Kevin Sanders, K0KDS, gave a presentation on social networking and online tools for amateur radio at the general DMRAA meeting on May 25. If you missed the presentation, you can download the presentation in the following formats: PPT PowerPoint format (10 megabytes, in a ZIP file) PDF Adobe Reader format (42 megabytes) The websites that […]

Members of Polk County Iowa ARES are encouraged to participate in these events as a way to train for and be prepared for emergency situations. If you want to volunteer or need more information, visit the Polk County ARES website at PolkCountyARES.com.

Members of Polk County Iowa ARES are encouraged to participate in these events as a way to train for and be prepared for emergency situations. If you want to volunteer or need more information, visit the Polk County ARES website at PolkCountyARES.com.

The annual ballot for the 2010 Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association has been set by the nomination committee, as per the DMRAA constitution. The election will be held at the May general meeting on May 25 in the Waveland Hall at Plymouth Congregational Church, 42nd and Ingersoll in Des Moines. The meeting begins at 7 […]

The Cyclone Amateur Radio Club (W0ISU) will be holding a special event station this Saturday to celebrate VEISHEA 2010, under the callsign W0I. The club’s special event station will be part of the CARC display in VEISHEA Village on Central Campus from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit the CARC W0I website […]

A team of five representing the Des Moines Amateur Radio Association assisted with the 2010 Iowa Public Television Festival fundraiser, manning the phones to take pledges from donors across the midwest. The volunteers worked the final shift of the fundraiser on March 21, from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Overall, the Festival raised approximately $1.5 […]

Several Des Moines amateur radio operators and DMRAA members were featured in the April 2010 edition of QST with their take on creatively homebrewed digital antennas. The article features commentary from George Noble KK7FM, Mark Campbell W0GZR, and also pictorials of homebrewed antennas from Lowell Abarr KB6SDI, Martha Driessnack KC7VUJ, and Tom Reis N0VPR. The […]

Members of Polk County Iowa ARES are encouraged to participate in these events as a way to train for and be prepared for emergency situations. If you want to volunteer or need more information, visit the Polk County ARES website at PolkCountyARES.com.

DMRAA member Mike Greenwood KC4VG has returned from his DXpedition in St. Lucia that we reported on last month. He has uploaded a nice photo gallery of his trip that can be accessed by clicking here. Mike managed the logistics and planning for the team. The maintained a blog throughout the trip, which can be viewed by clicking here.

Want to be identified with your callsign custom-embroidered on shirts with the DMRAA logo? Gold Medal Ideas has agreed to create custom-embroidered garments with your callsign and club logo at an affordable price, with a portion of the profit going back to the club. For more details, visit http://www.goldmedalideas.com/shop/category.aspx?catid=130.