June 27th Meeting The June meeting will be a presentation via Skype by DX Engineering. Mike AEØMW will host Please join us. 7:00 PM Recital Hall, 3rd floor Plymouth Congregational Church 4 2nd & Ingersoll Des Moines, IA

The Des Moines Radio Amateur Association will provide a 1-Day Amateur Radio entry level class.   When;  Saturday, September 23, 2017 8:00 AM  to about 7:00 PM   Where: Edgewater Retirement Community 9225 Cascade Ave, West Des Moines Wellness Room (ground level, west of the main entrance on the south side of the facility)   […]

The Story County Amateur Radio Club is hosting a Fox Hunt, or hidden transmitter hunt, on Sunday, June 11th in Ames, Iowa. We request all interested hunters assemble in the parking lot west of Hy-Vee Gas, Grand Avenue and Lincoln Way to register with the hunt leader and receive the rules briefing. Hunters may be individuals or teams and the […]

The next Polk County ARES will be the annual Head of the Des Moines Rowing Regatta, September 30th, 2017 Bruce KCØZMT will be leading this event.   Please go to the ARES page to sign up.  https://dmraa.com/ares  

Mike, AEØMW gave a nice overview of the 2017 Hamvention.  The location was new this year as the Hamvention moved to Xenia Ohio, just south of Dayton at the County Fairgrounds.  Blessed with an amazing amount of rain the visitors managed to slog through the less than perfect grassy/mud lanes.  The message that Mike gave […]

Dallas County ARES is looking for a few good people to help provide communications for the American Diabetes Tour de Cure bicycle ride June 10th.  The event offers riders the opportunity to ride from Urbandale to Jamaica and back.  The ride takes about 10 operators.  Please contact Don, KCØMTF  at [email protected] (515) 306-6352 if you can help. […]

The new DMR repeater located in Grimes and serving the greater Des Monies area is now on it’s permanent frequency 444.725.  DMR owners should have updated their codeplugs to include the new frequency.  We want to thank the D-Star group for the use of it’s tower space for the last month. If you need assistance […]

Don Price is looking for a few good people to help provide communications for the American Diabetes Tour de Cure bicycle ride June 10th.  The event offers riders the opportunity to ride from Urbandale to Jamaica and back.  The ride takes about 10 operators.  Please contact Don, KCØMTF  at [email protected] (515) 306-6352 if you can help. if […]

The annual Dam to Dam Half Marathon Race takes place on June 3rd.  This race that starts at Saylorville Dan and finishes in Downtown Des Moines sees approximately 8000 plus runners and a large number of spectators.  This event takes 3o operators and starts at 7:00am and finishes by 11:00.  Please go to  https://dmraa.com/ares to […]

The annual Market to Market Race is this coming weekend.  All operators have been assigned.  More information will be sent out Tuesday evening.  If you missed this event please sign-up for the Dam to Dam Half Marathon, June 3rd, 2017 Go to https://dmraa.com/ares to sign-up.