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]

Recently the South West Iowa Amateur Radio Association decided to link their repeaters to the the 443.400+ t151.4 repeater in Grimes.  This allows access to a number of repeaters in Southwest Iowa including Afton, Menlo, Creston, Prescott, Greenfield, Bedford, Osceola and Lenox.  There is a net every Sunday evening at 8:30 pm. and all are welcomed […]

School clubs are busily prepping their stations for The “Winter/Spring Term” School Club Roundup, which gets under way Monday, February 9 at 1300 UTC, and continues through Friday, February 13, at 2359 UTC. Stations may operate no more than 6 hours in any 24 hour period (up to a maximum of 24 hours). The twice-yearly […]

2015 ARES Events Fight for Air Climb, Sunday March 22, 2015 Market to Market, Saturday May 9th, 2015 Dam to Dam, Saturday May 30th, 2015 ARRL Field Day, June 27th -28th, 2015 Full Scale Airport Exercise, August 8th, 2015 Iowa State Fair Parade, August 12th, 2015 Head of the Des Moines Rowing Regatta, September 26th, 2015 Des Moines Marathon, October 18th, 2015 […]

When the new WØAK Kenwood repeater was installed in January of this year the DMRAA board decided to find an appropriate location and coordinate the club’s 2nd repeater WØAK-2 back to Des Moines. The board favored a spot at the Des Moines Veterans Hospital and we were able to get permission to install the old […]