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…
Update: 10/15/2022 @ 3:00 PM. Engineering determined a server update cause the unit to hang which took down the SCHEART Conference backup bridge. The Conference main bridge experienced a hardware failure a failure a couple of weeks ago and was being rebuilt but it wasn’t ready to go online before the Wednesday net. SCETV has…
UPDATE 4/27/2023: The Columbia Downtown repeater is back on the air at the new location which is in West Columbia. It’s name will not change since it is the repeater closest to downtown. The Columbia Downtown DMR repeater is being relocated off the Capital Center location. It will be off the air until installed at…
The SCHEART Healthcare net scheduled for Thursday, November 24, 2022 is canceled due to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Normal nets will resume on the following Thursday. SCHEART wishes everyone a safe and Happy Thanksgiving
SCEMD has requested SCHEART to be linked tomorrow as Nicole passes across the state. The SEOC will not be active but individuals will be monitoring the SCHEART network during the day should anyone have essential traffic. The VHF/UHF system will be linked from 7:45 AM until 4:45 PM on 11/11/2022. At 05:00 PM the VHF…
The ETV Endowment established the John Crockett Engineering Internship in 2016 to honor John’s outstanding service to SCETV and the state of South Carolina. Interns work in ETV’s engineering department in Columbia. Donations to the fund may be made online at etvendowment.org or mailed to: ETV Endowment of South Carolina John Crockett Engineering Internship 401…