SECTION MANAGER REPORT December 2019 Dan Ringer, K8WV West Virginia Section Manager ** DID YOU KNOW? Happy New Year!! BUT, we are NOT starting a new decade in January! Just as the 21st Century didn’t start until January 1, 2001, the new decade doesn’t start until January 1, 2021. I can’t understand why that’s confusing. Remember the book and movie “2001”? Why did Arthur C. Clarke pick 2001? Because it was the start of a new century. Same logic with decades. ** HELP REALLY WANTED: Want to become famous in the WV Section? Volunteer for an ARRL Section League Appointment! PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS Each ARRL affiliated club should have a designated Public Information Officer (PIO)! Basically, the PIO is the club public relations officer, and is nominated by their club and appointed by the Section Manager. You can read the official position description at http://www.arrl.org/public-information-officer. EVERY CLUB NEEDS ONE! EMERGENCY COORDINATORS We have several openings for Emergency Coordinators. Ideally, we would have one in each county. It is a serious position. You can read about it here: http://www.arrl.org/emergency-coordinator Basic requirements: Technician-class license or higher; full ARRL membership, and achievement of Level 3 qualifications. (Must, within the period of 1 year, from the issuance of this document or appointment as EC, whichever comes later, or such further time period as authorized by the SM, complete all of the requirements for Level 3 qualification.) In addition to the basic requirements it is important that an EC make a good impression when dealing with governmental officials, have excellent speaking and writing skills, work well with others as both a leader and a follower, and make monthly, timely reports to the SEC. **CLUBS! Are you looking for a club? Contact Spence Graham, WT8WV@arrl.net. He’s the Section Affiliated Club Coordinator (ACC). He’ll hook you up an ARRL Affiliated club or clubs close to you. You can also go to the West Virginia State Amateur Radio Council(WVSARC)website https://www.qsl.net/wvsarc/ and check "Club Contact for new members." It lists some clubs that are not ARRL Affiliated. If there isn’t a club near you, and you’d like to start one, we can help with that. Don’t know how to organize a club? We can help with that, too! Contact K8WV@arrl.org. ** NEW WEST VIRGINIA HAMS! As of December 3, 2019 Edwin W White, KE8NIN, Green Bank, WV 24944-9069 Austin L King, KE8NIR, Red House, WV 25168-7610 John D Miller, KE8NIQ, Charleston, WV 25302-4506 Mathias S Shinall, KE8NJO, Martinsburg, WV 25405-9433 James S Curtician, KE8NKU, Weirton, WV 26062-4109 Jackie L Tinney, KE8NJG, Richwood, WV 26261-1259 Erwin L Weston, KE8NHP, Springfield, WV 26763-0496 Congratulations! Welcome to the greatest hobby on Earth!! CLUB PRESIDENTS: See someone above from your county? Invite them to a club meeting! Get them on the air and involved! (Addresses can be found at http://www.arrl.org/fcc/search) ** UPCOMING WEST VIRGINIA HAMFESTS 03/14/2020 | Charleston Hamfest, ARRL West Virginia Section Convention Location: Charleston, WV Type: ARRL Convention Sponsor: Charleston Hamfest Committee Website: http://www.chaswvhamfest.com 08/21/2020 | ARRL West Virginia State Convention Location: Weston, WV Type: ARRL Convention Sponsor: West Virginia State Amateur Radio Council Website: http://qsl.net/wvsarc/ If your organization is conducting a Hamfest in West Virginia, please Be sure to let the League know ASAP. http://www.arrl.org/arrl-sanctioned-events. ** CLUB PROGRAM? If you’re planning your club’s program schedule, and would like to have a WV Section ARRL Official present a program, send a request with the necessary date/time information to K8WV@arrl.org. We’ll get something set up! ** SECTION CABINET No one person can coordinate all the activities involved with the West Virginia Section. Here are the volunteers who make it happen, with the assistance of many others. Section Manager Dan Ringer. K8WV Affiliated Club Coordinator (ACC) Spencer Graham, WT8WV Assistant Section Manager (ASM) Jane Hardy, WV8JH Mark Charles Kraham, W8CMK Louise Ann. Rinehart, KA8ZGY Karl S. Thompson, K8KT Public Information Coordinator (PIC) Cory Sickles, WA3UVV Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) Michael E. Maxson, W8SI State Government Liaison (SGL) Matthew J. Ahearn, KB2PNN Section Traffic Manager (STM) Kenneth D. Caplinger, WV8KDC Section Youth Coordinator (SYC) William W. Stewart Sr, W2BSA Technical Coordinator (TC) Karl S. Thompson, K8KT You can contact any of the cabinet members by email to <callsign>@arrl.net. ** STM REPORT WV Section NTS Traffic Reports – November 2019 Submitted by Kenneth Caplinger, WV8KDC WV STM HF Nets Reporting Stations Traffic Time Minutes Sessions Net Manager WV Fone Net 851 55 600 30 W8YS WV CW Net Early 69 9 152 29 KD8G WV CW Net Late 83 4 136 28 KD8G WV ARES/RACES 21 0 14 1 WV8KDC TOTAL 1024 68 902 88 ARES/RACES/2 Meter Nets Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions District 6 ARES/RACES 50 2 53 4 KARC 72 0 156 4 Pendleton Co. ARES 10 0 12 1 BDARC 49 0 129 5 Pocahontas Co. Coffee Net 134 0 546 13 Easteren Panhandle Traf Net 154 3 186 13 PHARC 56 0 184 4 Total 525 5 1266 44 6 Meter Net Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions Pocahontas 6 meter net 15 0 80 2 DIGITAL Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions DAREN Station Activity Report (SAR) – November 2019 Station Orig Rec Sent Del Total KA8ZGY 36 0 21 0 57 WD8DCH 0 0 8 0 8 N8OYY 1 5 5 2 13 Total 37 5 34 2 78 Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) – November 2019 Station 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total KA8ZGY 23 40 30 20 0 10 123 WD8DHC 23 8 10 0 0 0 41 N8OYY 22 13 0 0 0 0 35 TOTAL 68 61 40 20 0 10 199 ** SEC REPORT ARES Monthly Section Emergency Coordinators Report 1. ARRL Section West Virginia 2. Month November 3. Year 2019 4. Total number of ARES members 440 5. Number of DECs/ECs reporting this month 12 6. Number of ARES nets active 24 7. Number of nets with NTS liaison 17 8. Calls of DECs/ECs reporting KD8AZC KD8MIB WV8KJ WV8MAT KC8FZH K8KDD W8DUQ WD8PAD AB8CR WA8LLM KD8MIV WB8NSL 9a. Number of exercises & training sessions 28 9b. Person hours 83.8 10a. Number of public service events 2 10b. Person hours 21.0 11a. Number of emergency operations 0 11b. Person hours 0.0 12a Number of SKYWARN operations 0 12b. Person hours 0 13a. Total Activities 30 13b. Total person hours 104.8 Comments Signature Michael Maxson W8SI SEC West Virginia -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL West Virginia Section Section Manager: Dan W Ringer, K8WV k8wv@arrl.org -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from messages, go to: http://p1k.arrl.org/oo/68400be793a180732f5316b81f23a0af