March 2026 Training and Testing.

SCHEART will be offering Ham (Amateur) Radio classes in March of 2026. This is for Technician, General and Extra. All classes will be running from March 16th to the 20th from 6pm to 9pm. Some classes will not take the whole week but will finish when all the material is covered. These classes run concurrently. You can only…

SEOC at OpCon 1

As of 1000 hours this AM, the South Carolina Emergency Operations is at OpCon 1 due the impending arrival of winter storm Fern. The SEOC Radio Room is now open, and the SCHEART networks are linked state wide. Use of this network is restricted to emergency traffic only. If you are an emergency response volunteer,…

January 24/25 winter weather

 SCHEART repeaters will return to normal operation at 5:00 PM on Monday, January 26, 2026.  Thanks to everyone who supported agencies during this event. Update 1/23/2026: The SCHEART VHF/UHF repeater system will be linked to the main conference bridge today at 6:00 PM with the following exceptions: Conway UHF (equipment issue), Wallace UHF (Low Country…

Silent Key- K2KYJ

I am sad to announce that SCHEART lost a senior leader.  Gary Lennert, K2KJY, became a silent key on November 27, 2025.  Gary joined SCHEART in 2010 and became a driving force to enhance the analog repeater network and build out the DMR system.  He accepted the responsibility of coordinating deployable assets and frequently went…

SCHEART Audio Test Request

SCETV is requesting operators test audio of the SCHEART repeaters and report any issues after last weekend’s uncorrelated audio problem.  If you receive unintelligible audio on any repeater, please submit a Trouble Report on the SCHEART.US webpage or email [email protected].  Be sure to note what repeater you are using and what problems you are experiencing…