Daren News (00-03-26)

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D.A.R.E.N. NEWS of WV. March 26, 2000 (.402) by Ken Harris WA8LLM (304) 679-3470 (HOME) or 428-9980 (WORK) WOOD COUNTY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, P.O. BOX 3328, PARKERSBURG, WV 26103
D.A.R.E.N. 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'.

I talked to Bub, W8OO on the West Virginia Fone Net Wednesday and he said that Shannon, KC8GN was working out of town and isn't able to work on the Mineral County NODE/PBBS MINEWV/KEYSWV. Bud says the antenna on the station is broken in half and the top is hanging down. It looks like the station will be off the air until another antenna can be put in place. Tom, W3JTW is able to make it into the Pendleton County NODE, but Bud can't hit anything. I didn't get to make it to the Beckley Hamfest, but what I've heard it was a good one. I guess I should have went there since the K-9 exercise we went to wasn't as good as the officials had hoped. But, that happens to the best of all organizations once in awhile. Not much else to write about, and I'm late getting it started since I haven't been home most of the weekend. If you have anything to pass on,
send me a message.

There were 69 check-ins to this week's State Wide DAREN Net. Ken, KA3SKW, who's been checking into the net since November 21, 1992 has completed 300 check-ins. Vivian, KA8VAH who's been checking into the net since December 3, 1993 has completed 250 check-ins each. Each of these operators will be receiving their certificates. I want to welcome Terry, N8HXV back to the net.
Terry hasn't been here since December 2, 1995.

73 Ken WA8LLM ===============================================================================