The Fort Dodge Amateur Radio Association and National Weather Service would like to invite you to Radar Fundamentals and Interpretation to be held on Tuesday January 19th 2010 at 7PM. This is open to anyone wishing to attend.

The final 2009 issue of the Static Sheet has been posted… click here. Lots of information about DMRAA holiday events and 2010 schedules, among other special articles.

All interested ham radio operators and SKYWARN spotters will want to mark the first weekend in December on your calendar.

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, Please contact Dan Miller at ac0of@arrl.net.

Many of you know that we lost a friend in Amateur Radio, Bill Stokes KCØGRT. Bill’s Service will be Monday October 5th at 10:30am at the Methodist Church 2747 East 28th & Madison. Bill’s wife Pat would like to have Amateur operators for pall bearers.

Polk County ARES can still use operators for its biggest event of the year, the Des Moines Marathon. Contact Iowa Section Emergency Coordinator Dan Miller AC0OF for more info: ac0of@arrl.net

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, Please contact Craig Long at kc0ynn@gmail.com.

Marvin “Ray” Funk (KCØNEY), 77, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. A burial will follow at the Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery. A visitation with […]

ARRL President Joel Harrison, W5ZN, wrote a letter to National Safety Council (NSC) President Janet Froetscher in July expressing the ARRL’s concerns that Amateur Radio not become an unintended victim of the growing public debate over what to do about distracted drivers. Read more…

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, Please contact Craig Long at kc0ynn@gmail.com.