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DAREN of WV News August 31, 2008 (.842)
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.
I got a telephone call from the Multiple Sclerosis Society this week asking for
help. They will be holding their annual West Virginia MS-150 bike ride this
coming weekend, September 6th and 7th, and they need Amateur Radio help. Since
there is no cellular telephone coverage in the area of the ride they would like
for the Amateur Radio operators to help provide the Safety Communications for
their activity. The bike ride is a two day event starting early Saturday
morning and ending Sunday evening. The first leg of the bike ride starts in
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County and ends at the Ski Resort at Snowshoe, Pocahontas
County. The second leg of the bike ride starts Sunday Morning at the Resort at
Snowshoe and rides back to Lewisburg. Amateur Radio has been the major
communications for the MS-150 rides in all of the states that holds the event.
At the end of the ride on Saturday, there is a dinner hosted by the Multiple
Sclerosis Society for the riders and for those who help. The ride will be
using West Virginia Routes 92, 39, 28, and 66. They think that five or six
operators may be able to cover the bike route and provide the needed
communications, but from my experience with the ride, the more the better. I'm
not familiar with that area of the state and what voice repeatrs that may be
available, if any. This is a time to show how Amateur Radio can come together
and provide communications. The MS-150 bike ride used to start in Charleston
and go to North Bend State Park in Ritchie County. After a few years the ride
was moved to Greenbrier/Pocahontas County. After 13 years the ride was moved
to Wood/Ritchie County. The bike ride stayed in Wood/Ritchie County for three
years. Even though the Multiple Sclerosis Society officials wanted the ride
kept in Wood/Ritchie Counties, the bike riders (who brings in the money) wanted
it moved back to Greenbrier/Pocahontas County. You can do a GOOGLE search on
the internet for MS150 WV and find out some information. If you have any
questions contact Kami Baker at kami.baker@nmss.org or the Multiple Sclerosis
Society in Charleston at (800) 344-4867, or (304) 343-5153, and ask for Kami.
If you can help either, or both days, please contact them and also let me know.
I'm thinking about going down myself, but I need to know if there will be any
other Amateurs willing to help.
Another DAREN Packet operator has passed away. Bill Wetzel, WD5GKE, in New
Martinsville, died August 21st at Wheeling Hospital. Bill hasn't checked into
the State Wide DAREN Net for awhile since he had moved his tower and never got
a Packet antenna back in operation. Anytime the Wetzel County NODE/PBBS,
WETZWV/NMARWV would have a problem Bill would survey the problem and fix it if
he could. If I would have to make the trip to Wetzel County to work on the
NODE/PBBS, I would stop in and talk with Bill. I'm going to miss talking with
Bill and having the help with the DAREN station.
There were 60 check-ins to this week's State Wide DAREN Net. Dave Wright,
N8NWV, who's been participating in the net since March 26, 2005, has completed
150 check-ins and will be receivingificate.
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73 Randy k8khw.ampr.org
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