SECTION MANAGER REPORT
NOVEMBER 30, 2023 Dan Ringer, K8WV West Virginia Section Manager ** HAPPY HOLIDAYS! We’re well into the Holiday Season! Here’s hoping yours are as happy and rewarding as can be and maybe the best ever! ** DID YOU KNOW? The second week of our W1AW/8 Volunteers On the Air operation has concluded and the VOTA event itself will conclude at the end of December. WV VOTA coordinator Mark Kraham, W8CM, ASM (cmkraham@gmail.com) WV hams made 1112 contacts during the second week. Thanks to all who participated! And especially thanks to Mark for his efforts! ** UPCOMING WEST VIRGINIA HAMFESTS & CONVENTIONS 03/09/2024 - Charleston Area Hamfest Location: Charleston, WV Type: ARRL Hamfest Sponsor: Charleston Area Hamfest & Computer Show Inc Website: http://w8gk.org Would your group or club like to host an ARRL WV Convention? Contact K8WV@arl.org for more information! If your group is planning a Hamfest, flea market or any similar activity, be sure to list it with the ARRL so that everyone interested can learn or it and participate. http://www.arrl.org/hamfest-convention-application ** New Hams! As of November 6, 2023 Jens G Wiik, KE8ZGC, Saint Albans, WV 25177-3947 Angela M Wood, KE8ZGF, Winfield, WV 25213 Kevin M Norvell, KE8ZFY, Charleston, WV 25302-4315 Randy L Morgan, KE8ZJQ, Charles Town, WV 25414-3588 Andrew Arnold, KE8ZJM, Shepherdstown, WV 25443-1033 Blayne L Butler, KE8ZHV, Gallipolis Ferry, WV 25515-1701 Donald E Sharp, KE8ZIW, Hurricane, WV 25526-6076 Matthew A Jeffries, KE8ZGY, Midkiff, WV 25540 Paul E Cook, KE8ZIL, Huntington, WV 25704-8513 Lyndsey N Parish, KE8ZIM, Parkersburg, WV 26101-2692 Jacob B Filozof, KE8ZHJ, Parkersburg, WV 26101-3607 Congratulations! Welcome to the greatest hobby on Earth!! And congratulations, too, to the VE’s who made these exam sessions possible! 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) ** HELP WANTED: Unfortunately, WV hams have been seriously restricted in our ability to engage in public service events during the past couple of years, or to do much other than operate. So, it’s more important than ever to let people know what we do to be ready to respond when help is needed! The positions of Public Information Officers and Emergency Coordinators are designed to fill these needs. Please consider volunteering! 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! Contact k8wv@arrl.org. 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. Contact n8oyy@arrl.net for more information. ** 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. ** 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! Want to do it by Zoom? We can schedule that for you! ** 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) Mark Charles Kraham, W8CMK Michael E. Maxson, W8SI Public Information Coordinator (PIC) Patrick Clark, K8TAC Section Emergency Coordinator (SEC) Ed Messenger, N8OYY State Government Liaison (SGL) Vacant Section Traffic Manager (STM) Kenneth D. Caplinger, WV8KDC Section Youth Coordinator Vacant Technical Specialist (TS) Randy Crowe, N8OZY Rich Clemens, KB8AOB ** SECTION TRAFFIC MANAGER REPORTS – September and October WV Section NTS Traffic Reports – September 2023 Submitted by Kenneth Caplinger, WV8KDC WV STM HF Nets Reporting Stations Traffic Time Minutes Sessions Net Manager WV Fone Net 621 28 376 30 WV8KDC WV CW Net Early 142 15 187 30 KD8G WV CW Net Late 111 14 164 30 KD8G WV ARES/RACES 15 0 14 1 N8OYYQ TOTAL 889 57 741 91 ARES/RACES/2 Meter Nets Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions District 6 ARES/RACES 60 2 87 4 KARC 97 0 164 4 Pendleton Co. ARES 13 0 18 2 BDARC 69 0 115 5 Pocahontas Co. Coffee Net 246 0 881 13 Easteren Panhandle Traf Net 301 1 385 29 PHARC WV Multi County ARES PCARC 14 0 68 3 District 4 ARES CWVWA (Analog) CWVWA (C4FM) WV WL2K Net 105 0 5760 4 District 2 ARES Total 900 3 7478 64 6 Meter Net Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions Pocahontas 6 meter net 50 0 168 4 DIGITAL Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions DAREN Station Activity Report (SAR) – September 2023 Station Orig Rec Sent Del Total Total Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) – September 2023 Station 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total TOTAL WV Section NTS Traffic Reports – October 2023 Submitted by Kenneth Caplinger, WV8KDC WV STM HF Nets Reporting Stations Traffic Time Minutes Sessions Net Manager WV Fone Net 609 31 387 31 WV8KDC WV CW Net Early 163 10 209 31 KD8G WV CW Net Late 116 15 183 31 KD8G WV ARES/RACES 20 0 14 1 W8VZ TOTAL 908 56 793 94 ARES/RACES/2 Meter Nets Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions District 6 ARES/RACES 66 4 88 5 KARC 119 0 190 5 Pendleton Co. ARES 11 0 15 2 BDARC 55 0 114 4 Pocahontas Co. Coffee Net 257 0 864 13 Easteren Panhandle Traf Net 324 1 302 30 PHARC 26 0 117 5 WV Multi County ARES No Report PCARC No Report District 4 ARES No Report CWVWA (Analog) No Report CWVWA (C4FM) No Report WV WL2K Net 103 0 5760 4 District 2 ARES No Report Total 961 5 7450 68 6 Meter Net Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions Pocahontas 6 meter net 62 0 232 49 DIGITAL Stations Traffic Time Min. Sessions DAREN Station Activity Report (SAR) – October 2023 Station Orig Rec Sent Del Total N8FMD 0 4 3 0 7 Total Public Service Honor Roll (PSHR) – October 2023 Station 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total TOTAL -------------------------------------------------------------------- ARRL West Virginia Section Section Manager: Dan Ringer, K8WV k8wv@arrl.org --------------------------------------------------------------------