SCHEART will be offering Ham (Amateur) Radio classes in March. All classes will be running from March 11th through 15th. New hams will have to start out with the Technician course. All classes will be held at SCETV headquarters, 1041 George Rogers Blvd. Columbia, SC. from 6:00pm to 9:00pm. All classes are free. If you…
ARES Area 3 will be conducting an exercise on Saturday, January 19, 2019 starting at 1000 and running until 1200 local time. The Columbia VHF repeater will be removed from the normal statewide VHF link during this period. You may obtain additional information about their exercise by contacting the Area 3 DEC, W4ESD or any…
We would like to thank all those who donated time and money to support the SCHEART network in 2018. As a result, SCHEART made an impact across our state and region. If you enjoy using the SCHEART repeater network, please consider donating to SCHEART. Your donation will help fund system enhancements, future upgrades, and is…
January 16th at 0700 There will be an Amateur Radio Testing Session at the Goose Creek Masonic Lodge, 145 St James Ave, Goose Creek, SC 29445. Please contact Will Rochester, Operations Coordinator, Berkeley County Emergency Preparedness at 843-826-8031 for further information.
Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, there will be no SCHEART Healthcare Net on Thursday, November 22, 2018.
The Sumter Amateur Radio Association is hosting a ham radio theory class for the Technician Class license starting in January. Classes will be on Thursday nights from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the private dining room at Palmetto Health Tuomey Hospital. The course will run from January 24th to March 28th with testing on…
October 11, 2018 @ 4:30 PM At 4:30 PM the SCHEART system is returned to normal operational status. Hurricane Michael produced strong winds, heavy rains and some isolated flooding. Thanks to all amateur operators who checked in on the Healthcare net and to those who provided reports to the SEOC during the event. October 10,…
SCETV produced a segment on Amateur Radio which first aired on September 20, 2018. It is available for on-line viewing at https://video.scetv.org/video/teacher-recruitment-ham-radio-active-shooter-training-m7oeem/ The segment covering Amateur Radio starts at 13:50 into the full episode. You may recognize some of people in the video. SCHEART would like to thank ETV for helping to educate the public…
September 21, 2018 @ 11:00 AM The water from Florence continues its progress toward the ocean creating new records. While it is expected the crest will occur over the weekend, ARES/RACES support activity is winding up today. The SCHEART network returns to normal operational mode at 5:00 PM today. Thanks to all the amateur operators…