DAREN of WV News July 26, 2015(.C03)
WA8LLM (304) 679-3470 wa8llm@yahoo.com
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, P.O. BOX 3328, PARKERSBURG, WV 26103
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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.
The News is going to be short this week. I haven't heard from anyone. Fourteen members of the Wood County Emergency Community group held a training class yesterday at the Parkersburg City Park. The class was operating wireless network systems. The group set up three EnGenius EAO 3630 Multi-Function Access Points units around the park. Then they practiced setting up their computers using the N3FJP ARRL Field Day Logging program and connecting through the wireless system. There was no formal class instruction since everyone in the class was sharing what they knew about networking. The class started at about 9:00am, and everyone left the park at about 5:00pm. Everyone felt they had a better understanding of wireless networking.
Don't forget the WV ARRL State Convection will be held in Jackson Mills on August 22nd.
There were only 27 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net this week. Joe Peterson, N8DSN, needs only one more check-in to make 1050. I think the net was down this week because of so many DAREN NODEs being out of service. If we don't get some of the high profile NODEs back in operation the State Wide DAREN Net is going to be out of service too.