Please join us for the 2024 DMRAA Christmas Party and get together. The event will be held at Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid Avenue Des Moines, IA 50313-3010) on the East Side of Des Moines on Tuesday, December 3rd at 7:00pm. The club has reserved the Party Room.  Each person is responsible for the cost of […]

The 2024 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Chili Feed and Auction will be Tuesday November 26, 2024 6:00pm at the St Paul Presbyterian Church 6426 Merle Hay Rd, Johnston, IA 50131.  Admission is $10.  This includes both the meal and the auction. Bring the extra gear you haven’t used for a while and put it […]

Thank you to everyone that attended, operated and/or assisted with Field Day. We made 729 contacts and had over 30 visitors sign the attendee log. Field Day 2025, always the 4th full weekend of June, will be June 27-29, 2025. 2024 FD Statistics    

The Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will hold the annual Field Day event at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 East Army Post Road, Des Moines, IA June 21st through June 23, 2024. We will be operating as a 5 Echo (five transmitters from a permanent station location on emergency power) entry […]

A new Mosley Pro-57-B-40 antenna covering 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m and 40m has been donated to the club station.  Over the next couple weekends the existing antenna will need to be moved and the new antenna assembled and put on the tower.   Beams for 2m, 70cm and 1.2GHz are also available to put above […]

  Mark your calendars for Saturday April 27th, 2024 for the Des Moines Hamfest!  Location:  Elwell Family Food Center Directions: http://www.iowastatefair.org/visit/directions/ Admission:  $10.00 each, ages 12 & Under: FREE Tables:  $20.00 for the first table, each additional:  $15.00 Hours: 8:00am to 1:00pm Friday Vendor Setup 2:00pm-5:00pm, Saturday Vendors setup at 7:00am Online Reservations can be […]

Please join us for the 2023 DMRAA Christmas Party and get together. The event will be held at Chicago Speakeasy (1520 Euclid AvenueDes Moines, IA 50313-3010) on the East Side of Des Moines on Tuesday, December 5th at 6:00pm. The club has reserved the Party Room.  Each person is responsible for the cost of their […]

The 2023 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Chili Feed and Auction will be Tuesday November 21, 2023 6:00pm at the St Paul Presbyterian Church 6426 Merle Hay Rd, Johnston, IA 50131.  Admission is $10.  This includes both the meal and the auction. Bring the extra gear you haven’t used for a while and put it […]

The 2023 Des Moines Radio Amateurs’ Association WØAK Field Day will be held at THE FORT DES MOINES MUSEUM AND EDUCATION CENTER,  officially beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 24 and ending at 1 p.m. the next day, Sunday, June 25. WØAK will be operating as a 4E station — all stations will be […]

We are pleased to announce the 2023 Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association Hamfest will be held in the Elwell Family Food Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday, April 22nd, 2023. For details or to reserve your table, please check out https://dmraa.com/hamfest We hope to see you all there!