The 2025 Statewide Full Scale Exercise will be happening on March 11, 12 and 15th. The exercise scenario will cover a long term power outage with disruption of normal fuel delivery systems. SCHEART has been requested to support the communications portion of the exercise. The SCHEART analog system will be linked statewide on these days starting around 08:45 until 1630. These times may vary due to operational needs. The SCHEART DMR system will be place in emergency operational mode during the same time periods.
On March 11 and 12, state, county and local agencies will be testing auxiliary communication systems and responding with response teams in the upstate. In addition to amateur radio, these teams will be testing other communication systems and technologies with the State EOC. Also the State EOC will attempt to establish contact in each county representing the County EOC.
On March 15 the focus is on amateur radio operators providing auxiliary communication. Normal phones and internet connections will be unavailable during this period and ham operators will use their capabilities to pass traffic within their county and from their county to the State EOC.
We would like to thank every amateur radio operator for their participation and support of this multi-day exercise.
