The Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association sponsors classes geared towards earning the entry level amateur radio technician license and classes for upgrading from technician level to the general license level.  The instructors are members of the DMRAA that have volunteered their time. Amateur Radio General License Classes What: Amateur Radio General License Classes When: Wednesday […]

The 2022 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Chili Feed and Auction will be Tuesday November 22, 2022 6:00pm at the St Paul Presbyterian Church 6426 Merle Hay Rd, Johnston, IA 50131.  Admission is $10.  This includes both the meal and the auction. Bring the extra gear you haven’t used for a while and put it […]

The last scheduled ARES event for the year is approaching on Sunday October 16th, 2022 with the IMT Des Moines Marathon. If you are interested in helping with this event, please sign up below. Sign-up for ARES Events

With the summer vacation season in full swing, we will not have a July meeting. The August meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held Tuesday August 23rd, 2022 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. The presentation topic will be Emergency/Disaster […]

The June meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held Tuesday June 28th, 2022 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA.  We will recap Field Day results and then the presentation will be by Mike AE0MW and Pat KD9BBA on projects you […]

The 2022 Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association WØAK Field Day will be held at THE FORT DES MOINES MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER,  officially beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 25 and ending at 1 p.m. the next day, Sunday, June 26. WØAK will be operating as a 3A station — all stations will be […]

The program for the May meeting will be a guided tour of the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center – the home of the DMRAA club station, as well as our annual elections. As in the past, we will be taking nominations from the floor during the meeting, but the current slate of candidates […]

The first ARES events of 2022 are almost  here.  The American Lung Association Fight for Air Climb is May 7th at Principal Park.  The following weekend on May 14th is the Market to Market Relay If you are interested in helping with either event, please sign up below. Sign-up for ARES Events

The April DMRAA meeting is being cancelled (hopefully you were able to find new hardware to play with at the Hamfest 🙂 ) The program for the May meeting will be a guided tour of the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center – the home of the DMRAA club station, as well as our […]

The DMRAA board elections will be held at the May membership meeting.  If any licensed amateur in good standing with the club that has been a member for at least a year is interested in serving in any capacity on the board, that person should reach out to Ray, W0RAY, by email ([email protected]).  This is […]