Who is Wood County Emergency Communications?
Wood County Emergency Communications Inc. (WCEC) is an all-volunteer Non-Profit organization, created to provide back-up and overload communications to all Public Safety agencies in Wood County, West Virginia and the surrounding counties in WV and OH. Read more in our Mission Statement to see what we do. For more information on Emergency Communicators and Amateur Radio read the “Who is WCEC” article.
- Mobile communications command center setup
- Skywarn operating under the National Weather Service
- Digital Communications statewide via D.A.R.E.N.
- Voice Communications via handheld and mobile radio and in house wired and wireless telephone systems.
- Both fixed and mobile voice repeater setups are available.
- Long range WIFI internet available at site
ARRL Field Day 2025
ARRL Field Day is a radio communications event that brings together amateur radio operators (also called “hams”) within our community. Field Day is always the fourth full weekend of June, beginning at 1800 UTC Saturday and running through 2059 UTC Sunday. The theme for 2025 Field Day is “Radio Connects” – highlighting the many ways that wireless technology connects people across distances near and far. The event is part picnic, campout, practice for emergencies, informal contest, and most of all, fun! ARRL Field Day is the most popular ham radio activity held annually in the US and Canada. On the fourth weekend in June each year, more than 31,000 hams get together with their radio clubs, schools, or friends to operate from remote locations.
This year WCEC will be Participating in Field Day 2025 at 163 hendershot farm drive walker WV. We will have 5 stations, free food all weekend, campfires at night, AND you get to talk on a radio!!
WCEC uses Field Day each year to test our equipment, tryout different antenna configurations, and practice our communication skills.
ARRL Field Day is an annual demonstration and invites the general public and organizations to see how amateur radio can serve in an emergency, When All Else Fails®. Hams are well-known for their communications support in real disaster and post-disaster situations. Despite the development of very complex, modern communications systems — or maybe because they are so complex — ham radio has been called into action, again and again, to provide communications in crises when it really matters.