The Department of Defense will host this year’s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test. For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have taken part in this event, which is an interoperability exercise between hobbyist and government radio stations. The AFD Crossband Test, open to all licensed amateur radio operators, is a unique opportunity … Read more
The schedule for our “hurricane off-season” Sunday evening statewide VHF nets has been agreed. The nets will start at 20.00 hrs (8.00 PM) on the following dates: 14 December 2025 11 January 2026 8 February 2026 15 March 2026 12 April 2026 10 May 2026 If you have questions or concerns contact Robert (WR8RW) at: … Read more
A PowerPoint presentation (.pptx) file with the September 2025 Comm Ex results is now available. Thanks to Dennison Coomer, Matt Catoe, Roger Mull, and Gabe Turner for their assistance in bringing the data set together for this analysis. Here is the link: Sept_2025_CommEx_Results_2 The .kml information sources for the GoogleErth maps on slides 3, 8, … Read more
The latest updates for the 13th September “Field Day” exercise materials have been completed. The central link below (thanks to Matt Catoe, SC ESF2) contains all the important information for this exercise. https://scesf2.readyop.com/fs/4crm/a106638a If you have any follow up questions related to Saturday’s exercise contact: Robert Webster – robert.webster@ares-sc.org OR Roger Mull – KD4JQJ@arrl.net
The Statewide ARES Sunday Evening Net Schedule, for the remainder of the 2025 Hurricane Season has been confirmed. The net will convene on the following Sunday evenings at 20.00 US ET: 9/14/25, 9/28/25 10/12/25, 10/26/25 11/9/25, 11/23/25 Information regarding the non-hurricane season nets schedule and format (December 2025 through May 2026) will be available in … Read more
Ham & GMRS Radio Swap Meet & Tailgate. Who? Open to all ham & GMRS Operators. What? Meet & Greet fellow operators, swap equipment, discuss radio gear. When? Saturday, September 20, 2025 9 am – 1 pm. Where? 1077 Union Hill Rd, Salley, SC Host/Contact: Ron Hall, KJ4CN at KJFOURCN@GMAIL.COM The AIKEN ARES group meets … Read more
The upcoming are August and September 2025 ARES / Amateur Radio events as presented on the 3 August SC ARES Statewide Net by John (KE4JRK) Event Date / Time Location Contact Event Page Florence ARC 8/9 West Florence Fire Scott (KG4HIE) Florence ARC … Read more
Recently the SC ARES DEC (District Emergency Coordinator) Working Group met to discuss the topic of an SC ARES agreed replacement for the Ham Shack Hotline Voice Over IP (VOIP) service that will be decommissioned 31 August 2025. The team agreed that Hams Over IP (HOIP) will be the SC ARES VOIP preferred replacement for … Read more
The ARES statewide Sunday evening net schedule for the remainder of July and August 2025 has been updated. The dates for our nets during these two months are: 20 July 3 August 17 August 31 August On these upcoming nets, in July and August, we will be adding information segments related to: -The latest hurricane … Read more
The SC ARES Tactical Plan V4_7F June 19th, 2025 has been published. Summary of changes: 1. Numerous formatting and grammar changes to improve document readability. 2. Greenville Tactical repeater changed from CTCSS to DCS and is noted in red text in Section 8 3. Appendix C: SC AUXCOMM is updated to reflect the 2024 change … Read more