The Lunch Bunch is moving to the Pizza Ranch effective September 7th, 2018.  After many years of Friday lunches at Buffet City it was decided to go for a change of venue.  The attendance has been sluggish and folks still coming decided to move the Friday get together to a new location.  The Lunch Bunch […]

September is Emergency Preparedness Month. In keeping with this theme, and broadening our scope a bit  beyond “radio preparedness,” Jon Davis will be presenting an Active Shooter training during our August meeting. August 28th, 2018 7:00 PM Waveland Room, 2nd floor Plymouth Congregational Church 42nd & Ingersoll  Des Moines, IA

  WHEN:       November 03, 2018   WHERE:    FORT DES MOINES MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER, 75 EAST ARMY POST ROAD As a prelude to VETERANS DAY, 2018, the Museum is sponsoring an event called Massing of Colors ( http://moww.org ) at approximately 10:00 AM on the grounds of the Museum. To help bring attention to this […]

We have scheduled the new one day tech class on October 27th, 2018.  One day class ,$100.00 They get all books, lunch, snacks and a custom programmed radio. we pay testing fee for that evening. Must be registered by October 13th, 2018 October 2018 Tech Flyer Fort Des Moines   What:       Amateur Radio Technician […]

Hey everyone, Paul WØYR and I decided to organize a group camp near the ARRL Midwest Division Convention, August 4th & 5th, at the Linn County Fairgrounds, Central City, Iowa. http://arrlmidwestconvention.org/ I reserved a group camp site at Pinicon Ridge County Park just a mile up the road from the fairgrounds.  https://www.mycountyparks.com/county/linn/Park/Pinicon-Ridge-Park.aspx Our group campsite is in a semi-modern to primitive area at the […]

We have scheduled the new one day tech class on October 27th, 2018  Same location, One day class ,$100.00 They get all books, lunch, snacks and a custom programmed radio. we pay testing fee for that evening. Must be registered by October 13th, 2018 October 2018 Tech Flyer Fort Des Moines   What:       Amateur […]

The annual Iowa State Fair Parade is our next Polk County ARES event.  The event uses 20 operators to provide communications to the event organizers.  The construction of the Grand Avenue bridge is now complete and the route is back to Grand Avenue.  Please go to https://dmraa.com/ares to sign up.

Ok the weather was great Saturday for set up.  Yellow Banks Park Shelter #1 is a great spot.  Not to hot and not to cold.  It was a little cloudy but that was ok.  Wow the folks that were setting up the site really knew what they were doing!  I did very little but they […]

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

Head of the Des Moines Rowing Regatta, September 29th, 2018.   The event uses 20 operators to provide communications to the event organizers.  Please go to https://dmraa.com/ares to sign up.