DAREN of WV News December 18, 2016 (.C76)
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.
I finally got started printing the State Wide DAREN Net Check-in Certificates to get caught up. I didn't realize how far behind I was. While going over the records, I also found some mistakes in some of the past DAREN News. The May 29 issue of the News was dated May 27. In the September 18th and 25th issue of the News I had Roy Humes, N8RH, listed as N8ER. Sorry Roy, Sorry Gene. Now that I have everyone's certificate dates and check-in amounts, all I need to do is get the certificates printed up. As soon as I get them printed, I just need to get the mailing labels on the envelopes, and mailed out. I should have them done by the time you read this News. I won't be able to mail them out until the next time I go to town. When I mail them out, I hope they don't get lost in the Christmas mail. As soon as I'm done with the certificates. I will start putting together a couple Packet Radio stations to replace two of the four that I have out of service. It will be easier putting them together and programing them in the house where it is nice and warm. Then all I will need to do is go change them out. On one station I should be able just reset and re-program it, and another one has a loose connection, they should be easy to fix. I hate winter.
I have been talking to Tom Cooper, WV8TOM, who it the Emergency Services Director in Tyler County. Tom said that we should be able to put the Tyler County NODE/PBBS of TYLEWV/MIDBWV in service at his county office in Middlebourne. Since the transceiver on the old station was only putting out about 1 Watt, Tom says that we can use one of his Alinco DR-135 radios that he has. I'm going to make up a TNC to Radio interface cable to use on the station. As soon as I get the Wetzel County NODE/PBBS of WETZWV/NMARWV ready, I'll make a trip to Wetzel County, get that station back on the air, and stop at Tyler County Office of Emergency Services on the way back. So, maybe in a couple of weeks we'll have the Wetzel County and Tyler County stations back in operation.
That's all I have for this week. I want to wish everyone a Very Merry and Safe Christmas.
There were only 30 check-ins to the State Wide DAREN Net this week. Remember to Digipeat through the Ritchie County NODE of "RITCWV" until I get it fixed.