Robert WebsterThe 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
The AuxComm USA Winlink P2P Party will begin Tuesday 13 May at UTC 00:00 . This event will operate on frequency 14.119 (USB), using VARA HF. This is a 24 hours exercise. Tuesday’s exercise is a reschedule of the event that was cancelled on Tuesday 6 May due to poor propagation conditions. The final destination … Read more
Bob Connell (KI4RAX) has served as the Manager for the ARES VHF/UHF Sunday night net since July of 2023. Last week, Bob informed us that he will be stepping down from his net manager role at the end of June. We thank Bob for the time and effort he has contributed while managing this net … Read more