The next scheduled meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be on the regular 4th Tuesday of the month, February 22, 2022 at 7:00 PM.  The program will be constructing a HotSpot for DMR, DStarr, Fusion and other modes using a Raspberry Pi and a MMDVM daughter board.  Please join us and see […]

The DMRAA Tailgate will be held at Fort Des Moines Muesum at 75 E Army Post Rd in Des Moines on Saturday October 16th. The “gates” will open at 7am. The North parking lot will be reserved for tailgate sellers. There will be coffee and cookies available, as well as the possibility of touring the DMRAA club […]

This month’s meeting will be a hybrid meeting. We will be meeting in person at the Fort Des Moines Museum, 75 East Army Post Road at 7pm on Tuesday, August 24. The meeting will also be presented via Zoom at the link below.  This month’s topic will give us an overview of QSO Parties. The […]

Dean Madsen, N0XR, will be presenting a Field Day Primer in preparation for Field Day 2021 this coming weekend.  This meeting will be in person at Fort Des Moines located at 75 E Army Post Rd, in Des Moines.  Meeting will start at 7:00 PM.

Pat McIntyre, KD9BBA, will present on building an aviation ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast) receiver using a RaspBerry Pi, a Software Defined Receiver and a home built antenna.

If you are interested in helping to steer the development of the club station at Fort Des Moines please reach out to Bob, W0SMS

The DMRAA board elections will be held in May.  If any licensed amateur in good standing with the club is interested in serving in any capacity on the board that person should reach out to Dean, N0XR, by email ([email protected]).  This is an opportunity to participate and get involved in the direction of the club.

The National Weather Service is hosting a final session on Advanced Storm Spotter Training on Monday, April 19th at 7:00 pm.  This was moved to online due to COVID concerns.  It is a 60-75 minute presentation that will cover information about identifying/reporting severe weather, spotter safety, severe weather climatology in Iowa, thunderstorm structure and more. […]

Bob and Dennis will will provide an update on the status of the club station and future work needed at Ft Des Moines and what that means for DMRAA members and the amateur radio community.  There will be time for questions and answers. Note: New Zoom Link required. Prior links will not work.  Click this link […]