DAREN of WV News October 23, 2016 (.C68)
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.
My nephew Sammy Mercer, N8SVX, and I finally got some time to look at some of the U-Tube videos that Henry (Hank) Kenealy, K1DOS, has put together and placed on U-Tube. We connected to some of the links that he talked about and down loaded some additional information. Sammy and I have several projects that we have been working on, and some of the information that we acquired from Hank's videos may come in handy. If you get a chance, go to U-Tube, and search for Comms Prepper, by K1DOS.
Well, most of the activities that WCEC (Wood County Emergency Communications) have been involved with are over. We thought we might have to put up two of our 24 by 40 foot canopies for a Halloween Party this month, but that party has been cancelled. The last couple things on our schedule, was held on Thursday, and yesterday. We provided the racing clocks and communications for a couple of Single A and Double A High School Cross Country foot races on Thursday, and the Fall Expo, was held yesterday. There was a pretty good turnout for the Fall Expo. At the Expo, we had a table for Amateur Radio. We set up an HF station and even had a 20 Meter antenna inside the building. We had a few people stop by and talk about Amateur Radio. The only other thing we need to work on is Christmas Dinner which will be held at the WCEC Business Meeting on December 6th.
There were 32 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net again this week.
That's all I have for this week.