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
As you know Winlink is a very important tool in the volunteer emergency communicator toolbox. We want to get South Carolina on the map. The challenge is to send a Winlink message as explained here, every Wednesday before midnight. And we can get South Carolina on the map. This training task is coordinated by Mark … Read more
Registration for the June Quarterly training has been sent out via email. If you did not get it then please contact your ARES EC/DEC. June 8 2024 at the EMD 2779 Fish Hatchery Road, West Columbia SC 29172
https://youtu.be/g3lz-oBnmYE?si=hMaqwwcq6shaA9p6 This is the first time I have heard first responder traffic during a significant event. This group always remained calm and professional. It would be awesome if the SC amateur volunteer community (ARES and AUXC ) could train to this level of communications. This is also the first time I have heard … Read more
When a big weather event is expected the SCEMD might requested the SCHEART VHF repeaters be linked statewide during the event. When that happens the state EOC ( K4EMD ) will be monitoring the SCHEART network for damage reports or other significant information that needs to be relayed to the State Warning Point.. — So … Read more