DAREN of WV News August 3, 2014 (.B52)
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.
Not much to report this week. It seems like the storm that went through the state a couple of weeks back didn't do any damage that I have heard about. All of the NODE/PBBSs that I connected to seemed to be working okay.
The Wood County Emergency Communications (WCEC) group will be holding W5YI VE Testing on Saturday August 9th. The testing will be held at the Mid-Ohio Health Department, 211 6th Street, Parkersburg. The testing is to be held at 6:00 pm.
I'll be getting busy for the next couple of weeks. The Parkersburg Homecoming will be held August 15th, 16th, and 17th. The WCEC group will be operating the BINGO games all weekend. On Saturday, the 16th, the group will be providing the safety communications for the Parkersburg Half Marathon.
The WV ARRL State Convention is coming up on Saturday, August 23rd. The convention will be at Jacksons Mill State Park, near Weston, WV. And, the Parkersburg/Wood County Hamfest will be on October 11th. The Hamfest will be at the Wood County 4-H Campgrounds on Butcher Bend Road, Mineral Wells, Exit 170 on I-77 Wood County. Be sure to check out the www.wc8ec.org website for additional information.
There were 47 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net. Jeffrey Hensley, WD4VA, who's been participating in the net since August 27, 2011, has completed 150 check-ins, and will be receiving his certificate. Robert Sellars, KB2FEL, needs only one more check-in to make 150. And, Randy Thomas, K8KHW, needs only one for check-in to make 550. I want to thank Vincent Price, K8VEP, for catching a mistake that I've been making. Vincent let me know that I have been reversing Kimberly and Melvin Shiflett's calls. Kimberly's call is KD8OWG, and Melvin's call is KD8OHG. Sorry about that guy and gal.