Effective today, 1 July 2026, there are two leadership updates for South Carolina ARES. District 2 Lee Marion (W8CGQ) has stepped down from his role as EC for District Two. Lee has been active in South Carolina ARES for a number of years and has been instrumental in assisting the return of ARES to several … Read more
The image below was created by the ARRL for 2026 Field Day given the current emergency response to the earthquake situation in Venezuela. If you are participating in 2026 Field Day, and are operating HF, please keep this advisory in mind so the critical emergency channels are used for Venezuela Earthquake Emergency response traffic only. … Read more
The statewide Sunday evening ARES nets schedule for hurricane season 2026 has been set up. The nets for the months of June through November will begin at 20.00 hrs (8.00 PM ET) on the following dates: June: 7th and 21st July: 5th and 19th August: 2nd and 16th September: 6th and 20th October: 4th and … Read more
The Department of Defense will host this year’s Armed Forces Day (AFD) Crossband Test. For more than 50 years, military and amateur stations have taken part in this event, which is an interoperability exercise between hobbyist and government radio stations. The AFD Crossband Test, open to all licensed amateur radio operators, is a unique opportunity … Read more
A PowerPoint presentation (.pptx) file with the September 2025 Comm Ex results is now available. Thanks to Dennison Coomer, Matt Catoe, Roger Mull, and Gabe Turner for their assistance in bringing the data set together for this analysis. Here is the link: Sept_2025_CommEx_Results_2 The .kml information sources for the GoogleErth maps on slides 3, 8, … Read more
The latest updates for the 13th September “Field Day” exercise materials have been completed. The central link below (thanks to Matt Catoe, SC ESF2) contains all the important information for this exercise. https://scesf2.readyop.com/fs/4crm/a106638a If you have any follow up questions related to Saturday’s exercise contact: Robert Webster – robert.webster@ares-sc.org OR Roger Mull – KD4JQJ@arrl.net
The Statewide ARES Sunday Evening Net Schedule, for the remainder of the 2025 Hurricane Season has been confirmed. The net will convene on the following Sunday evenings at 20.00 US ET: 9/14/25, 9/28/25 10/12/25, 10/26/25 11/9/25, 11/23/25 Information regarding the non-hurricane season nets schedule and format (December 2025 through May 2026) will be available in … Read more
Ham & GMRS Radio Swap Meet & Tailgate. Who? Open to all ham & GMRS Operators. What? Meet & Greet fellow operators, swap equipment, discuss radio gear. When? Saturday, September 20, 2025 9 am – 1 pm. Where? 1077 Union Hill Rd, Salley, SC Host/Contact: Ron Hall, KJ4CN at KJFOURCN@GMAIL.COM The AIKEN ARES group meets … Read more
The upcoming are August and September 2025 ARES / Amateur Radio events as presented on the 3 August SC ARES Statewide Net by John (KE4JRK) Event Date / Time Location Contact Event Page Florence ARC 8/9 West Florence Fire Scott (KG4HIE) Florence ARC … Read more
Recently the SC ARES DEC (District Emergency Coordinator) Working Group met to discuss the topic of an SC ARES agreed replacement for the Ham Shack Hotline Voice Over IP (VOIP) service that will be decommissioned 31 August 2025. The team agreed that Hams Over IP (HOIP) will be the SC ARES VOIP preferred replacement for … Read more