November 25, 2007 (.802)
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'.
After I finished writing the DAREN News and posting it last week, I
started putting together a suggested procedure for the DAREN Chatroom
Net. I have most of it completed and will be posting it when I
post the DAREN News and Net Announcement for this coming week. It
is just a suggested procedure, but we needed to start somewhere.
If you have any suggestion to add or change, on the procedure, let me
know. In the mean time we will use this procedure during the
Communications Exercise that will be held on December 8th. If you
need more information about the exercise, connect to the website:
www.wc8ec.com. I would like to
get as many participate as possible for the exercise. Even though
the exercise will last from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, you don't have to stay
that long, but I would like for you to participate sometime during the
exercise.
Within the last two weeks I have received an E-Mail and a letter about
new DAREN NODE/PBBS stations that may be coming on the air before long.
Monte Tremont, WV8WU, said that he had a Packet station that he wants to
install in Doddridge County. He had sent the E-Mail prior to the
Simulated Emergency Test, October 6th, but I didn't receive it.
After I got the E-Mail that his re- sent, I mailed him a DAREN package
with a copy of the DAREN Plan in it. If he gets the station on the
air, the NODE/PBBS should be DODDWV/WESTWV. He said that it may be
awhile since they are looking at different tower sites. I got the
letter from Joe Forren, ND4B. Joe wants to put a DAREN NODE/PBBS
on a mountain top in Greenbrier County. When he gets the station
on the air the NODE/PBBS will be GREEWV/FAIRWV. At the present
time there is, or was, a NODE/PBBS located in one of the county
buildings in Greenbrier County, but I haven't been able to connect to it
for several months. I got a message from someone once who said the
DAREN station is located in a meeting room that has people coming and
going all the time. It's possible the station may have been turned
off again. I asked Joe to check on the station and change the
ALIASs so that it won't cause a problem with the new one. Maybe in
a few weeks we will see a couple of new DAREN stations on the air.
That's all I have for this week, but I'm still getting ready for the
December 8th drill. It's going to be big and I would like to get
as many Amateurs as possible involved.
There were 60 check-ins to this week's State Wide DAREN Net. My
wife Dot Harris, KC8HAI, who's been participating in the net since May
3, 1997, has completed 550 check-ins and will be receiving her
certificate. My daughter, Cathy Wotring, KC8DJJ, needs only one
more check-in to make 600. Robert Klinger, WD8MTN, needs only one
more check-in to make 300. And, Krista Mills, KC8VLJ, needs only
one more check-in to make 200. I want to welcome Joe Wigal, W8JTW,
from Marietta, Ohio, to the DAREN system. I've talked to Joe
several times on voice, and I didn't even know he had Packet. I
hope to see Joe check in as often as he can.