ARRL-SC Section News

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

Greetings to all Amateur Radio Operators.  This is Dr. Jim, N2ZZ with the June 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!

Field Day is almost upon us!  Field Day is always the fourth full weekend in June, and will fall on June 28th and 29th this year.  Full information on Field Day, including the downloadable Field Day Packet is available on the ARRL Website: http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/fd/ . Additionally, this year the ARRL has a Field Day Locator where you can input your Field Day Site location! Charlie AE4UX, SEC and I will be traveling around the state again this year, and would like to hear from groups that would like a visit from us!  We have a large state, so we must plan our trip out in advance to visit as many Field Day Sites as possible.  For those who would like us to visit, we ask the following from each site's Field Day Coordinator: 1) Please let us know the time you plan to set up/tear down, and whether you will be participating BOTH Saturday and Sunday, or just one day.  2) Please give us detailed driving directions as well as a street address and/or coordinates to input into a GPS. 3) Please register your site on the ARRL webpage 4) Please include contact information for your group, either a call and repeater/simplex talk-in or a Cell phone number. We hope to be taking a different route this year to visit sites we have not visited in the last few years.  We will need to start out early, so we may arrive just at the beginning of set-up at our first site! Charlie and I really enjoy our Field Day trip each year, and look forward with visiting with everyone! Please let us know as soon as possible.  Please send all information to n2zz@arrl.org AND ae4ux@arrl.net .  Charlie will be finalizing our route about a week before Field Day.

            We have heard from several groups already, so Charlie is currently working on our route.  Thanks to all who have replied to us so far!

            The public viewing of the Aiken County Communications Trailer was held this past Saturday.  Bob Besley K4NJN, ASM6 and Trailer Coordinator had this to say:

“The Aiken Communications Trailer made a public appearance at the O’Dell Weeks Park in Aiken on Saturday, June 14. The presentation, open to the public and to amateurs from South Carolina and Eastern Georgia drew a large crowd. The trailer group was able to demonstrate setting up the vehicle, and showing how the team operates as a significant part of the South Carolina Hurricane / Disaster Response Team. The morning started with a breakfast at Hardees, where there was a great deal of good food and fellowship. Following this casual meeting, everyone walked across the street and was given a tour and demonstration of the new Satellite, Telephone and VOIP upgrades to the trailer. Many in attendance had never been given the opportunity to see the trailer in operation, and to actually operate from this Homeland Security, Federally Funded Vehicle, The morning was a great success and will be followed with another demonstration next Saturday, June 21, as the group Operates ARRL Kids Day. The trailer will be set up again in the O Dell Weeks Recreation Center parking lot, 1700 Whiskey Road, and will be open for public viewing from 9am to 12 noon. Everyone is invited.”

I was unable to attend the June 14th event as I was on the other side of the state at a medical conference.   I plan to be participating on June 21^st, so I hope to see all those interested in viewing the trailer this weekend!  For those interested in viewing the Trailer’s website, go to http://aikenradio.com/index.html

The Palmetto State Chapter #89 QCWA quarterly meeting will be held at Ryan’s, 1304 Bower Parkway [exit 104 off I-26], Columbia, SC on Saturday, June 21, at 11:00 AM. 

That’s it for June!  See you next Month!

Have a Great Month!!   

’73 de Dr. Jim N2ZZ
ARRL Section Manager
South Carolina Section
www.arrl-sc.org