The Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association is proud to continue the Cabin Fever Reliever swap meet and social event — a tradition started by Allen Johnson, W0KWM (SK), and Rich Amundson, WA0JFS (SK). Join us on Saturday, January 17, 2026 8:00am to 11:00am, at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center, located at 75 […]

The 2025 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Chili Feed and Auction will be Tuesday November 25, 2025 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 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will hold the annual Field Day event at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 East Army Post Road, Des Moines, IA June 27th through June 29th, 2025. We will be operating as a 5 Echo (five transmitters from a permanent station location on emergency power) entry […]

Now is the time to submit your table reservations for the 2025 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Hamfest by completing the electronic form on our website.  The webform will send an email to the person reserving the table (check your spam filter) and the hamfest committee.  No payment is due until you arrive at the […]

The February meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Associate will be at 7:00pm Tuesday February 25th at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center, 75 E Army Post Road in Des Moines. The program will be Storm Spotter Training by staff from the National Weather Service.

The 2024 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Chili Feed and Auction will be Tuesday November 26, 2024 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 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will hold the annual Field Day event at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 East Army Post Road, Des Moines, IA June 21st through June 23, 2024. We will be operating as a 5 Echo (five transmitters from a permanent station location on emergency power) entry […]

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.  

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 […]

We are pleased to announce the 2024 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Hamfest will be held in the Elwell Family Food Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 27nd, 2024.  Doors open to the public at 8:00am. For details or to reserve your table, please check out https://dmraa.com/hamfest We hope to see you […]