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…
The Sumter Amateur Radio Association (SARA) will be conducting amateur radio (ham radio) exams on Saturday, February 11th, 9:00 AM at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2325 Camden Hwy, Sumter, SC. There is still time to register to take a ham radio exam there…contact Art, ahwild@aol.com.
UPDATE 3/2/2023: SCETV has received replacement coaxial cable and connectors for the project. The tower crew is working the project into their schedule with installation expected to take a 4 days with good weather. UPDATE 2/23/2023: SCETV has ordered new coaxial cable to replace the damaged Awendaw feed line. It should arrive sometime around March…
SCHEART will be offering Ham (Amateur) Radio classes in March of 2023. This is for Technician, General and Extra. All classes will be running from March 20th through 24th. from 6pm to 9pm. Some classes will not take the whole week, but will finish when all the material is covered. These classes run concurrently. You can…
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…
The Columbia Downtown DMR repeater is being relocated off the Capital Center location. It will be off the air until installed at a new location southwest of downtown.
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…
SCHEART will be offering Ham (Amateur) Radio classes in December of 2022. This is for Technician, General and Extra. All classes will be running from December 12th through 16th from 6pm to 9pm. Some classes will not take the whole week, but will finish when all the material is covered. These classes run concurrently. You…