May 27, 2007 (.776)
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 145.9 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'.
I want to wish everyone a good and safe Memorial Day Holiday.
While posting the DAREN News and Net Announcements I'm somewhat familiar with what stations are able to connect to other stations. At different times of the year I have to change the routes that I use. In the Winter time I might go from one direction to another, then in the Summer time I have to connect through the system in another direction. If you have problems connecting through the system now that Spring and Summer are here, try a different path. Band conditions can change due to the time of year and the weather.
Packet Radio is not perfect. Over the past several years I've received messages telling me that callsigns have been missing, or are wrong when I post the weekly DAREN Net Announcement. When I check out the PBBS where the mistake is at, the first thing I notice is the format of the callsign list. If the callsign list is not in a normal alignment, I know there's a problem. I know the alignment is correct when it's is transmitted, but somewhere along the route an error is encountered. I also notice that on the Subject Line on some of the messages that I post that letters are left out, which stick out like a sore thumb when you connect to the PBBS. If your callsign is missing or is wrong, I don't mind checking to make sure that it's on the master callsign list. Another thing you can do is connect to another PBBS and see if it looks okay. I usually don't read the messages that I post on the PBBSs, I just disconnect and go to the next one. But if you have doubt, just let me know, I want to make sure that you get the credit you deserve. Thanks for participating in the weekly net.
There were only 52 check-ins week's State Wide DAREN. Lisa Hendershot, KB8UER, needs only one more check-in to make 650. I figure the low attendance to the net this week is because a lot of regular operators are traveling out of town. I'm sure we will be back to normal next week.