ARRL-SC Section News

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This month's South Carolina Section News, as recorded on the ARRL website above:

 

February 2010

Greetings to all Amateur Radio Operators.  This is Marc, N4UFP with the February 2010 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. 

The 37th Annual Charleston Hamfest/Computer Show and ARRL 2010 SC State Convention is now history. The event was well-attended and had several new vendors this year. Norm Fusaro, W3IZ, came down from League HQ to give a wonderful presentation taken from his own experiences in amateur radio, Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, our new Vice Director explained an ARRL proposal to modify Rule 97.113 (more about that later), and Les Shattuck, K4NK, delivered his first presentation as Technical Coordinator to a packed house. The Hamfest staff were very courteous and helpful, a tradition for which the Low Country is deservedly very famous. Don’t forget to hold the first Saturday in February 2011 for the 38th Charleston Hamfest – see you there.

There has been a lot of discussion in recent months about rule 97.113 and its impact on the ability of amateurs to participate in emergency drills on behalf of their employers while on the job. As things currently stand, participation in such drills would be prohibited under 97.113, but the League’s Board of Directors has crafted a proposal to amend as follows (new language is underlined) to resolve this:

No amateur station shall transmit:

 (3) Communications in which the station licensee or control operator has a pecuniary interest, including communications on behalf of an employer, except that the station licensee or control operator may, on behalf of an employer, participate in emergency preparedness and disaster   drills that include Amateur operations for the purpose of emergency response, disaster relief or the testing and maintenance of equipment used for that purpose. Amateur operators may, however...

The Board also established an Emergency Communications Advisory Committee to provide advice on EMCOMM issues and it will include a representative from each ARRL Division. Any amateur interested in becoming the Roanoke Division representative should forward his/her resume to me before 24 February. Each section manager will pass his recommendation along to the Director, who will make the final decision.

Currently the SC legislature is considering a bill to ban the use of wireless devices in moving vehicles. Our SGL Dennis Fowler, KG4JIA, is working with legislators to get an exemption included for amateurs and he urges all of the SC amateurs to contact their legislators regarding this bill.

January 2010 National Traffic System Report for South Carolina by N4MEH, STM:

 

Net Reports

Net/Check Ins/Traffic/Sessions/Reported By

Anderson Radio Club 2M Net /1015/30/31/K4NK

 

Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Net /2708/78/31/K4SUG

Carolina’s Net (JAN)/253/60/62/K4IWW

Carolina’s Net (DEC)/255/77/62/K4IWW

Carolina State Line Net/44/1/5/W8SC

Columbia ARC/212/0/9/KI4PTM

Grand Strand ARC 2M Net (DEC)/158/18/14/KI4HEE

Greater Pee Dee 2 Meter Net/762/44/31/K4DTT

Greenwood ARC 2 Meter Net (JAN)/125/4/4/W4DEW

Greenwood ARC 2 Meter Net (DEC)/147/5/5/W4DEW

Kershaw ARC 2 Meter Net /54/4/4/KF4UKC

PALS Net /1046/73/31/KJ4BVM

SC SSB Net/2095/146/31/W4DDK

SC State ARES Net/276/10/5/KC4YI

York Co. ARS 2 Meter FM Net/772/7/51/KG4CDF

 

Station Activity Reports

Station/Sent/Received/Delivered/Originated/Total

K4GLT/110/100/0/0/210

N4MEH/9/56/3/2/70

W4DDK/4/31/1/4/40

W4KLB/84/72/4/0/160

 

Public Service Honor Roll

Station/Cat1/Cat2/Cat3/Cat4/Cat5/Cat6/Total

N4MEH/40/40/10/0/0/0/90

W4KLB/40/40/20/0/0/0/100

 

73 de Marc Tarplee N4UFP

ARRL Section Manager, South Carolina Section
www.arrl-sc.org