Welcome to the new ARRL South Carolina Section Web Page

Saturday, May 17 promises to be an exciting day as Florence area Hams assemble at the SC State Forestry Commission office on the Darlington Highway (US Hwy 52 North-just below Florence Darlington Technical College-on the right, coming from Florence).

It's a day for the Ham, new to the hobby, as well as even more seasoned operators that want to know more about Ham Radio.

The session will begin at 9am with coffee and doughnuts. Topics covered will be brief. The session should conclude before noon. Talk-in will be on 146.850mhz, the W4ULH Repeater.

This is a tenative lineup and is subject to change, but the information should help newcomers into the hobby as well as inform us older Hams.

The Florence Amateur Radio Club is looking for volunteers to help with the largest annual logistical event in the Pee Dee area of South Carolina...the Mayfly.

Amateurs are needed to provide communications during this two day event on May 24 and 25 at the Florence Regional Airport.

If you have a two meter handheld and can assist, please contact Bobby Collins, KG4BZK, at:

Be sure to include your name, call, shirt size, family members attending and which days and time slots you can help.

4-27-08 - The April Section News is now on-line. Please click on "SC Section News" on the left sidebar!

4-22-08 - The Monthly Club Activity Summary by Brian KR4SP is now on-line. Please click on the corresponding link on the left sidebar!

3-29-08 - I received the First Quarter Report on the SCHEARTS system by John Crockett KC4YI. To view it in WORD format, click HERE!

Note: I have filled out the hamfest events for the full year of 2008-some have not been registered with the ARRL yet. and they are listed when they would normally fall during the calendar year. Please forward any corrections to me at n2zz@arrl.org .

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January 10, 2009-Greenwood Hamfest to be held at the Greenwood Civic Center. Talk-in will be available on 147.165+ / ALT 443.900+.

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January 12, 2008-Greenwood Hamfest to be held at the Greenwood Civic Center. Talk-in will be available on 147.165+ / ALT 443.900+. Click HERE to see their hamfest flyer!

February 2, 2008-Charleston Hamfest and Computer Show and the ARRL 2008 SC State Convention(!) to be held at the Exchange Park Fairground, 9850 Highway 78, Ladson, SC. Exit 203 off of I-26, College Park Road. Click http://www.wa4usn.org/hamfestm.htm to see their hamfest flyer!

March 8 & 9, 2008-Charlotte, NC Hamfest and Computer Fair to be held at the Charlotte Merchandise Mart on 2500 E. Independence Blvd in Charlotte, NC. For further information, check out the Mecklenburg ARS hamfest webpage: http://www.w4bfb.org/hamfest . Talk-in 145.29-.

May 3, 2008-Upstate Hamfest to be held in Spartanburg, SC. ARRL 2008 SC Section Convention! For further information, go to http://upstatehamfest.org or contact Rusty Kirkpatrick, AJ4RK aj4rk@bellsouth.net or hamfest@brars.org . Talk-in 146.610-

May 16-18, 2008-The DAYTON HAMVENTION! Visit www.hamvention.org for details!

August 16, 2008-The Trident Amateur Radio Club will be holding a tailgate party on this date at the Moncks Corner FOP Lodge 19, Highway 17, 1319 S Live Oak Drive, Moncks Corner, SC, from 09:00 to 15:00 EDT. Visit their website http://www.tridenthams.org/ for further information!

Labor Day Weekend, 2008-The 50th Annual SHELBY Hamfest will be held in Dallas, NC at Biggerstaff Park in Gaston County. Biggerstaff Park is located twenty miles East of Shelby and three miles North of I-85 on NC HWY 279 (Dallas Cherryville Highway). For further information, go to: www.shelbyhamfest.org.

October 18, 2008 - 30th annual Lake Hartwell Hamfest to be held at Darwin Wright Park in Anderson, SC. Vendor contact is James Hampton WA4JWS (864) 225-0567. To see their hamfest flyer, click HERE or visit their website: www.andersonradioclub.us

November 15, 2008-Grand Strand Beachfest to be held in Garden City, SC. (NEW LOCATION!!) For further information, go to: http://www.w4gs.org.

9-16-05 - The dedication of the Aiken County Emergency Services Amateur Radio Trailer was on Wednesday, September 14^th. There for the dedication were Aiken County Sheriff Michael Hunt, Aiken County Council Chairman Ronny Young, Aiken County Emergency Management Coordinator David Ruth, K4DLR, representatives from the State Emergency Management Department, Bob Besley K4NJN, ASM6, Tony Sealy N4ADM, TS and myself. There was excellent news coverage from two local television news teams, WJBF and WRDW. I was able to record the news and produce a streaming video for the web, in Windows Media Format. It is available HERE I have also added a newspaper article about the trailer in PDF format HERE. According to Bob K4NJN ASM6, final touches are being put on the trailer and training will be held for each of the 6 EMD areas in South Carolina this Fall!

Greetings,

I'm pleased to report that the ARRL's Programs and Service Committee, a committee of the ARRL Board of Directors, has authorized ARRL to add FORTY SEVEN to its list of ARRL Numbered Radiograms.

The definition of FORTY SEVEN is

"Reference your message number ____ to _____ delivered on ____ at ____ UTC."

The list of ARRL Numbered Radiograms (including FORTY SEVEN) is found at this ARRL Web page in three different formats: HTML, Adobe PDF, and Word for Windows.

http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/forms/#fsd-3.

73,

Steve Ewald, WV1X
ARRL Field Organization/ Public Service Team
sewald@arrl.org

Word from WARC 2003 is that by the year 2009, the entire world will have an exclusive 40 meter allocation from 7000-7200 kHz, and shortwave broadcast stations will move out of 7100-7200 kHz in Regions 1 & 3! Amateurs in those regions are currently limited to 7000-7100 kHz. This was a compromise made at the WARC, which should finish up by today, July 4th! This does not affect our 7000-7300 kHz exclusive amateur allocation in Region 2. This marks the first time that an HF broadcasting band has been moved to accommodate the needs of another service! The full story is available on the ARRL website: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/07/03/4/?nc=1 . Thanks to our IARU team that made this possible!

As of July 3rd at midnight local time, five frequencies on the 60 meter band became available to US amateur radio operators. Power limit on this band is 50 watts ERP. 50 watts PEP to a half-wave dipole (which is considered to be 0 dB gain) would satisfy FCC requirements. If gain antennas are used, you must "do the math" and decrease power to keep your signal to 50 watts ERP. Bandwidth is limited to 2.8 kHz. Recommendations state that the signals must be "within a few tens of Hertz" of suppressed carrier accuracy. Further information is available on the ARRL website: http://www2.arrl.org/news/stories/2003/06/03/1/?nc=1 . The five center frequencies follow (in kHz), with the actual VFO frequency (the one that your rig should be tuned to) following in parentheses. You will note that the VFO frequency is 1.5 kHz below the center frequency: 5332(5330.5), 5348(5346.5), 5368(5366.5), 5373(5371.5), and 5405(5403.5). The last frequency is currently used in the UK for experimentation .

This is a "foot in the door"! Please follow all regulations to the letter-if we prove we can use this band productively, perhaps we will earn a full band allocation in the future!

The ARRL Section News will no longer be found on the pages of QST beginning with the January 2003 issue. The Official SC ARRL Section News is available on the ARRL website:

As a supplement to the Section News on the ARRL Website, I will also publish the SC Section News on this website. I was given a suggestion that the Section News should be available from past months, so I will be adding an archive section for the SC Section News beginning in January 2003 on this site.

The monthly Section Manager's report is now available by clicking on "SC Section News".

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Welcome to the

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