The Sumter Amateur Radio Association (SARA) will be conducting amateur radio (ham radio) exams on Saturday, November 5th, 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.
The ETV Endowment established the John Crockett Engineering Internship in 2016 to honor John’s outstanding service to SCETV and the state of South Carolina. Interns work in ETV’s engineering department in Columbia. Donations to the fund may be made online at etvendowment.org or mailed to: ETV Endowment of South Carolina John Crockett Engineering Internship 401…
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…
Hurricane Fiona has passed us by here in South Carolina. Hurricane Gaston has graciously decided to stay way out to sea. That leaves us right now with Tropical Depression 09 which right now is south of the Dominican Republic. It is too early to really tell where this storm will go…but a couple of the…
Due to the Gamecocks playing this Saturday, we’ll have to move testing to Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 1541 Lake Murray Blvd. Columbia SC 29063. What 3 Words location: ///twigs.idiom.quotations
The food drive is for canned goods and non perishables with an emphasis on Thanksgiving dinner. All proceeds will be given to Christian Charities here in Sumter. Donations should be brought to the October SARA meeting, or make other arrangements with George KK4F, President of the Sumter Amateur Radio Association. Things that Christian Charities looks…
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.
I am looking for amateur radio volunteers to help with the SCHEART weekly Thursday morning drills. The volunteer would have to register at scserve.com to be available as an MRC (DHEC) volunteer and also go through a simple orientation at Tuomey Hospital. There are some online training sessions required which are not difficult and it…
UPDATE 6/8/2022- The Spartanburg Microwave segment update has been completed and SCHEART VHF/UHF and DMR repeaters have returned to normal network operation. Over the coming months, SCETV will be upgrading their statewide microwave network. This network links most of the SCHEART repeaters to the audio conference servers in Columbia. As microwave link segments are…
Due to schedule conflicts, we’ve had to move this out one week The new dates are in RED. SCHEART will be offering Ham (Amateur) Radio classes in June. This is for Technician, General and Extra. All classes will be running from June 13th through the 17th from 6pm to 9pm. Some classes will not take the…