Effective today, 1 July 2026, there are two leadership updates for South Carolina ARES. District 2 Lee Marion (W8CGQ) has stepped down from his role as EC for District Two. Lee has been active in South Carolina ARES for a number of years and has been instrumental in assisting the return of ARES to several … Read more
The image below was created by the ARRL for 2026 Field Day given the current emergency response to the earthquake situation in Venezuela. If you are participating in 2026 Field Day, and are operating HF, please keep this advisory in mind so the critical emergency channels are used for Venezuela Earthquake Emergency response traffic only. … Read more
The statewide Sunday evening ARES nets schedule for hurricane season 2026 has been set up. The nets for the months of June through November will begin at 20.00 hrs (8.00 PM ET) on the following dates: June: 7th and 21st July: 5th and 19th August: 2nd and 16th September: 6th and 20th October: 4th and … Read more
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 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
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