Bring your go-kits and D-STAR questions to the next general meeting on Tuesday, August 25. Several administrators of the Des Moines D-STAR system will be on hand to talk about digital voice and data. Following their presentation, a show-and-tell will happen about go-kits. Those who have go-kits are encouraged to bring them to the meeting. [...]

ARRL Iowa Section Manager Tom Brehmer, N0LOH will be at our July general meeting to talk about ARRL affairs and Iowa. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. at Plymouth Congregational Church in Des Moines. All are welcome to attend!

Tom Briles KB0NFF will be our featured presenter at the next general meeting.

Now that the dust has settled from the Hamfest, it’s time to get ready for FIELD DAY! Board member Dean Madsen (N0XR) will be getting us up speed on what we need to know to handle the logging for this year’s field day, as well as answer questions concerning the event itself.

KC4VG is back from the land of eternal sunshine, cool waves and pile ups. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes (or what too take) on a tropical island DX-pedition, here’s your chance. We’ll even put a fancy umbrella in your coffee if we can figure out where to get them…

If you stopped counting at OSCAR-23, then you’ll be surprised what’s happened in the world of Amateur Radio Satellites. Come join us as KoMDJ makes the trip from Cedar Rapids to bring us up to speed on the latest in extraterrestial communication.

Can’t tell a wall cloud from a rain cloud? Don’t worry, the National Weather Service will be providing its annual Severe Weather Spotter training at the 2/24 meeting. The meeting is open to the general public (as always) and would be a great meeting for your friends and family members to attend.
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So, you think you know everything about ham radio, eh? Well have you ever heard about Near Vertical Incidence Skywave? Our own Dan Miller, KCØFRL has, and he’s going to be teaching us all about NVIS and NVIS antennas at this month’s general meeting. 7:00 pm is when it all starts, at the usual location: [...]

The January/February 2009 issue of the Static Sheet is now available for downloading. If you want to view it now, simply click here with your left mouse button (or right click and select “save target as” to download). This issue contains:

What really happened at the DMRAA Christmas Party and Chili Feed (with photos!)
What’s coming up [...]

Now that 2009 has finally arrived, it’s time to mark up your new calendars with our GENERAL MEETING DATES:
27 January 200924 February 200924 March 200925 April 2009 – Date of HAMFEST28 April 200926 May 200923 June 200927 June 2009 – Yep, it’s FIELD DAY28 July 200925 August 200922 September 2009
Unless otherwise noted, all meetings begin [...]