John Crockett, W3KH, was the visionary leader that spearheaded the SCHEART Program. John served as the lead system design engineer and had primary responsibility for establishing the SCHEART repeater network. We lost John on October 12, 2016 after a courageous cancer fight. On this anniversary of his passing, we would like to remind everyone of…
Due to the state of the roads, we’re going to have to cancel our Amateur Radio testing for Tomorrow, Saturday September 27, 2024. Sorry for the late notice.
UPDATE 10/7/2024 @ 1634 The SCHEART network has returned to normal operations and is available for licensed operators to use. Thanks to the amateur radio community for supporting the Hurricane Helene response effort. 73 Roger UPDATE 10/6/2024 @ 1350 The SCHEART network continues to support recovery operations at the request of SCEMD. At 8:00…
A reminder to stations checking in on the Thursday Morning Healthcare nets not to use the terms DHEC or PHRC. In July, South Carolina recently Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and healthcare functions now operate under Department of Public Health (DPH). Along with that split, the term Public Health Reserve Corps (PHRC) was…
Engineering will be working on the Greenville Paris Mountain SCHEART repeater antennas on Thursday, August 22, 2024, which will result in both VHF and UHF repeaters being offline after the Healthcare Net.. The tower crew will be returning the antennas to tower from their temporary locations. The crew will attempt to minimize the time the…
UPDATE: August 10, 2024: SCHEART has returned to normal operations. UPDATE: August 9, 2024: The SCHEART system has been reconfigured for the duration of TS Debby. Until the SCHEART network relinks for the weekend, only the following repeaters will be linked; Columbia VHF, Florence VHF, Conway VHF, Sumter VHF, Murrells Inlet VHF, Awendaw VHF, White…
SCHEART, Inc. Is a 501(c3) non-profit charity, formed for the purpose of enhancing and expanding the SCHEART radio networks. Our mission is to provide financial support for the expansion and enhancement of the SCHEART statewide emergency communications system in South Carolina, and to encourage amateur radio emergency communications. These networks have a primary mission of…
SCHEART will be offering Ham (Amateur) Radio classes in September of 2024. This is for Technician, General and Extra. All classes will be running from September 23rd through 27th 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 only…
Today, July 1, 2024, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) became two separate agencies. The two new agencies will be the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) and South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH). SCHEART will be supported by DPH. The SCHEART.US website has been updated to reflect this…
The Sumter Downtown DMR repeater located at Prisma Toumey hospital has been decommissioned and removed from the facility at the request of the local coordinator. The repeater equipment will be maintained as part of the system spare equipment. SCHEART would like to thank Prisma Toumey for supporting the repeater operation since 2014.