DAREN of WV News August 2, 2015(.C04)
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.
The Tri-State Amateur Radio Association will be holding their 53rd Annual Hamfest this coming Saturday, August 8th. The Hamfest will be held at the Tri- State Fire Academy, 4200 Ohio River Road, just North of Huntington. The Hamfest contact is Fred Herr, WD8AGH, his E-Mail is wd8agh@gmail.com, or (304) 736-2057. The Talk-In frequency is the W8VA 146.76 MHz Repeater with a negative offset and a PL Tone of 131.8.
The bands must have been a little bit better this week. I was able to connect to some of the PBBSs that I couldn't get to last week. Also there were more check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net. It would still be a lot better to have more Packet NODEs to get around the state.
The Parkersburg Homecoming will be held August 14th, 15th, and 16th. The Wood County Emergency Communications group will be operating the BINGO games at the homecoming. On the same weekend, the Parkersburg Half Marathon will be held on Saturday the 15th. Amateurs in the Parkersburg area will be providing the safety communications at the Mile Markers and some of the Water Stops. The Mile Marker workers will also be operating the race clocks to let the runners see their time as they go by.
There were 35 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net this week. Joe Peterson, N8DSN, who has been participating in the net since March 26, 1994, has completed 1050 check-ins, and will be receiving his certificate. My wife Dot, KC8HAI, needs only one more check-in to make 950. My son Kevin, KC8OXY, needs only one more check-in to make 750. And Jeffrey Hensley, WD4VA, needs only one more check-in to make 200.
That's it for this week. If you have anything to pass on to those who read the DAREN News, sent it to me. That way I will have something to write about.