Join us for the quarterly Polk County ARES meeting October 13th 7:00 PM at the Polk County Emergency Operations Center, 1907 Carpenter.  Meeting will include discussion about the upcoming Des Moines Marathon.  Urbandale Fire Assistant Chief EMS Rob Light will discuss the procedures for the Living History Farms Cross Country Race. We will also have for […]

    You won’t need to look very far to find a host of fun and rewarding things to add to your list of to-do items after Labor Day.   September (September 27th) will be the annual Head of the Des Moines Rowing Regatta.  Contact Bruce, KCØZMT [email protected] to help. We understand that the Hiawatha Amateur […]

It is not too early to sign up for the 26.2 mile wonder.  Approximately 45 operators will be needed to provide safe and effective communications to the IMT Des Moines Marathon this year. Please contact Rick Allen, NØCFL or Bruce Brumm, KCØZMT

We’re a couple of weeks away from the event, 27-Sept-2014.  Looks like we could use a few additional operators. Please let me know  if you are available.   We can be flexible with positions if you’d like to change this year. We’ll have the Polk County ARES trailer on-site this year and will operate Scorekeeping/”Net […]

For your situational awareness, aerial patrols of Mid-American electric transmission lines will take place September 10th -12th. To complete the patrols, the helicopter will be flying at low levels. Please be advised that it will be in the vicinity of Mid-American’s substation and generating facilities.  The contracted helicopter is a white and brown with gold stripe […]

Polk County ARES provided communication operators for the recent NDMS (National Defense Medical System) full scale exercise.   This time the radios were provided by the hospitals and utilized their own 800 Mhz system.  Net control struggled a bit to get the information out using a 800 Mhz HT.  That said we all adapted and […]

  Three plastic foil-envelope balloons carrying Amateur Radio payloads and launched from the UK by Leo Bodnar, M0XER, remain aloft and continue to circle the Earth. The oldest, identified as B-63, was released on July 8 and became the second of Bodnar’s balloons to circumnavigate the globe. The first to do so, B-64, went up […]

The Great Ames Adventure Race (GAAR) will be held Sunday morning, September 7th at Ada Hayden Heritage Park in north Ames.  Individuals or teams up to four will compete on a course consisting of a three-mile canoe race, followed by a 15-mile bike ride and finishing with a 5K run.  See www.greatamesadventurerace.org for more information.  The Story County […]

The latest Static Sheet is now posted.   Just Click on the cover page to open the August 2014 Static Sheet.  Enjoy!  

The Des Moines NDMS (National Defense Medical System) full scale exercise is scheduled for Thursday September 4th.  This exercise occurs every 3 years.  About 15 operators will be needed at the airport and local hospitals.  You will not need to bring any personal equipment Contact Scott Kirstein NØOOD at (515) 490-7414 or [email protected]