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 August meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday August 22nd, 2023 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. I Got My Technician License, Now What?The presentation will be in the style of a forum focusing on VHF/UHF providing […]

The July meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday July 25th, 2023 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. There will be a brief update on the club station, etc. before the Iowa Ten Meter Group presentation.

Just a reminder that there is no June meeting as it is replaced by Field Day. Thank you to all that attended and/or assisted with Field Day this year. We made 463 contacts this year.  More importantly, we had multiple people make their first contact on HF! Please plan on joining us next year for […]

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 […]

The May meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday May 23th, 2023 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. First order of business will be the election of officers and board members.  All members in good standing that have […]

The 2023 DMRAA Hamfest was a success!  Thank you to all the attendees, vendors and volunteers that made it happen!   A reminder that with the hamfest that there is no regular membership meeting this month that would have normally been held Tuesday 04/25.

The March meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday March 28th, 2023 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. Clint Miller K0GR will present Radio Direction Finding and Foxhunting activities. Check out K0GR and W0YR “Tape Measure” Yagi Antenna […]

The February meeting of the Des Moines Radio Amateurs Association will be held 7:00pm Tuesday February 28th, 2023 at the Fort Des Moines Museum and Education Center 75 E Army Post Rd, Des Moines, IA. The presentation will be by Bob Jimmerson, KA0OMM covering soldering from installing PL-259s to circuit board repair.  Bob trained many […]

For January, we are starting the new year with an opportunity to operate HF from the club station (Hopefully everyone remembers any new skills they discovered during the club’s Field Day event this past June). The event is Saturday January 21st, 2023 starting at noon and concluding at 6:00pm, held at the DMRAA club station […]