Beginning  Saturday, June 28th, the DMRAA will operate a 2 Meter evening net.  Tune your VHF rigs to the 146.940 repeater tone 114.8 at7:30pm  CDT for the weekly information net.  It has been a couple of decades since the club sponsored a local net.  The DMRAA will provide the repeater and net control […]

Polk County amateur radio operators — commonly known as “hams” — were presented with the Iowa Governor’s Volunteer Award by Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today in a ceremony at Southeast Polk High School. As part of the amateur radio hobby, operators give back to their community by providing communications support to these events and agencies […]

Polk County ARES will be receiving a 2014 Governor’s Volunteer Award. The awards ceremony is at 10:00am, Wednesday, June 18 at the Southeast Polk High School, 7945 NE University Avenue, Pleasant Hill. All ARES members are welcome to attend.  

Polk County ARES will participate in the annual Field Day activities.  Plans are for the Polk County ARES trailer to be stationed at the Field Day site for use as needed.  ARES will also provide two 3000KW Honda generators for use by the DMRAA.  We encourage all ARES members to stop by and participate in […]

Polk County ARES will again provide the communication for the Dam to Dam Half Marathon Race – May 31, 2014 This event will require approximately 30 operators from 6:45am until 11:30am.  This is a great event to prepare our skills and equipment for emergency needs. Contact Scott, NØOOD to sign up. Scott Kirstein NØOOD Polk […]

Tom Reis, NØVPR was presented with a special “Banana Mic” The origin of this mic is dubious, however the presenter Larry, KAØFTO assured the audience that it was the genuine article and with a little modification is ready to go. Editors note: Looks like “Monkey Business” to us!

By popular demand,  the Story County Amateur Radio Club is inviting all amateur radio operators to participate in another Fox Hunt, or hidden transmitter hunt, from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Sunday, June 8th, in Ames, Iowa. We request all interested hunters assemble in the parking lot west of Ames City Hall (behind the Ames Veteran’s Memorial, Grand […]

We are going to start a CW class Thursday, May 1 at 7:00 P.M. and it will last until 9:00. It will be held at the Plymouth Congregational Church in the gymnasium stage. We are currently planning it to run 8 consecutive weeks. This would carry it through June 19.  If we need to have it […]

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Severe Weather Awareness Week — March 24-28, 2014 The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division and the National Weather Service have declared the week of March 24th through March 28th, 2014 Severe Weather Awareness Week.   Severe Weather Awareness Week is an annual event to remind Iowans that severe weather is part of living in […]