Thank you to those that helped with antenna work the first and second weekends of June.  The new Mosley antenna is up!   Remember the club station is open 10am to 2pm the third Saturday of the month.  

Congratulations to the following members that were elected as an officer or director on the board of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association. President Dean Madsen, N0XR Vice President Jason Walerius, KE0IAV Secretary Jennifer Mayland, KE0VVY Treasurer Bill Claypool, NU0Q Director/Board Member Mark Globuschutz, K0MJG Bob Johnson, W0SMS Byron Gustafson, KE0HJP

A new Mosley Pro-57-B-40 antenna covering 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m and 40m has been donated to the club station.  Over the next couple weekends the existing antenna will need to be moved and the new antenna assembled and put on the tower.   Beams for 2m, 70cm and 1.2GHz are also available to put above […]

The May meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday May 28th, 2024 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. First order of business will be the election of officers and board members.  All members in good standing that have […]

There is no club meeting on the regularly scheduled even Tuesday 04/23/2024.  Take this evening to gather your extra stuff to take to the hamfest on Saturday 04/27/2024!

One or two additional instructors are needed for the Technician License Class and the General License Class that the DMRAA sponsors throughout the year.  The instructor should be a General Class or Amateur Extra license holder and feel comfortable fielding questions regarding the technical topics involved in obtaining a Technician or General license.  It would […]

The antenna raising for Bob, KD0BR scheduled for Saturday 04/06/24 is postponed.  It will be reschedule to a future date yet to be determined.    

ANTENNA RAISING Needed four or five people that are willing to help getting two VHF/UHF antennas into service along with an HF vertical and an all band dipole. When is next Saturday, April 6. Time: 10:00 a.m. We will be getting the antennas into place and have lunch. If interested contact Bob, KD0BR at 515-334-7231 […]

The March meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday March 26th, 2024 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. The meeting will feature a presentation by David Raymond, W0FLS. Mr. Raymond, a Field Technical Representative for Motorola for many […]

The Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association is structured so that the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary along with the three of the six director positions are up for election annually with the election traditionally occurring during the May meeting. Any licensed amateur that has been a member of the club in good […]