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Holiday Link

At users request, the SCHEART VHF repeaters (except Union) will be linked between Christmas and New Years to support those traveling across the state.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Update 12/24/2023:  The Union VHF repeater is experiencing interference and linking has been disabled until engineering can check on it.

DMR Status Page

UPDATE 12/8/23:  The status of the SCHEART DMR repeaters is available again under the digital tab. The issue created by new security measures has been fixed. Due to recent network security changes, the DMR repeater connection status page is currently unavailable.  Efforts to restore communication are ongoing.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause…

SCHEART at South University

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…

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…