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 […]

Last week’s storm spotter training session co-hosted by the DMRAA and the Mid-Iowa Skywarn Association was featured in today’s Des Moines Sunday Register. A focal point for much of the article is DMRAA’s own board member, Tom Reis NØVPR, who is also a net control operator for the amateur radio station at the National Weather […]

Polk County ARES will again provide the communication for the Market to Market Relay Race – May 10, 2014 This event will require approximately 30 operators from 6:00am until 8:00pm, however most operators will work 4 – 5 hours shifts.  This is a great event to prepare our skills and equipment for emergency needs. Contact Scott, […]

The Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association maintains an analog 2-meter repeater on 146.940 (negative shift) with a PL tone of 114.8. This repeater was provided in part from a grant from Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management. and is maintained by membership dues and donations.  It is identified by the callsign WØAK and is located […]

  Really doesn’t sound like this is much of a newsworthy item until you hear the “rest of the story”. We recently had an inquiry on the DMRAA.com website, asking if we could help a gentleman with renewing his father’s FCC license.  The son who is 72 contacted us to help renew WØWSJ, Battista’s license.  […]

The first 2014 Polk County ARES quarterly meeting will be 7:00pm January 20, 2014.  There will be a presentation on Triage by Urbandale Fire Dept. Polk County Emergency Operations Center, 1907 Carpenter, Des Moines   Future meeting dates: April 14, 7:00pm July 21, 7:00pm October 13, 7:00pm

Scott Kirstein, NØOOD is the 2013 recipient of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Winthrop Mager Award.  Presented yearly, the Winthrop Mager Award is the club’s “Ham of the Year” award. Scott embodies the ideals of this award as he is very active in Amateur Radio in both leadership and labor.  Scott serves as a […]