The Great Ames Adventure Race (GAAR) will be held Sunday morning, September 10th at Ada Hayden Heritage Park in north Ames.  Individuals or teams up to four will compete on a course consisting of a three-mile canoe race, followed by a 15-mile bike ride and finishing with a 5K run.  See www.greatamesadventurerace.org for more information. […]

DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) is continuing to gain momentum around Iowa.  Last count shows well over 425 hams registered in Iowa.  The weekly 3119 statewide net had 86 check-ins this Sunday night.  The new TYT dual-band mobile is starting to hit Iowa.  Many folks now know what a “codeplug” is!  The new radios for the […]

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 […]

The annual DMRAA ChiliFeed and Auction.  This once a year event helps you thin out the shack and then fill it back up again!  Auction cost is $6 and includes the chili.  Help a new ham get his shack started and make your wife happy about it! 6:00 PM food 7: PM Auction November 21st, 2017  […]

Our August 22nd Meeting will Feature Polk County Deputy Emergency Manager speaking about  “Emergency Preparedness”.  Are you prepared.  What can we all do to minimize the consequences of a severe emergency?  What can we as Amateur Radio operators do to help?    Come to the meeting and find out. 7:00 PM August 22, 2017 2nd Floor […]

In addition to the SCARC potluck picnic that evening, the Story County Amateur Radio Club is hosting a Fox Hunt, or hidden transmitter hunt, on Sunday, August 13th in Ames, Iowa. We request all interested hunters assemble in the parking lot west of Hy-Vee Gas, Grand Avenue and Lincoln Way at 2 pm to register with the hunt leader and […]

Join us for the July 25th meeting and get a few bonuses.  First there will be ice cream novilties to enjoy while socializing.  Second, bring you HT and get the memories updated if needed.  This includes the DMR HTs as there will be a new master codeplug coming out very soon. 7:00 PM July 25, […]

Join us for the Quarterly Polk County ARES meeting.  Monday, 7:00 PM July 17 at the Polk County Emergency Operations Center.  1907 Carpenter, Des Moines.  Speaker will be Colonel Robert Hedgepeth (ret), KEØGSN.  The topic will be the upcoming communications exercise Operation Stable Mercury at Camp Dodge September 7th & 8th.  This exercise will include […]

The recent DMRAA Field Day at Yellow Banks County park was perfect.  Fantastic weather, plenty of contacts and much fun.  Have a look at the activities from the camera lens.  A fun time was had by all.  Unofficial numbers suggest that there were over 1500 contacts made. Click here to see more pictures.

Recently the Des Moines Radio Amateur’s Association and Polk County ARES placed two repeaters at Broadlawns Hospital in Des Moines.  The DMRAA placed a Yaesu Fusion repeater on 145.130- tone 114.8.  Polk County ARES added a Motorola MTR-2000 with a frequency of 444.050+ and a tone of 151.4.  Both repeaters are local area repeaters, share […]