On the heels of a successful Technician licensing class in Des Moines, the Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Waukee Community School District’s Community Education program, offering a Technician licensing class beginning on February 24. Classes will be held each Thursday beginning at 7 p.m., and ending […]

Kenneth M. Kelling, 85, passed away Friday, January 14, 2011, at Iowa Lutheran Hospital. Cremation will take place and a visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 18, 2011, at Ankeny Funeral Home. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday at Ankeny First United Methodist Church, 206 SW Walnut […]

Tonights Polk ARES meeting has been postponed until February 8. The incident command courses will be held at that time as well.

On January 10th at 7:00 p.m., Polk County ARES and Polk County EMA will be holding a meeting at the new county operations center at 1907 Carpenter. Jon Davis will be teaching the IS-100 and IS-700 classes. Anyone wishing to become NIMS compliant should attend the meeting.

Larry Vandewater N0BKB is the recipient of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association’s 2010 Winthrop Mager Award. Vandewater, of Greenfield, is an Extra-class amateur radio operator that has a hand in many aspects of amateur radio in central Iowa, and was recently featured in an article about amateur radio in The Iowan, where he was […]

A nostalgic look at the amateur radio operator’s Christmas Holidays. Video by Phil Hamilton, W4KTL.

The purpose of the Winthrop Mager Award is to perpetuate the memory of the Rev. Winthrop M. Mager WØMJH, and to stimulate the activity in all fields of amateur radio in the central Iowa area. It is awarded by the Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association. Any radio operator with any class license who is a […]

The Yavapai Amateur Radio Club (YARC) of Prescott, AZ will operate a special event station November 17, 2010, in celebration of NRA’s 139th birthday. The amateur radio station will operate from the Gunsite Academy’s 2,000-acre campus north of Prescott, AZ. The special event call sign will be K7NRA, an FCC-licensed amateur radio station. The operation […]

DMRAA member Ben Sinclair, KC0ZMX, was featured in a business article in the September 21 edition of the Des Moines Register. Ben is a programming entrepreneur, having successfully launched several tech ventures in the Des Moines area. You can read the article by clicking here.

The Camporee expected to have 10,000 Scouts and parents. While the weather degenerated during the day Saturday, many scouts and leaders visited the ham demo area. PowerFilms of Ames provided a 2kW PowerShade. The National Weather Service also had a booth with us. Several local Ham groups joined forces to do the event. The Des […]