DAREN of WV News November 10, 2019(E27)
(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 Statewide 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. I'm trying to get caught up with some of my items that need repaired. I've also been experimenting with a couple wind turbines. One of them is a 12 Volt, 600-Watt unit, which tells me that it should be able to produce 50 Amps, but the best I can get is about 3 Amps. I've been using and electric drill with a socket that fits the nut which holds the blade spindle on. Using the highest drill speed is when I get the 3 Amps. I can only imagine seeing the blades turning at that speed. The turbines don't come with any instructions, so I don't know how they get that kind of wattage out of them, or how they rate the units. I guess I'll just have to put the blades on them and wait for some high winds to see what they will do.
I'm going to start putting together a couple DAREN Packet stations to replace the WETZWV/NMARWV in Wetzel County and the ROANWV/SPNCWV in Roane County. Both of those station have been off the air for some time. I still need to make a trip to Jackson County to see why the JACKWV/RPLYWV station is off the air.
Remember that tomorrow is Veterans Day. Have a safe holiday and thank a Vet.
That's it for this week. If you have any activities to report let me know so I can have something to write about.
There were only 31 check-ins to the Statewide DAREN Net.