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Page updated on 8 February 2010
Greetings to all from Marc Tarplee, N4UFP!
2-7-10 - The 2010 Charleston Hamfest is behind us and from my vantage point at the ARRL table, things looked very, very good. There were more indoor vendors and attendance appeared to be up over last year. Our guest from ARRL HQ, Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, and our new Vice Director, Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, gave interesting presentations during the ARRL Forum that were well attended. There was also a good crowd at the technical presentation, the first by our new Technical Coordinator, Les Shattuck, K4NK. We had lots of visitors at the ARRL table and it was a pleasure to speak to all of them.
I would like to thank our hosts, the Charleston Amateur Radio Society, who did a wonderful job, Norm, W3IZ, Jim, N2ZZ, and Les, K4NK for their thoughtful comments during their presentations, all the vendors for their hard work, and finally, all the amateurs who came out on Saturday morning to be part of the event.
Tammy, KI4PTJ, the Public Information Officer for the Columbia Amateur
Radio Club sent the following information, which may be of interest to SC
amateurs interested in public service:
Lexington County Medical Center is sponsoring their first annual Colon Cancer
Bike Ride on Saturday, March 20th. This event is still being planned but they
contacted the Columbia Amateur Radio Club (CARC) for communications assistance
as soon as they secured the date. CARC openly invites all hams to participate in
any of their meetings, workshops, and events. All hams are welcome to
participate regardless of club affiliation or experience level. If you would like further information, please contact Tammy at livi4461@sc.rr.com
1-9-2010 – Happy New Year to everyone! I am Marc Tarplee, N4UFP, the new
Section Manager for the ARRL South Carolina Section. I have been appointed to
fill out the balance of Dr. Jim’s term and it is a pleasure and an honor to
serve the amateur radio community in SC.
Some of you may already know me – for the past seven years I have served
as the section Technical Coordinator and had an opportunity to meet and provide
technical assistance to many amateurs in our Section.
My duties as Technical Coordinator will now be taken over by Les
Shattuck, K4NK. He is a very knowledgeable guy with lots of electronics experience.
He has served our section and our division in a variety of capacities,
including an earlier stint as Technical Coordinator, so I know that he will do
a great job. If you need his assistance, contact him at K4NK@arrl.net
While on the subject of technical support, I would like to share the
following information I received from Tammy, KI4PTJ, the Public Information
Officer for the Columbia Amateur Radio Club:
“The Columbia Amateur Radio
Club will be holding a Programming Session on Monday, February 1st during their
monthly meeting. They are inviting all hams to bring any equipment they
have the needs programming (some radios are just scary) along with its accompanying
manual and other hams in attendance will be there to assist with getting
everyone up and running. This will be a great opportunity for any ham to come
and get some help with their equipment. I know Monday nights aren't
always a great option but we did want to make this available to ALL hams, not
just those that normally attend our meetings. “
If you would like further information, please contact Tammy at livi4461@sc.rr.com
12-31-2009 - On my last day as South Carolina Section Manager, I would like to thank everyone AGAIN for all of your support over the last seven years! It has been a wonderful experience for me, and I know that I am leaving the South Carolina Section in good hands! Marc Tarplee N4UFP will become the South Carolina Section Manager as of 1/1/10. Please offer him the same support during his tenure as Section Manager! I will assume the post of Vice Director of the Roanoke Division on the above date. Rest assured that I will be representing you and the rest of the Roanoke Division on the ARRL Board of Directors!
My best wishes to everyone and Have a Very Happy New Year!
12-13-2009 - The December Youth Report by Katie KI4LSZ, ASM-Youth is now on-line! Please click the link on the right sidebar to view!
12-11-2009 - Section News is now on-line. Please click on "SC Section News" on the left sidebar!
12-9-2009 - It is my pleasure to announce
my successor as Section Manager of South Carolina!
Upon my recommendation to our Roanoke Division Director, Dennis W4PWF, and his
recommendation to the ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager, Dave
NN1N, at ARRL HQ, Marc Tarplee N4UFP, TC has been appointed Section Manager of
South Carolina beginning January 1, 2010, to finish out my term of
office. Marc's term will continue through December 31, 2010.
Marc and I met this past weekend to discuss the Section Manager position in
detail. I received word that Marc's appointment was official today!
The ARRL news story will be released on Thursday or Friday.
Marc has been Technical Coordinator of the ARRL-SC team since I became Section
Manager in 2003. He has given numerous presentations to clubs and hamfests
throughout the state. He will represent our section well!
Further details will be given in my December Section Report!
NEW INFORMATION: Link to ARRL News Story: http://www.arrl.org/?artid=9332
11-22-09 - I am very proud to announce that I won the election for Vice Director of the Roanoke Division, and will begin my new term of office on January 1st, 2010 for three years. I was notified by ARRL President Joel Harrison W5ZN on Friday November 20th that I won the election with 1692 votes to my opponent’s 1496 votes. This was a close election! My opponent Hal Turley W8HC of West Virginia sent me a congratulatory e-mail after the results were known, which I greatly appreciated. This will mean that I will have to leave my position as SC Section Manager to serve on the ARRL Board of Directors. I do have someone from the ARRL-SC team in mind who has accepted the position if offered. The ARRL Membership and Volunteer Programs Manager, in consultation with the Division Director, has the authority to make the appointment. When this is official, I will announce the individual who will finish out my term as Section Manager! I certainly will not be going away-I still plan to be available and attend most, if not all, of the SC hamfests! It has been my long term goal to serve on the ARRL Board of Directors, as I know I will have a more direct role in shaping Amateur Radio in the future! Thanks to EVERYONE for your support for my tenure as Section Manager, and as future Vice Director of the Roanoke Division! The ARRL News story is here: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/11/20/11212/?nc=1
Note: I have filled out the hamfest events for the full year of 2009-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 9, 2010-Greenwood Hamfest *****CANCELLED***** to be held at the Greenwood Civic Center. Talk-in will be available on 147.165+ / ALT 443.900+. Click HERE for a copy of their hamfest flyer
February 6, 2010-Charleston Hamfest and Computer Show and the ARRL 2010 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. For a copy of their hamfest flyer, click HERE . Check www.wa4usn.org for further developments!
March 13 & 14, 2010-Charlotte, NC Hamfest and Computer Fair to be held at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center in Concord, NC (NEW LOCATION!). For further information, check out the Mecklenburg ARS hamfest webpage: http://www.w4bfb.org/hamfest .
May 1, 2010-Upstate Hamfest to be held in Spartanburg, SC. ARRL 2010 SC Section Convention(!) For further information, go to UPSTATEHAMFEST.COM or contact Rusty Kirkpatrick, AJ4RK aj4rk@bellsouth.net or hamfest@brars.org . Talk-in 146.610-
May 14-16, 2010-The DAYTON HAMVENTION! Visit www.hamvention.org for details!
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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+. Click HERE for a copy of their hamfest flyer!
February 7, 2009-Charleston Hamfest and Computer Show and the ARRL 2009 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.
March 14 & 15, 2009-Charlotte, NC Hamfest and Computer Fair to be held at the Cabarrus Arena & Events Center in Concord, NC (NEW LOCATION!). For further information, check out the Mecklenburg ARS hamfest webpage: http://www.w4bfb.org/hamfest .
May 2, 2009-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 15-17, 2009-The DAYTON HAMVENTION! Visit www.hamvention.org for details!
July 25, 2009-The Western Carolina Hamfest (NC) will be held at the Haywood County Fairgrounds. Information can be found at http://www.wcars.org/hamfest.html . Talk-in 146.91 / 147.39
August 15, 2009-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!
September 5 & 6, 2009-The 51th 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 or click HERE to see their hamfest flyer! Talk-in 146.880 / 147.120
October 3, 2009-Rock Hill Hamfest to be held at the Faith Assembly of
God, 2800 Faith Blvd in Rock Hill. Talk-in 147.03- . For full
details, go to http://www.rockhillhamfest.com .
October 10, 2009-The 31st Annual Lake Hartwell Hamfest will be held at Darwin Wright
Park in Anderson, SC. Talk-in 146.790. Click HERE for a copy of their
hamfest flyer. www.andersonradioclub.us
October 10, 2009-The Augusta (GA) hamfest will be held at Evans Middle School, 4785 Hereford Farm Road, Evans, GA. Doors open at 9am. Talk-in 145.490. For further information, contact Doug KE4JSJ doug9945@yahoo.com . Click HERE for a copy of their hamfest flyer.
October 24, 2009-Sumter "Open Air" Hamfest to be held at the Sumter Jaycee Hut in Sumter, SC. Talk-in 147.015, pl 156.7. For full details, visit http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/2695/sara.htm . For their hamfest flyer, click HERE
October 31, 2009-Grand Strand BEACHFEST *****CANCELLED*****to be held in Garden City, SC. New Date, New Location! For further information and a downloadable hamfest flyer, go to http://www.w4gs.org/beachfest/index.shtml
9-16-05 - The dedication of the Aiken County Emergency Services Amateur Radio Trailer was on Wednesday, September 14th. 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!
5-16-05-A message from Steve Ewald WV1X, ARRL HQ:
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
News Flash!
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!
60 Meters is now a reality!
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:
http://www.arrl.org/sections/?sect=SC
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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Thanks to all!
'73 de JIM N2ZZ
