March 15, 2019: The Union County Repeater has developed a technical issue which will require it to be off the air until engineering can visit the site and implement repeaters. March 7, 2019: The Union County Amateur Radio Club has partnered with SCHEART to add a VHF repeater to the network in Union. The K4USC…
The 2019 edition of the South Carolina ARES/RACES Tactical Communications Guide is available for download from the ARES-SC.ORG website. http://ares-sc.org/
ARES Area 3 will be conducting an exercise on Saturday, January 19, 2019 starting at 1000 and running until 1200 local time. The Columbia VHF repeater will be removed from the normal statewide VHF link during this period. You may obtain additional information about their exercise by contacting the Area 3 DEC, W4ESD or any…
We would like to thank all those who donated time and money to support the SCHEART network in 2018. As a result, SCHEART made an impact across our state and region. If you enjoy using the SCHEART repeater network, please consider donating to SCHEART. Your donation will help fund system enhancements, future upgrades, and is…
The DMR repeater system provides amateur radio operators access to a commercial level radio network whose operation is based on talk groups rather than just frequency channels. Talk groups are unique digital identifiers that help route conversations through the network and into the user’s radio. DMR repeaters support two simultaneous voice/data conversations on a single…
January 16th at 0700 There will be an Amateur Radio Testing Session at the Goose Creek Masonic Lodge, 145 St James Ave, Goose Creek, SC 29445. Please contact Will Rochester, Operations Coordinator, Berkeley County Emergency Preparedness at 843-826-8031 for further information.
Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, there will be no SCHEART Healthcare Net on Thursday, November 22, 2018.
The Sumter Amateur Radio Association is hosting a ham radio theory class for the Technician Class license starting in January. Classes will be on Thursday nights from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the private dining room at Palmetto Health Tuomey Hospital. The course will run from January 24th to March 28th with testing on…
October 11, 2018 @ 4:30 PM At 4:30 PM the SCHEART system is returned to normal operational status. Hurricane Michael produced strong winds, heavy rains and some isolated flooding. Thanks to all amateur operators who checked in on the Healthcare net and to those who provided reports to the SEOC during the event. October 10,…
SCETV produced a segment on Amateur Radio which first aired on September 20, 2018. It is available for on-line viewing at https://video.scetv.org/video/teacher-recruitment-ham-radio-active-shooter-training-m7oeem/ The segment covering Amateur Radio starts at 13:50 into the full episode. You may recognize some of people in the video. SCHEART would like to thank ETV for helping to educate the public…