Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club Presents HamFest 2015 Sunday, August 2nd 8 AM – 1 PM Cedar Rapids, Iowa Teamsters’ Hall – 5000 J Street   Click here for the CVARC Hamfest 2015 flyer

Polk County ARES will provide communications for the evaluators at the upcoming Des Moines International Airport, Full Scale Exercise August 8th.  Approximately 30 operators will be needed.  Please contact Scott NØOOD at [email protected] to sign up or for additional details. Note: This will be a major topic at the Polk County ARES Quarterly Meeting, Monday, July 20 […]

Be sure and have a look in the Xtra / Buy Sell page.  Dixie, NØGSD is selling Ham Radio gear from her husband Don’s, NØGMK shack.  

Polk County Emergency Management  excited to again offer both the ICS-300 and ICS-400 courses here in Central Iowa at the Polk County Emergency Operations Center.  Many of the past course offerings have resulted in full classes with waiting lists.  Course descriptions and links to register for either or both courses are below. ICS-300 Intermediate ICS for […]

FCC Eliminating Vanity Call Sign Fee The FCC is dropping the regulatory fee to apply for an Amateur Radio vanity call sign. The change will not go into effect, however, until required congressional notice has been given. This will take at least 90 days. As the Commission explained in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, Report […]

The 2015 Robert M. Evans award was presented to Jon Davis, KCØUSS, during the DMRAA’s Hamfest on April 18.  Davis, who is also the Deputy Director for Polk County Emergency Management, has demonstrated  his support of both the DMRAA and ARES in various ways throughout the years, and helped to raise the profile of the […]

ARRL EC-001 has been canceled Since there was only one registration for the Field EC-001 course that was scheduled for 24-26 Apr 2015, I have canceled the course. Joe Hoepfner 319-215-9709  

The DMRAA is pleased to announce that we will be offering a technician study class in Des Moines. The class will meet at Roosevelt High March 26, 2015 at 7:00 pm .  The class cost is $25, and students will also need to purchase a study guide from the ARRL.  Copies will be available at […]

WHO Radio 1040 AM will broadcast two separate Public Service Announcements (PSAs) that feature Amateur Radio. The 30 second messages recorded by Scott, NØOOD will feature a DMRAA promotion and a Polk County ARES promotion.  Both PSAs will direct those interested to our DMRAA webpage.  Special thanks to Van Harden of WHO Radio for facilitating […]

  7th Annual Winter RF Fest Hiawatha Amateur Radio Club Saturday, February 28th 2015 8 a.m. to Noon at the Perry National Guard Armory 2930 Willis Ave. Admission $5    Tables $7  Special presentation from Joe Eisenburg, KØNEB. ARRL Forum with Iowa Section Manager Bob McCaffrey, KCØCY. Consignment table and Refreshments available  VE Testing.   To reserve a table e-mail: [email protected]