larry Vandewater N0BKB is the recipient of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association’s 2010 Winthrop Mager Award. Vandewater, of Greenfield, is an Extra-class amateur radio operator that has a hand in many aspects of amateur radio in central Iowa, and was recently featured in an article about amateur radio in The Iowan, where he was [...]

A nostalgic look at the amateur radio operator’s Christmas Holidays. Video by Phil Hamilton, W4KTL.

The Yavapai Amateur Radio Club (YARC) of Prescott, AZ will operate a special event station November 17, 2010, in celebration of NRA’s 139th birthday. The amateur radio station will operate from the Gunsite Academy’s 2,000-acre campus north of Prescott, AZ. The special event call sign will be K7NRA, an FCC-licensed amateur radio station. The operation [...]

DMRAA member Ben Sinclair, KC0ZMX, was featured in a business article in the September 21 edition of the Des Moines Register. Ben is a programming entrepreneur, having successfully launched several tech ventures in the Des Moines area. You can read the article by clicking here.

The Camporee expected to have 10,000 Scouts and parents. While the weather degenerated during the day Saturday, many scouts and leaders visited the ham demo area. PowerFilms of Ames provided a 2kW PowerShade. The National Weather Service also had a booth with us. Several local Ham groups joined forces to do the event. The Des [...]

Cass Nemmers, 46, passed away September 1, 2010 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. Cass was born May 27, 1964 in Sioux City, IA to Sylvester and Jean (Cass) Nemmers. He was a deputy with Polk County. Most importantly, Cass was an amazing father and husband of 26 years. He loved to ride his two Harley [...]

Polk County Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) will participate in the Boy Scouts of America 100th Encampment at Water Works Park in Des Moines. On display at the amateur radio booth will be a Flex 5000 software-defined radio display, backpack HF station, HF station, D-STAR station, and a VHF/UHF station. The National Weather Service and [...]

The Iowa Section Youth Award is intended to recognize a young ham, who has demonstrated his or her tremendous dedication to Amateur Radio through his or her activities. Requirements Nominees for the Iowa Section Youth Award must meet the following requirements to be considered for this award: A current Iowa resident A licensed Amateur Radio [...]