DAREN of WV News October 13 2013(.B10)
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.
This past week has been quiet. I haven't much about any of the DAREN stations, or any of the operators. I was real busy this past week getting things ready for the Parkersburg/Wood County Hamfest yesterday. It's hard to believe how much work goes into getting ready for a Hamfest. On Friday several members of the Wood County Emergency Communications group showed up at the Wood County 4-H Camp Ground building to set up the tables, chairs, Public Address system, and getting the kitchen area ready to serve breakfast and dinner. Since the group has been having free coffee all day during the Hamfest, there needed to be plenty of coffee pots in operation. Of course you can't operate all of the coffee makers on one circuit, so they needed to have their own circuit. Long heady duty extension cords were used to get enough electricity to the coffee makers. Some of the members stayed during the night to be ready for Saturday morning. A few flea market vendors showed up Friday evening and set up their tables. The next morning the Hamfest was off and running. Doors prizes were given away every five minutes until the main prizes were drawn at noon. Records showed the crowd was down a little, but we didn't go in the hole for the event.
A new tower has been erected in Jackson County at the site of the Jackson County NODE/PBBS of JACKWV/RPLYWV. The tower where the DAREN station is mounted is going to be coming down. I got a telephone call from some of the guys in Jackson County who gave me the name of the tower climbers. I talked to one of the climbers who said that he would move the DAREN antenna to the new tower for a reasonable cost. Since the tower is owned by the state, and they have a lot of restrictions, including having to be bonded to climb the tower, I thought that would be the best idea. They were going to move the antenna this past week. I don't know if the antenna has been moved yet, but it hasn't been, it should be shortly.
That's all I have for now, maybe next week there will be more news.
There were 45 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net week. Gene Roy, N8ER, who has been participating in the net since May 1, 1993, has completed 1050 check- ins. Anna Hendershot, KC8JWW, who has been participating in the net since May 9, 1998, has completed 800 check-ins. And, Krista Mills, KC8VLJ, who has been participating in the net since December 28, 2002, has completed 500 check-ins. All of these operators will be receiving their certificates. Tricia Magyarosi, KC8VLI, needs only one more check-in to make 500. With things slowing down now, maybe I can get started printing up the certificates for those who have been waiting for them.
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