DAREN of WV News May 8, 2016 (.C44)
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.
The only thing that I have to report this week is the one day Technician Class Licensing class that will be held next Saturday, May 14th. The class will be held at the Mid Ohio Valley Health Department, 211 6th Street in Parkersburg. The class will start at about 9:00 am, and should be completed by about 2:00 pm. W5YI VE Test Examinations will be held at the completion of the class. Anyone who would like to upgrade the Amateur license is also invited to show up anytime during the day and take an upgrade test.
I've been talking to some of the local Amateurs who have been hanging out on 40 Meters in the evening. One of them said that Bob Tuckerman, W3RUA, has been checking in with them. In March of 2015, Bob called me on the phone to let me know he was going to move, would be off of Packet Radio, and it may be awhile before he would get back on the air, and the DAREN system. The last time that Bob checked into the State Wide DAREN Net was March 28, 2015. I need to find out what frequency the locals have been using, and start checking in with them. Maybe I'll get to talk to Bob again.
A few weeks ago I talked about getting a Wind Turbine and play with generating electricity. I got the Wind Turbine, but there hasn't been enough wind to make it move very often, and when it did, it generated very little electricity. I've learned a lot about generating electricity by wind, and found out it's not the best for this area. If I had the Wind Turbine on the top of Spruce Knob, or in Washington DC, the use of wind power would be great. I'm sure that generating electricity from wind in this area could be done, but it will take a little engineering.
There were 41 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net this week. Doug Cutlip, KC8AJH, who's been participating in the net, on and off, since November 11, 1995, has completed 150 check-ins, and will be receiving his certificate. I'm a little behind getting certificates printed up. Maybe I can get caught up in the next few weeks.