DAREN of WV News June 14, 2015 (.B97)
WA8LLM (304) 679-3470 wa8llm@yahoo.com
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, P.O. BOX 3328, PARKERSBURG, WV 26103
http://www.wc8ec.com
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.com website.
Well, it looks like we are in for rain for the next week or so. I just hope that it gets it out of it's system before Field Day weekend. The Wood County Emergency Communications group is putting their plans together for Field Day. We are just hoping the rain doesn't make it too muddy to get the trailers put in place. The group will be operating under the callsign of WC8EC, running 5A. We have some new broadband HF antennas for 75/80 and 40 Meters that we designed and built last fall. If they work on Field Day like they worked when we built them, they will make operating a lot easier and we won't have to keep tuning the antenna tuner every time the frequency is changed. The 75/80 Meter antenna has a Standing Wave of 1.5:1, or less across the entire 75/80 Meter Band. The 40 Meter antenna has a Standing Wave of 1.2:1, or less across the entire 40 Meter Band.
I haven't received and other news from anyone, so this is about it.
There were only 39 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net this week. Jim Woodford, KC8MLK, needs only one more check-in to make 550.