DAREN of WV News February 7, 2016(.C31)
WA8LLM (304) 679-3470 wa8llm@yahoo.com
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, 319 COMMUNICATIONS DR, WAVERLY, WV 26184
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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 www.wc8ec.com and www.wc8ec.org websites.
Well, they say the Ground Hog didn't see his shadow, and that we are going to have any early spring. I think the Ground Hog should have looked at the weather forecast for this coming week. I looks like the temperature is going to drop, and we are in for another snow storm. I just hope they are wrong about the snow.
Don't forget the Charleston Hamfest is coming up on March 19th. The location of the hamfest has been changed. The location of the Charleston Hamfest will be the Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1401 Washington St. West, Rt 60, Charleston. I've been told they won't have as many table as they used to. So, if you want to get a table, you need to contact Rick Cummings, WV8RC, as soon a possible. They say the tables are going pretty fast. Rick's contact information is: Rick Cummings, WV8RC, 225 Dutch Road, Charleston, WV, 25302, (304) 345-5315, k8lup@yahoo.com
The new Field Day Rules are now available from the ARRL. They have added two new bonus point categories. One is for using Social Media to get the word about Field Day out. The other one is for having a Safety Officer. Check them out on www.arrl.org
That's it for this week. Maybe I'll have something new next week.
There were 41 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net this week.