September 23, 2007 (.793)
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 A State Wide DAREN NET is operated every Saturday from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. DAREN Net Announcements, 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'.
Remember, the State Wide DAREN Net, (NCS) Net Control Station will be
located at the 66th Annual Buckwheat Festival in Kingwood, Preston
County, this coming Saturday. The net will only run from about
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm, since the NCS has to close the station down, and
leave the fair grounds for the night. I'm not for sure of how many
paths there are to get to the NCS, so you may try different ones.
The main NODE will be the Preston County, PRESWV. You may get a
"Link Busy" message if too any operators are connected to the NODE, but
don't forget, you can still Digipeat through the same station.
Even though I'm not a big fan of Digipeating, it can still be used when
necessary. The Buckwheat Festival will run from Thursday,
September 27th, through Sunday, September 30th. It's a great
festival, if you get a chance, you should go. I won't be able to
make it again this year, since our communications group is operating the
BINGO games at the Volcano Days and Engine Show festival at Mountwood
Park, the same weekend.
The Preston County Amateur Radio Operators will also be operating a
Special Event Station at the Buckwheat Festival. The frequencies
they will be operating are: 14.040, 7.040, 14.225, and 7.175. They
will be using the Call sign of W8B, which means: We Ate Buckwheat.
To get a certificate, send a QSL to: Richard Wolfe, KA8UEU, PO Box 512,
Kingwood, WV, 26537. If you go to the festival, stop in, and talk
the Amateurs who will be there.
While I was at a Health Department Table Top Exercise in Spencer on
Thursday, I talked to the Roane County Assistant 911 Director about
installing a DAREN Packet station on their county tower. After the
exercise was over, we made a trip to the site to see how to install the
station. There are 2 or 3 antennas that are no longer being used,
and he thought we may be able to use one of them for the Packet station.
I'm going to be taking an antenna analyzer to test the antennas, but I'm
also building the antenna outrigger, just in case we have to use it to
install our own antenna. I'm hoping to get back down there the
first week in October, since I'm going to be busy this week and weekend,
getting ready for the Volcano Days festival. Maybe in a couple of
weeks you will still the NODE/PBBS of ROANWV/SPNCWV on the air.
There were 64 check-ins again to this week's State Wide DAREN Net.
Francis Hughes, WD8DEP, who's been participating in the net since
November 20, 2004, has completed 100 check-ins and will be receiving his
certificate. John White, W3JTW needs only one more check-in to
make 350.