DAREN of WV News February 5, 2012(.A22)
WA8LLM (304)679-3470 wa8llm@yahoo.com
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
P.O. BOX 3328, PARKERSBURG, WV 26103
http://www.wc8ec.org
DAREN News, are articles and information about the Digital Amateur Radio "Emergency" Network of WV, which operates on 145.69 MHz. Anyone having any information about DAREN, or Amateur Radio in general, and would like to share it with others, may send it to WA8LLM @ PKBGWV on 145.69 MHz, or to my E-Mail: wa8llm@yahoo.com. A State Wide DAREN NET is operated every Saturday from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, and lately, before and after those hours. The DAREN Net Announcement, showing the MAIN NCS, ALTERNATE NCS, NODEs accessible to both, and the previous week's check-ins, are posted by Thursday on most of the Main county DAREN PBBS'. The DAREN News can also be found on the wc8ec.org website.
Nothing much to report this week. I have a temporary computer on the Internet so that I can get my E-Mails sent and received. I was able to get the last few weeks of DAREN News and Wood County ARES Bulletins sent to Bill, N8JXO, who posts them on the www.wc8ec.org website. I think the News and Bulletins may have had viruses in them since Bill said he had to re-type a couple of them. That may have been the reason my old computer crashed. I will be going into the hospital this coming Friday, and not for sure when I'll be coming out. I will set up the State Wide DAREN Net early so it will be running while I'm in the hospital. If everything goes well, maybe I'll be back to normal next week.
There were 56 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net again this week. Bob Tuckerman, W3RUA, who's been participating in the net since December 18, 1993, has completed 850 check-ins. Robert Hanson, AF8RH, who's been participating in the net since November 16, 1996, has completed 750 check-ins. And, Charlie Dotson, WB8NSL, who's participating in the net since January 15, 1994, has completed 150 check-ins. All of these operators will be receiving their certificates.