The 2021 Edition of the South Carolina Amateur Radio Emergency Service and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service Auxiliary Communications Tactical Communication Guide has been posted to the ARES website: https://ares-sc.org/tactical-communications-plan/ Changes include 1) update of SCHEART DMR talk groups, 2) update of SHARES appendix, 3) update of section 8-SEOC radio room contact information and pandemic…
The SCHEART web store is open. Go to http://scheart.qbstores.com to order merchandise with the official SCHEART logo. A small portion of your purchase will go toward improvements to the SCHEART repeater network.
There will be no SCHEART Healthcare Net on Thursday, December 24 and December 31. Normal Healthcare Nets return on January 7, 2021
UPDATE 1/13/2021 The VHF and UHF repeaters are back on the air using a temporary antenna installed on the roof of the building. Coverage will be reduced. The repeater antennas will be re-installed on the tower as soon as possible. UPDATE 12/15/2020- 1530- The tower construction work at Paris Mountain was interrupted today when…
There will be no SCHEART Healthcare Net on Thursday, November 26th, Thanksgiving Day. Members of SCHEART wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. The Healthcare net will return on Thursday, December 3rd.
The Charleston Awendaw repeater will be de-linked from the statewide weekend net at 0655 AM on Sunday, October 18, so it can be used to support a charity bike ride. The repeater will return to the statewide network before the Sunday night ARES Net.
10/13/2020 Update: The Support Ticket Link has been restored. It is available for reporting SCHEART system problems. Please be as clear as possible when reporting a problem. If you have any issues with the ticket system, please use the contact us link. Thanks. SCHEART Support Team The support ticket link is unavailable while IT investigates…
8/18/2020 Update: The DMR operation is returning to normal. Due to the firewall security issue, several repeater sites lost connectivity and needed to be rebooted in order to re-establish a link to the conference bridge. Site visits have been occurring over the past few days and the last couple of sites should be back by…
08/04/2020 @ 7:14 AM – Isaias has exited the state leaving minimum damage to the communication infrastructure. The SCHEART system will return to normal operation at 0800 this morning. Thanks to all the amateur radio operators who assisted agencies and hospitals during the event and to the operators who were standing by to help if…
At noon on Monday, August 3, 2020, the SCHEART network will be configured to support Hurricane/TS Isaias operation. The analog VHF/UHF repeaters will be linked statewide. The DMR will revert to emergency operations mode. This limits talk group communication to South Carolina. The SCHEART network will remain in this configuration until the storm clears the…