District 3 Amateur Radio Group

District 3 Amateur Radio Group The District 3 Amateur Radio Group (D3ARG) is a Group of Amateur Radio Operators in Iowa Amateur Radio Emergency Services (ARES) District 3. D3ARG is focus

06/08/2026

Net Night
All,
Join me this evening at 7pm for net on the Storm Lake VHF Repeater 146.775.If we run into issues we will switch to UHF.

Following the repeater net, we’ll switch to simplex 146.520 at approximately 7:10pm

Thanks,
Jason Knapton - KEØEJS
[email protected]
Iowa District 3 District Emergency Coordinator
Buena Vista County Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator

06/06/2026

No Gathering today

Sorry for the late notice, was busy with kids practice's last night and forgot to send this. I've got honey-do projects to do this weekend so no gathering today.

Thanks,
Jason Knapton - KEØEJS
[email protected]
Iowa District 3 District Emergency Coordinator
Buena Vista County Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator

05/25/2026

Net Night
All,
Join me this evening at 7pm for net on the Storm Lake VHF Repeater 146.775.If we run into issues we will switch to UHF.

Following the repeater net, we’ll switch to simplex 146.520 at approximately 7:10pm

I'm feeling pretty rough, so we'll probably move through things pretty quickly tonight.

Thanks,
Jason Knapton - KEØEJS
[email protected]
Iowa District 3 District Emergency Coordinator
Buena Vista County Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator

05/22/2026

Saturday - 5/23/2026 - No Gathering

All,
Enjoy the holiday weekend. There are no planned gatherings/projects this weekend.

Thanks,
Jason Knapton - KEØEJS
[email protected]
Iowa District 3 District Emergency Coordinator
Buena Vista County Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator

05/18/2026

Net Night
All,
Join me this evening at 7pm for net on the Storm Lake VHF Repeater 146.775.If we run into issues we will switch to UHF. Also, be weather aware again tonight.

Following the repeater net, we’ll switch to simplex 146.520 at approximately 7:10pm

Thanks,
Jason Knapton - KEØEJS
[email protected]
Iowa District 3 District Emergency Coordinator
Buena Vista County Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator

05/14/2026

Saturday Crew

All,
Please let me know who is available to come help for sure on Saturday morning. We will meet in Storm Lake at the radio room shortly after 8am with the plan to leave at about 8:30am.

If I think it makes more sense for folks that can help us to meet near the location, I will let you know once you confirm that you can help.

We plan to meet the family at 9:00am to pick up the radios and help clean up from that. I'm hoping with the few folks that have confirmed they can come that we should be able to make quick work of things.

There are a few tower sections we may pick up as well that have been stored in the garage.

There is an old crank up tower that is behind the garage that I told the family we would not be interested in, and they would be better off either leaving it or getting someone that could dig it and the base out and properly dispose of the tower.

Once we are done, we'll head back to Storm Lake and sort through and see if we can make a plan for any of the equipment and either see about testing it, etc. There is also some equipment that was picked up previously that we may be able to go through as well.

Thanks,
Jason Knapton - KEØEJS
[email protected]
Iowa District 3 District Emergency Coordinator
Buena Vista County Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator

05/11/2026

Net Night!

All,
Join me this evening at 7pm for net on the Storm Lake VHF Repeater 146.775.If we run into issues we will switch to UHF.

Following the repeater net, we’ll switch to simplex 146.520 at approximately 7:10pm

Thanks,
Jason Knapton - KEØEJS
[email protected]
Iowa District 3 District Emergency Coordinator
Buena Vista County Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator

05/08/2026

Saturday, May 9, 2026 - Lincoln Hamfest

All,
I'll be at the Lincoln Hamfest this Saturday the 9th. I hope to see some of you there!

Also, we're still looking for a few folks to help Saturday the 16th with picking up some equipment from a family of a Silent Key.

Thanks,
Jason Knapton - KEØEJS
[email protected]
Iowa District 3 District Emergency Coordinator
Buena Vista County Amateur Radio Emergency Coordinator

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210 Sale Barn Road
Storm Lake, IA
50588

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