SCHEART participated in a day long program at South University in Columbia on November 2, 2023. Students were introduced to Amateur Radio and how SCHEART supports healthcare facilities during emergencies. Responder elements from Richland and Lexington County along with DHEC, Red Cross, and Salvation Army participated in the event. Steven Nixon is shown below setting…
John Crockett, W3KH, was the visionary leader that spearheaded the SCHEART Program. John served as the lead system design engineer and had primary responsibility for establishing the SCHEART repeater network. We lost John on October 12, 2016 after a courageous cancer fight. On this anniversary of his passing, we would like to remind everyone of…
Update 9/10/2023: The Union 146.835 MHz repeater has rejoined the SCHEART network. The146.835 MHz Union repeater operating under the K4USC call sign is currently unavailable for use until the Union County Amateur Radio Club updates the FCC with accurate trustee information. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
8/31/2023 @ 1410, The SCHEART network is returning to normal operation. SCEMD requests the SCHEART repeater network to be configured for emergency support operation starting on Wednesday, August 30th and remain ready to support auxiliary communication traffic until Thursday August 31. The exact time the system will return to normal will be determined by…
A new DMR repeater has joined the SCHEART network. The N4JBM DMR repeater is located West of Landrum, SC and will provide enhanced coverage east of Greenville, and west of Rock Hill. The repeater output frequency is 440.7125 MHz and the input is 445.7125 MHz with a color code of 1.
Update 5/31/2023 afternoon. SCHEART VHF/UHF and DMR have resumed normal operations. The SCHEART VHF/UHF and DMR repeaters at Awendaw are back on the air with full coverage. The VHF repeater is connected to the statewide network. Statewide connectivity for the UHF and DMR repeaters should happen shortly. UPDATE 5/26/2023: SCETV tower crew is wrapping up…
On Monday, May 22 at 8:20 PM local time, a memorial net will be conducted on the SCHEART repeater system in honor of Marc Tarplee, N4UFP. Marc has been ARRL Section Manager for South Carolina since 2010 and has been a big champion of Amateur Radio and the SCHEART program. Unfortunately, we lost Marc on…
UPDATE: A network firmware update was pushed this morning which affected Wallace, Orangeburg and Whitehall IRLP boxes. Units are currently hug and will not reconnect to the network. Engineering is working to restore connectivity. A network issue affected the following sites which are offline this morning (3/30/23): Charleston Wallace VHF/UHF and Orangeburg VHF/UHF repeaters. Greenville…
The 2023 state Full Scale Exercise (FSE) will occur on March 8th and 9th with a communication exercise on March 11. The SCHEART repeater network will be configured to support the exercise as follows. The DMR network will go into emergency operational mode shortly after noon on March 8 and remain until 1600 Local on…
The SCHEART DMR network does not support APRS. All operators should ensure they do not beacon on the SCHEART DMR network. Some DMR radios also support APRS functions and revert to the last transmit channel selected when sending their APRS data. When an operator selects any SCHEART DMR talk group, the radio starts sending APRS…