Hello, to all
reading this section of the website. I will
give a little information about myself
before I get into the main subject of
Section Traffic and Nets.
My name is
Juddie David Burgess and my Amateur Radio
call is KC8CON. My QTH is Fayetteville,
Fayette County, West Virginia. I am an Extra
class Amateur Radio Operator first licensed
as a Technician in 1996. I am also a MARS
operator with the WV Army MARS, a member and
Trustee of the Plateau Amateur Radio
Association in Oak Hill, I am the Zone 7
District Emergency Coordinator for ARES and
the Fayette County ARES Assistant Emergency
Coordinator. I am the ARRL Section Traffic
Manager for the State of West Virginia and
the Net Manager for the West Virginia Fone
Net. I am an ARRL Official Relay Station and
Official Emergency Station. To see how I got
into Amateur Radio you can go to my website
at http://www.qsl.net/kc8con
and read my biography.
I was
originally appointed by the previous Section
Manager, Olie Rinehart, WD8V back in 2000.
Hal Turley, KC8FS our new Section Manager
has asked me to stay on as the Section
Traffic Manager for West Virginia. Hal asked
if I could come up with some
goals/commitments that I would try and
strive for. So I agreed and here are my
goals/commitments:
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Maintain
a WV Net Roster Database. Keep it
current and have available via Internet,
Hamfests/Convention or mail.
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Promote
submission of PSHR’s and SAR’s by
all who handle traffic or are involved
in any emergency communications or
public events.
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Promote
liaison with VHF Nets and also promote
the use of digital (e.g. WV DAREN System
(packet).
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Compile a
list of check-ins and traffic handled
for the past year to be presented at the
State Convention. Get each NM to account
for his net.
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Continue
on the air training. Either on a weekly
or monthly basis.
The West
Virginia Nets, CW, Mid Day and Fone Net, are
all doing well and we have a great bunch of
Net Control stations and alternates. We need
to improve on the alternates and I ask all
who check into any of these nets to offer
their assistance as an Alternate Net
Control. You can contact any of the Net
Managers or even the Net Control stations to
inform them you wish to help.
All Amateurs
should feel an obligation to this great
hobby of ours for all the enjoyment it has
brought us. We should try and give back as
best as we can. Sometimes it is in the form
of Elmering others into this fine hobby, or
it could be helping out in emergencies, or
helping out with your local, State or Region
nets. There are many ways we can pay back to
this great hobby.
I believe we
have a great bunch of folks who check into
our nets and I really believe they enjoy
coming to the nets. Several operators meet
and talk with each other before each net.
This is a good thing because you can catch
up with your friends and family. Talk about
current things going on in the hobby or
around home. All that I would like to see is
those who stop by before the nets, please
stick around and check in on the net. Most
do, but some do not and we would like to see
them check in.
A lot of new
Amateurs come to our net and when they do I
would like for all Net Control stations to
recognize these new Amateurs and briefly
tell them about the net. Also, we need to
try and get these new folks involved in
traffic handling, this could be done by
preparing a message, and sending it to that
new Amateur so the next time they check into
the net it could be passed to them.
I will close
this column now and thank you all for taking
the time to read it. I hope I will hear you
on the nets sometime. The next issue I will
try and discuss the routes that a piece of
traffic from WV to lets say Florida will
take through the National Traffic System (NTS)
to get to its destination.
73
Juddie,
KC8CON
Email: [email protected]
Webpage: http://www.qsl.net/kc8con
