DAREN of WV News December 22, 2019(E33)
(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.
This week I received an E-Mail from Randy McGill, N7WWA, from Point Pleasant. Randy is the SYSOP for the KE8COT NODE/PBBS of MASOWV/PTPLWV in Mason County. In addition to running the packet station on the DAREN network, he is also a part of a nationwide network called AmRRON. He runs a persistent presence of several digital modes on the HF bands on 20, 40, and 80 Meters, modes such as JS8call, gARIM with ardopc, ardopofdm, and fldigi fsq as well as PAT point to point message transfer. The members of the group have developed their network over several years and is near complete operational development. They are currently able to pass nationwide traffic and file transfers from coast to coast within a couple of hours. The system is not integrated into any existing internet ports and is a stand-alone system. Randy said that if anyone is interested, he can give a presentation on what they are doing, and an overview of how the system works. Randy just needs a couple of weeks advance notice. I've never heard of some of the modes, and the system, but it does sound interesting. If anyone is interested in a presentation, please let me know and I'll get back with Randy.
My family and I want to wish all the users of the DAREN system a Very Merry and safe Christmas.
There were 34 check-ins to the Statewide DAREN Net again this week. Timothy Stout, KC8QWV, who's been participating in the net since June 25, 2016 has completed 50 check-in and will be receiving his certificate.