DAREN of WV News June 7, 2009 (.882)
Kenneth Harris WA8LLM (304) 679-3470 wa8llm@yahoo.com
WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS
P.O. BOX 3328, PARKERSBURG, WV 26103
http://www.wc8ec.com
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 wc8ec.com website.
The News is a little late this week. I went to the Butler, PA, Hamfest over the weekend and didn't get back until late.
I haven't heard from anyone about any activities that my be going on in, or around the state. The only activity which will be happening in a couple of weeks is Field Day. If your club or group is gearing up for Field Day, you might let me know where you're going to be operating, and under what Callsign. Don't forget to generate at least one message during Field Day to me, or Ann Rinehart, KA8ZGY, the ARRL WV Section Manager. It's worth 100 bonus points. If you send me a message via Packet Radio, put it on the Wood County PBBS of PKBGWV. I will check that mailbox often during Field Day.
That's all I have for now, keep me informed on any activities that you have going on.
There 61 checks again to this week's State Wide DAREN Net. We had one station that checked in this week with a strange looking Callsign. It might have looked strange to some of you, but I was pretty sure what it was. I did a search of GOOGLE on the Internet and verified who it was. His Callsign has been changed and his records updated. Things like that happen once in a while and I try to correct them so they don't get embarrassed. If you think it may have been you, you might want to check the Callsign in you TNC. If I get all of my paperwork caught up, I'll try to get the certificates printed up for those who are waiting for them.