Join us for a presentation by Scott Kirstein, NØOOD on Emergency Preparedness.  Are you prepared? August 28th, 2018 7:00 PM Waveland Room, 2nd floor Plymouth Congregational Church 42nd & Ingersoll  Des Moines, IA

Join Larry,  KAØFTO for his presentation / discussion EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS.  Larry will help us understand the ins and outs of Fiber Optic communications. July 24th, 2018 7:00 PM Waveland Room, 2nd floor Plymouth Congregational Church 42nd & Ingersoll  Des Moines, IA June 26th, 2018

We have be notified by Plymouth Church of a scheduling conflict.  Unfortunately we are forced to cancel the June meeting.  Please join us July 24th, 2018  Larry KA0FTO will present “EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT FIBER OPTIC” SYSTEMS. 7:00PM  Waveland Room Plymouth Congregational Church 42nd & Ingersoll, Des Moines

Join us May 22nd for a travel log to the Dayton Hamvention.  Presented my Mike, AEØMW this offers the folks that couldn’t make it to the Hamvention an opportunity to see what they missed.  May is also the time each year that the DMRAA elcts board members and officers. May 22nd, 2018 7:00PM Waveland Room […]

Please join is April 24th for a presentation by Juan Truillo NØPSF.  Juan travelled to Puerto Rico with the Red Cross immediately following the massive huricane Maria.  He took many pictures and his story is very interesting. April 24th, 2018 7:00PM Waveland Room Plymouth Congregational Church 42nd & Ingersoll, Des Moines

Join us March 27th for a presentation by PowerFilm a solar manufacturing company located in Ames.  PowerFilm has been very helpful to Polk County ARES in providing a solar panel for the new ARES trailer.  This panel fully maintains the batter system in the trailer.  An inovator in flexible solar panels their discussion will be […]

SKYWARN Spotter Training The National Weather Service will conduct their annual Spotter training at the February 27th meeting. All amateurs are invited and encouraged to attend. General Public is also welcome. Please join us. 7:00 PM Recital Hall, 3rd floor Plymouth Congregational Church 42nd & Ingersoll  Des Moines, IA  

With the development and arrival of the Multi-Mode Digital Voice Modem software we now have the ability to choose from four modes within one repeater. Ray, WØRAY will show this capability in a repeater system that operates with D-Star, DMR, P25, Yaesu System Fusion. Join us, 7:00 PM  January 23rd, 2018 Waveland Room (2nd floor) […]

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Join us for an update to DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) in Des Moines and Iowa.  Since the DMR repeater became operational in April there has been a tremendous amount of DMR activity.  This presentation is intended to bring local users up to date on all things digital.  Feel free top bring your radios to be […]