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DAREN of WV News June 29, 2008 (.833)
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, 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'. The DAREN News can also be found on the wc8ec.com website.
The News is late getting out this week because I'm tired from all of the fun
this past week and weekend. After attending two Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC) meetings, participating in two Public Safety exercises, and
then operating Field Day, I need to take a rest. All the activities alone
would have been enough, but someone decided that we should have severe storms
over the Field Day weekend. Getting tents, antennas, stations, and everything
else set up for Field Day was bad enough, but to have the high winds, heavy
rain, and lots of lightening come through just made things worse. We didn't
get all of our stations on the air by starting time, and then when we got them
up and running, we had to disconnect the antennas when the two major storms
came. We finally got in 3/4 operation by 2:00 am Sunday morning, after it
looked like all the lightening was out of the area. After that most of the
stations were in operation until we shut down at 2:00 pm. We never got our
logging program computer up and running so we had to log the old fashion way.
We never did get an operator for our Packet station, so we didn't get to try
and operate it. There were several things that we planned for this year, but
the storms changed our minds. I hope everyone else had a good weekend, made
lots of contacts, and had a lot of fun. The main thing I like about Field Day
is learning how to put stations on the air, and get them operating as quick as
possible. When a real disaster hits, it won't take that much time to be
operational, if you have practiced. A lot of our equipment, suas the
antennas, coaxes, and ropes are only used for Field Day or special event
activities, so most of it is easily located and put in operation. One of the
best things that we have is various lengths of coax cable. It's used coax that
has been pulled out of service and still in good shape. No one piece of coax
if over 50 feet long. When the coax became available it was cut that way. If
a piece of coax was over 50 feet, then it was cut off at 50 feet and connectors
put on each end of each piece. We have pieces of coax that range from 16 feet
to 50 feet. Before the PL-259 connectors were put on, a piece of Red Heat
Shrink was put near each end of the coax. The Heat Shrink was used to mark the
length of cable. After the connectors were put on, and the cable measured, and
marked, then a barrel or double female connecter was put on one end of the
coax. A piece of Black Heat Shrink was put over the PL-259 and Double Female
connector so they would also be together. Now when we need a run of coax
between our antenna and our station, we step off the distance, find the proper
length, and we're ready to go. Doing it this way keeps from having extra coax
laying on the ground or tied up under the station. This is just one project
that makes it easier to get on the air. If anyone has ideas of how they made
their Field Day easier, let me know and I'll print it up in the DAREN News.
That's all I have for this week, so let me know how your Field Day went.
There were 57 check-ins to this week's State Wide DAREN Net. I'm starting to
get behind on printing up Check-In Certificates, but if I get some spare time
I'll get them out.
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73 Randy k8khw.ampr.org
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