SCHEART has been notified that TAC1, TAC310 and DCI/Brandmiester talk groups will no longer be freely available after April 30th. The decision was made by the host of these talk groups who distributes the audio connection to other C-bridge networks. Due to the growing number of feeds and costs incurred in providing the talk group…
Occasionally a group of people come together and create something for others to enjoy. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does the results can be very rewarding. This is the story of the SCHEART DMR network and the many people who made it happen. It is based on stories from the creators and attempts…
Administrators for the NC PRN system have scheduled switch maintenance this weekend. During this maintenance period, access to external talk groups will be impacted. SCHEART DMR accesses TAC1, TAC310, and Brandmeister via the NC PRN network. During maintenance these talk groups will be unavailable. Other talk groups should not be impacted. All maintenance activities will…
The SC Call Talk Group is designed to allow stations using SCHEART DMR repeaters to make an initial contact and then move their conversation to either a Local Talk Group (if you are on the same repeater) or to PRN Chat 1 or Chat 2 talk group. While short conversations on SC Call are acceptable,…
Update 1/16/2023: Some newer DMR radios have built in APRS capability. SCHEART and NCPRN DMR networks do not support APRS data. Operators must ensure they do not transmit APRS beacons on the networks since this transmission mode is NOT AUTHORIZED. Thanks for everyone’s support.  The DMR repeater system provides amateur radio operators access to…
In response to user requests, we have compiled a listing of NCPRN network repeaters under the DMR menu. More information about the NCPRN network can be found at http://ncprn.net/ . This site also provides a real time listing of Last Heard traffic for PRN. Users can check their signal strengths into the repeater and any…
SCHEART welcomes the Anderson DMR repeater to the network. The repeater transmits on 444.5375 MHz and receives on 449.5375.
Independent operation of the Local Talk Group is now enabled. Locals are no longer linked on the system. Additional programming updates will be occurring to ensure each Local transmission appears on the Last Heard listing on NCPRN website. At this time (January 1) not all locals are showing up but should be corrected within 48…
Three months ago it was announced that the SCHEART DMR system added a new talk group named SC Call. This talk group operates on Time Slot 1 with a code of 27510 and covers all SCHEART repeaters. Users wishing to reach stations outside the coverage of their local repeater, can use SC Call to make…