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The Wallace (Charleston Downtown) VHF repeater is back on the network after an extended outage.   Repairs of the UHF repeater are underway and it should be back on the network shortly.

Charleston SKYWARN requested coastal repeaters be linked on January 3rd due to possible inclement weather (ice and snow) along the South Carolina Coast.  Condition reports can be sent to the Charleston NWS over the SCHEART system.  Configuration changes may occur during the day as conditions warrant.  Thanks to everyone for supporting the Skywarn Program.  …

A configuration change in the ETV network on Saturday resulted in several repeaters not reacquiring a connection.  This has primarily affected the DMR network.   ETV Engineering is working on the problem and should have it correctly shortly.  The following DMR repeaters are affected: Beech Island, Bluffton, Clemson, Greenville, Hilton Head, Murrells Inlet, Pickens, and…

On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, South Carolina will be conducting its annual Full Scale Exercise (FSE) in conjunction with a national GridX drill.  South Carolina will be the first state to participate in GridX which represents an attack on the national power grid from unknown actors.  Wide scale and long duration power outages will disrupt…

Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday on Thursday Novembrer 23rd, there will be no SCHEART Healthcare Training Net.   The SCHEART Net Control Operator Team wishes everyone a safe and very Happy Thanksgiving!

The Pickens DMR repeater is connected to the SCHEART / PRN network as of 10/3/2017.  While the Pickens DMR repeater has been operating for months, there have been difficulties providing an Internet connection to the mountain.  Thanks to the efforts of Mandell Rigdon, WR4XM, and several the upstate hams,  a RF link was installed to…

On Monday September 18th, SCETV Engineering will be starting work at Paris Mountain (Greenville) transmitter site as initial preparation of the tower for frequency repacking.  Under frequency repacking of television channels, the SCETV transmitters are being changed  along with antennas.  The SCHEART analog antennas are located at the top of an old TV antenna which…

The conference bridge network function for the Beech Island analog repeaters has been resolved.  The VHF/UHF repeaters will be available for the SCHEART healthcare net today.   Engineering is still working the problem of local DTMF connection capability. Work to re-establish the network connection capability for analog repeaters at Aiken Regional, Murrells Inlet and Dillon…

VPN services for the SCHEART IRLP nodes are still down at this time.  A security policy update forced Management Information Systems to switch protocols for VPN services.  The repeater IRLP boxes use a specific version of VPN client which is either not compatible with the new protocol or requires reconfiguration.  ETV Engineering and IT personnel…