Dillon DMR Repeater
As of 5/3/2017, work is occurring on the WPDE tower at Dillon, SC. The DMR repeater along with other repeaters on the tower platform will be off until the work is completed.
COOP & SKYWARN Open House Day
Announcing COOP & SKYWARN Open House Day Saturday April 22, 2017 Our Cooperative Weather Observers & SKYWARN Ham Radio Spotters are critically important to the National Weather Service’s mission: “Protection of life and property, and enhancement of the national economy†We’d like to say thank you to our volunteers for the priceless work you do.…
National Disaster Medical System Exercise – May 9, 2017
On May 9th, there will be a National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) exercise conducted in the Columbia area. Simulated causalities will arrive at the Columbia airport during the day and be sent to area hospitals to test surge capabilities. Approximately 160 people will be dispatched to 13 area hospitals. Amateur Radio will provide back up…
SCHEART DMR update 3/5/2017
Another DMR repeater will be connecting to the SCHEART DMR C-bridge in the next few weeks. The Glassy Mountain (near Pickens, SC) DMR repeater is operating in local only mode pending completion of a network connection to the mountain. The Clemson, SC DMR repeater is now connected to the network and provides improved local area…
New South Carolina ARES/RACES Tactical Guide available
The 2017 edition of the South Carolina ARES/RACES Auxiliary Communications Tactical Communications Guide has been published. The new guide provides updated organizational information for ARES and SCHEART network. You may download the guide from the ARES website at http://ares-sc.org/
DHEC Regional Map
DHEC Pee Dee Regional Exercise 4/13/2017
On April 13 2017, the DHEC PeeDee region will conduct a Redundant Communications Exercise focusing primarily on hospitals and healthcare facilities. The main focus will be on hospitals but all regional healtcare facilities may participate. This will be an amateur radio exercise using the scenario that all other means of communications have failed. SCHEART volunteers…
March 2017 classes.
There will be a set of classes scheduled in March at SCETV. The Technician class will be running March 13th through 17th from 6-10 pm. General and Extra will be held on March 15th through 17th from 6-10 pm. A testing session will be held on March 18th starting at 8:50. Bring a photo ID,…
DMR Local Configuration Update
Independent operation of the Local Talk Group is now enabled. Locals are no longer linked on the system. Additional programming updates will be occurring to ensure each Local transmission appears on the Last Heard listing on NCPRN website. At this time (January 1) not all locals are showing up but should be corrected within 48…
Upcoming DMR changes- Effective January 1, 2017
Three months ago it was announced that the SCHEART DMR system added a new talk group named SC Call. This talk group operates on Time Slot 1 with a code of 27510 and covers all SCHEART repeaters. Users wishing to reach stations outside the coverage of their local repeater, can use SC Call to make…