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News last updated: Sun, August 24, 2008 at 11:22 PM ET
Greetings to all Amateur Radio Operators. This is Dr. Jim, N2ZZ with the August 2008 South Carolina Section Manager's Report! Please remember that the SC Section website can be found at: www.arrl-sc.org/ where my full SM report will be listed as well as up-to-the-date information on Amateur Radio in South Carolina!
Summer is almost over, and I'm sure we will all appreciate cooler weather, especially after the 100+ degree days we have been having in South Carolina. I did escape the hot weather for a week, as my family and I took a cruise through the inner passage of Alaska in late July. I went from short sleeves to a heavy sweatshirt and thick jacket. Needless to say, after a week of freezing in the Alaska Summer, it was good to return to the sweltering heat of South Carolina!
I would like to thank Brian KR4SP, ACC for all of his hard work keeping us up-to-date with club activities via his monthly club activity summaries for the last several years. Information gathering has been difficult for Brian due to his dial-up internet connection, and there has been very little feedback on his summaries. Due to these reasons, Brian and I jointly decided to discontinue the summaries. For club information, please visit each club's individual website, found on the www.arrl-sc.org website.
Tim Slay, N4IB, NC Section Manager passed on information to me about a class offered by the National Weather Service in conjunction with the Foothills Weather Net. The presentation will be "Tropical Weather in the Carolinas". The class will be held on August 28th at 7pm at Harvestworks, 891 N. Post Road, Shelby, NC. Contact information: Foothills Weather Net, POB 864, Shelby, NC 28151 (704) 974-1844 www.foothillswx.net . If you decide to head to Shelby early, this should be an interesting program!
This coming weekend will herald the 2008 Shelby Hamfest at its new location in Dallas, NC! The event will be held on August 30th and 31st, and gates open at 7am. The hamfest committee requests that when you get near the site, please follow hamfest signs and uniformed officers to guide you into the proper parking lot. Full information and driving directions can be found on their hamfest website: http://www.shelbyhamfest.com/hamfest.htm . I hope to see a great turnout from SC!
The Second Annual TARC tailgate party was held on August 16th, 2008 in Moncks Corner. I was unable to attend, but a report is forthcoming from Dennis KG4RUL, PIC. When available, I will post it on the www.arrl-sc.org website!
Dennis, by the way, was published in September 2008 QST on page 83, last paragraph. Unfortunately, QST misprinted his call as KG4RUI. Congratulations to Dennis on his submission to the JOTA article! WE know who you are!
D-STAR has come to South Carolina! Rob K4RKC, President of the Columbia Amateur Radio Club relayed the following information to me: "The Malfunction Junction Amateur Radio Club is proud to announce that there are now three D-Star repeaters located in the Columbia area. The first is located on the Northeast side of Columbia and provides excellent coverage of the local area. The repeater is VHF and UHF with Gateway, and frequencies are listed below. The second repeater is located in the Gilbert area and should give coverage from Aiken to Columbia. The third repeater is located east of Columbia and is designed to give wide area coverage.
Columbia:
145.400 Downtown Columbia KJ4BWK C with Gateway
442.300 Downtown Columbia KJ4BWK B with Gateway
Gilbert:
443.325 I-20 coverage K5ZOE B with Gateway
Wide area Coverage repeater:
442.775 Wide Coverage repeater KJ4FCS B Gateway is coming soon.
These are the First D-Star repeaters in South Carolina and we are proud to have them."
In addition, I was talking with Brian K6NWS, DEC5 who reports that a D-STAR Stack (1.2G/UHF/VHF) is soon to be installed at the Ashley River tower at MUSC. We also expect to have a VHF and UHF D-STAR repeater in Aiken fairly soon.
I found a few excellent videos on how to program the new D-STAR transceivers, by Gary KN4AQ: http://www.youtube.com/user/KN4AQ . After doing some reading and watching videos on D-STAR, I realize that there is a lot to learn, and "hands-on" use through a D-STAR repeater will be very helpful in that learning process!
The South Carolina QSO party, sponsored by the Columbia Amateur Radio Club will be held on September 20th and 21st this year. Full information is available on the CARC website: http://www.kf4ghc.net/scqp.shtml
I would like to extend my thanks to Mac Heaton N4MEH, STM for his work each month in compiling the NTS reports!
That's it for August! See you next Month!
July 2008 National Traffic System Report for South Carolina by Mac Heaton N4MEH, STM:
Net Reports
Net/Check Ins/Traffic/Sessions/Reported By
Anderson Radio Club 2M Net/829/36/31/N4MEH
Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Net /2244/40/31/K4SUG
Carolina Slow Net/119/15/31/N0SU
Columbia ARC 2 Meter Net/245/0/9/KE4TLC
Grand Strand ARC 2M Net/158/17/13/KI4HEE
Greater Pee Dee 2 Meter Net/804/32/31/K4DTT
Greenwood ARC 2 Meter Net/132/5/4/W4DEW
Greenwood Friendly Net/562/38/31/W4JAK
Lancaster County 2 Meter Net/145/10/13/N4WMB
SC SSB Net/1799/61/31/W4DDK
SC State ARES Net/202/5/4/KE4RVF
Station Activity Reports
Station/Sent/Received/Delivered/Originated/Total
KA4UIV/11/20/12/0/43
N4MEH/8/64/3/3/78
W4DDK/2/31/0/2/35
Public Service Honor Roll
Station/Cat1/Cat2/Cat3/Cat4/Cat5/Cat6/Total
KA4LRM/40/40/20/0/0/0/100
N4MEH/40/40/20/0/0/0/100
Have a Great Month!!
'73 de Dr. Jim N2ZZ
ARRL Section Manager
South Carolina Section
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