No Healthcare Net on Thanksgiving Day
Kent, KQ4KK, wishes to remind everyone that the SCHEART Healthcare Net for Thursday, November 28, 2024 has been canceled. On behalf of SCHEART, we wish everyone has a safe and Happy Thanksgiving.
Looking for a few good Hams
We are in need of additional Hams who would act as Net Control Stations (NCS) for the Thursday 0900 SCHEART Training net. Doing it once a month, or even less would be of great help. A couple of our past NCSs have aged out. The Preamble would be provided. You would not have to…
Remembering John Crockett W3KH
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…
December 2024 Training and Testing.
SCHEART will be offering Ham (Amateur) Radio classes in December of 2024. This is for Technician, General and Extra. All classes will be running from December 9th through 13th 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…
Amateur radio testing cancelled.
Due to the state of the roads, we’re going to have to cancel our Amateur Radio testing for Tomorrow, Saturday September 27, 2024. Sorry for the late notice.
Hurricane Helene Support
UPDATE 10/7/2024 @ 1634 The SCHEART network has returned to normal operations and is available for licensed operators to use. Thanks to the amateur radio community for supporting the Hurricane Helene response effort. 73 Roger UPDATE 10/6/2024 @ 1350 The SCHEART network continues to support recovery operations at the request of SCEMD. At 8:00…
PHRC or MRC?
A reminder to stations checking in on the Thursday Morning Healthcare nets not to use the terms DHEC or PHRC. In July, South Carolina recently Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and healthcare functions now operate under Department of Public Health (DPH). Along with that split, the term Public Health Reserve Corps (PHRC) was…
Greenville Paris Mountain Maintenance
Engineering will be working on the Greenville Paris Mountain SCHEART repeater antennas on Thursday, August 22, 2024, which will result in both VHF and UHF repeaters being offline after the Healthcare Net.. The tower crew will be returning the antennas to tower from their temporary locations. The crew will attempt to minimize the time the…
Tropical Storm Debby Support
UPDATE: August 10, 2024: SCHEART has returned to normal operations. UPDATE: August 9, 2024: The SCHEART system has been reconfigured for the duration of TS Debby. Until the SCHEART network relinks for the weekend, only the following repeaters will be linked; Columbia VHF, Florence VHF, Conway VHF, Sumter VHF, Murrells Inlet VHF, Awendaw VHF, White…
Update on SCHEART INC. Donations
SCHEART, Inc. Is a 501(c3) non-profit charity, formed for the purpose of enhancing and expanding the SCHEART radio networks. Our mission is to provide financial support for the expansion and enhancement of the SCHEART statewide emergency communications system in South Carolina, and to encourage amateur radio emergency communications. These networks have a primary mission of…