DAREN of WV News March 6, 2016(.C35)
WA8LLM (304) 679-3470 wa8llm@yahoo.com
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, 319 COMMUNICATIONS DR, WAVERLY, WV 26184
www.wc8ec.com or 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 www.wc8ec.com and www.wc8ec.org websites.
Not much to report this week. The weather is supposed to be getting warmer this week, I just hope they are right. We can all go outside and see what kind of damage has happened to our antennas over the winter, and start getting ready for Field Day.
Don't forget the Charleston Hamfest on March 19th. I hear they have already sold all of their tables, and have started a waiting list, in case someone cancels their table/tables.
It's also time to do our Income Taxes, both personal and club. I've got my personal taxes reported, but I'm having trouble getting the Wood County Emergency Communication taxes reported. The organization has a 501c3 Tax Exempt status, and has an income of less than $50,000, the reporting used to be easy. But for some reason, I'm unable to get the IRS 990N online reporting to work. I'll try a couple more time, then I'll call the IRS, if I can't get into the system. If your club or group isn't an IRS Tax Exempt organization, I'd suggest looking into it. Having the tax exempt status has a lot of great advantages when it comes to grants, donations, and paperwork that needs it.
That's all I have for this week. I you have anything you would like to report, let me know.
There were 34 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net this week.