DAREN of WV News December 30, 2012(.A69)
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.
I have sad news about one of our regular users of the DAREN system and of the State Wide DAREN Net. Paul Roy, N8PER, passed away on December 27th, from a long illness. Paul started checking into the DAREN Net on April 28, 2007, and his last check-in was on December 3, 2011. Paul will be missed by all of his friends.
Not much to report on this week. I've been getting things ready for the New Year like trying to make new folders in the computers and make copies of all the information that I don't need to lose. The weather is too cold to do much outside so I'm going to try to stay warm. With the New Year you might think about what kind of activities you want to get involved with when the weather starts getting warmer. Since spring and summer are still a long way off, you might want to check out your back-up equipment and power to make sure they are ready in case the weather gets worse.
The State Wide DAREN Net has been dropping in check-ins the last few weeks. Most of the problem is the loss of NODEs on the system. If you would like to help the system get back in the shape it used to be in, you can help. If you know of a location to place a DAREN NODE, and/or can help install one, you are more than welcome to be a part of the system. You may have some extra equipment, or maybe know someone who does. It doesn't take a lot of equipment just a radio, a Packet Terminal NODE Controller (TNC) an antenna, a power supply, and a tower location to place it. Maybe two or three people can get together and place a system in operation. If you think you can help, contact me, or any of the normal users of the DAREN and ask questions.
That's all I have for this week. Just be careful and have a safe and Happy New
Year.
There were only 40 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net this week. Ray Gorrell, WV8RG, who's been participating in the net since December 25, 1993, has completed 950 check-ins and will be receiving his certificate.