The 2023 DMRAA Hamfest was a success!  Thank you to all the attendees, vendors and volunteers that made it happen!   A reminder that with the hamfest that there is no regular membership meeting this month that would have normally been held Tuesday 04/25.

The March meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday March 28th, 2023 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. Clint Miller K0GR will present Radio Direction Finding and Foxhunting activities. Check out K0GR and W0YR “Tape Measure” Yagi Antenna […]

The February meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday February 28th, 2023 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. The presentation will be by Bob Jimmerson, KA0OMM covering soldering from installing PL-259s to circuit board repair.  Bob trained many […]

For January, we are starting the new year with an opportunity to operate HF from the club station (Hopefully everyone remembers any new skills they discovered during the club’s Field Day event this past June). The event is Saturday January 21st, 2023 starting at noon and concluding at 6:00pm, held at the DMRAA club station […]

Please join us for the 2022 DMRAA Christmas Party and get together. The event will be held at Bianchi’s Hilltop Restaurant (2820 Hubbell Ave, Des Moines, IA 50317) on the East Side of Des Moines on Tuesday, December 13th at 6:30pm. The club has reserved the Party Room (left side, rear of the building) starting […]

The November meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be our annual Chili Feed and Auction held 6:00pm Tuesday November 22nd, 2022 at the St Paul Presbyterian Church 6426 Merle Hay Rd, Johnston, IA 50131.  Admission is $10.  This includes both the meal and the auction.  The club receives 10% of the sale […]

The October meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday October 25th, 2022 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. The presentation will be by Tim Covey of the Iowa Society of Amateur Rocketeers on building, launching and recovery of […]

The September meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday September 27th, 2022 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. The presentation topic will be DMR (Digital Mobile Radio). Future meetings: 10/04/22 DMRAA Board Meeting @ Fort Des Moines Museum […]

Please find an abbreviated version of our recently conducted fall survey attached to this post. The board will be reviewing these items during upcoming meetings and making changes as necessary. The first change will be an increase in email notifications of meetings and events. A notification will be sent several days in advance of a […]

With the summer vacation season in full swing, we will not have a July meeting. The August meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held Tuesday August 23rd, 2022 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. The presentation topic will be Emergency/Disaster […]