The SCHEART VHF repeater located at Caesars Head has joined the statewide system of link-able sites. This repeater transmits on 145.130 MHz and receives on 144.530 MHz with a PL tone of 123.0 Hz. The ability to link this repeater as part of the statewide network enhances coverage in Northwestern part of the state and…
Update 9/10/2023: The Union 146.835 MHz repeater has rejoined the SCHEART network. The146.835 MHz Union repeater operating under the K4USC call sign is currently unavailable for use until the Union County Amateur Radio Club updates the FCC with accurate trustee information. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
A new DMR repeater has joined the SCHEART network. The N4JBM DMR repeater is located West of Landrum, SC and will provide enhanced coverage east of Greenville, and west of Rock Hill. The repeater output frequency is 440.7125 MHz and the input is 445.7125 MHz with a color code of 1.
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…
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 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…
October 1, 2022 SCHEART returned to normal operational mode at 1500 today. Thanks to all the people who supported Hurricane Ian response and provided field reports. September 28, 2022 SCHEART will be going into emergency operations mode on Friday at 0900 and remain until Ian passes. SCHEART system status: Conway UHF is operating as…
The NC CARES amateur radio network that served eastern North Carolina and was accessed from SCHEART on DTMF node 80 officially went out of service in September. Effective immediately, SCHEART DTMF node 80 can no longer access NC CARES network.