Welcome to SCHEART's Web Site!

Welcome to the South Carolina Healthcare Emergency Amateur Radio Team (SC HEART) web site. Net information and network information are posted on this page. To check on the network go to the IRLP page. To view photos go to Gallery. To learn more about SC HEART go to About us. To learn about amateur radio training classes contact Bill Dease WD1AV dease@sc.edu or John Crockett W3KH w3kh@arrl.net or use Contact Us


FCC AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE CLASSES FEBRUARY 11 and 12, 2012

SC HEART, ETV and the Columbia ARC will conduct FCC Amateur Radio Operator License Classes on February 11 and 12, 2012 at the SC ETV Telecommunications Center, 1040 George Rogers Blvd., Columbia, SC. http://www.scetv.org/index.php/facility_rental/directions_to_etv/ The classes available are for the technician, general or extra class amateur radio operator licenses. The cost of the classes will be $5.00 for registration, $20.00 for the course book and be sure to bring $15.00 cash on Sunday for testing. Registration will start on Saturday at 7:30 AM and class will begin at 8:30 AM and continue until 5:00 PM. Sunday classes will be from 8:00AM until 5:00PM.

This is a great opportunity to get started in “Ham Radio” or upgrade your license. The October, 2011 classes were attended by 81 students and 85% of them received a technician license or upgraded to a higher class license. Go to www.w4cae.org to see the photo’s of the October class.

Preregistration for the weekend classes is done online through Bill Dease, WD1AV, at the USC Center for Public Health Preparedness. SC Healthcare Emergency Amateur Radio Team is an initiative of USC CPHP. http://www.sph.sc.edu/acphp/scheart/licensing-schedule.htm If you are a State Agency, Healthcare or associated employee, check for additional information on technician license classes that are conducted by USC CPHP.

 

SC STATEWIDE ARES NET 8PM SUNDAY NIGHT

Join the VHF – UHF Statewide South Carolina ARES Net at 8PM Sunday Night. All amateurs are welcome to check into the net. To allow time for announcements, check-ins and training topic please check in using – Call Sign, Name, Location, and if you have Announcements or Traffic. 

Area 4-Net Control- January

Area 5-Net Control- February

 www.scserv.gov  check out the web site and register as a volunteer . As a licensed amateur radio operator your profession is listed as amateur radio.  Thanks for taking the time to register. 

Remember to continue to review of Bart’s Basics from N3GQ, Senior Emergency and Continuity Manager, Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau, FCC. Ten Tips to Make You a Better Communicator.

Reminder: Is your generator fueled and ready to run? Does the 12v backup battery in the shack still have acid in it? Are the batteries charged for your handheld radio? Do you have a lighter plug for the handheld with dead batteries?  Or do you have a  AA pack with fresh AA batteries to use ?

 ICS 100. The course is available at  http://training.fema.gov/IS/NIMS.asp   This is the introduction to the Incident Command System. To be fully trained take ICS 100 and 700 then 200 and 800 on line. ICS 300 and ICS 400 are taught in a classroom setting as is Communications Leadership. Brian Fletcher with MUSC is now certified to teach ICS 300, 400 and ComL. Send requests for class information to Charlie Miller, AE4UX (ae4ux@arrl.net) Remember, we respond to an emergency only as well as we have been trained. Part of the training is to know how the system works. 

January 2011 Total 323 Check-ins 5 Nets February 2011 Total 223 Check-ins 4 Nets

March 2011 Total 280 Check-ins 4 Nets     April 2011 Total 228 Check-ins 4 Nets

May 2011 Total 247 Check-ins 5 Nets          June 2011 Total 166 Check-ins 4 Nets

July 2011 Total 205 Check-ins 5 Nets         August 2011 Total 218 Check-ins 4 Nets

September 2011 Total 211 Check-ins 4 Nets  October 2011 Total 278 Check-ins 5 Nets

November 2011 Total 240 Check-ins 4 Nets December 2011 Total 211 Check-ins 4 Nets

January 1, 2012 61 Check-ins

Thanks to everyone who takes the time to check into the net!!! 73,  John, W3KH, Net Manager

 

SC Regional Skywarn Net 1st and 3rd Tuesday nights at 9 PM- Sponsored by NWS Charleston

Join the SC Regional Skywarn Net, 1st and 3rd Tuesday nights at 9 PM local. The net orginates from Charleston and is sponsored by the National Weather Service in Charleston.

 

SCHEART ESF-8 Statewide Training Net will meet on Thursday, January 19, 2012, at 9PM

The SCHEART ESF-8 Training Net will  meet on Thursday, January 19, 2011, at 9PM. The net on Thursday, January 26, 2012 will meet at 9 AM.  The net will alternate times to give operators more flexibility to check in. Check into the net using UHF repeaters were possible. During roll call, notify Net Control which repeater location you are using and if it is UHF or VHF. In an emergency the VHF repeaters may be used for ARES communications and not always available. It is very important that you can use the UHF side of the System as a RRT member.
 
IMPORTANT INFORMATION -  Check into the net – even if you are working. If you are working do a normal check – in call sign, name, location, (hospital or agency ), VHF or UHF. Continue to check in by e-mail if you are not able to connect to the SC Heart system. Net operates under FCC § 97.113 Prohibited transmissions (a) (3) (i). Preamble revisied  January 10, 2011.
 
Be a better communicator! Read the Ten Tips from “Bart’s Basics” to be a better communicator under the “About” section, including: Do you  have a minimal “Go Kit” in your car for emergencies? Time is critical in an emergency. To be effective you must be able to be on your way at short notice.
Check this posting each week prior to net for information on training or training topics. The net needs additional net control operators contact Bill, KI4PKO or John, W3KH. The net preamble is posted on the web site in the ”About”  section. This will give you the information you need to be a net control operator or an alternate net control operator. Thanks, John, W3KH.
All amateur radio operators are welcome to check into the net. If you are interested in becoming a RRT (radio response team) member contact Bill Dease KI4PKO at dease@sc.edu or  http://www.sph.sc.edu/acphp/scheart/licensing-schedule.htm .
 

QCWA – Quarter Century Wireless Association – Saturday Morning Net 9 AM

Welcome to the QCWA Saturday Morning 9 AM net.  The net meets on the VHF – UHF Linked Repeaters of the SC HEART system. This is a rag chew net and open to all amateurs. You don’t have to be a member to check-in. For more info e-mail John, W3KH at w3kh@arrl.net  Net sponsored by the Palmetto Chapter 89 of the QCWA.