September ARRL SC Section report
Greetings South Carolina Amateur Radio Operators!
On October 12th I attended the Rock Hill hamfest (ARRL SC Section Convention) hosted by the York County Amateur Radio Society. Roanoke Director Dr. Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, was also present and hosted a forum with ARRL Updates.The hamfest was well attended and I enjoyed talking to many hams from SC and NC including a ham who was licensed in India but lives near Charlotte now. He has a growing interest in amateur radio, but he hasn’t actually gotten on the airwaves yet. Hopefully he received enough encouragement to get radio active!
On October 12th after the Rock Hill hamfest, I visited with the Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Society who set up communications using cross band repeat for the Trail Life USA Upstate “The Elements” competition. They also used an HF setup to demonstrate Amatuer Radio to all the youth camping out for the weekend. There were 185 young men and boys primarily from the upstate with some from the midlands. This was a great outreach program by Blue Ridge ARS. Thank you Blue Ridge ARS President Johnny Allison, WD4DYH, and the 6 hams who spent their Saturday supporting the event.
I was unable to visit, but on October 19th members of the Greenwood Amateur Radio Society setup a Amateur Radio booth at Lakelands iMagine STEAM Festival where 106 kids tried Morse Code and learned about ham radio! Thank you Dave N4WDC, George W3RXF, David KQ4JJE, Mitch KJ4JGP, Stephen KA4PQA, Kin KJ4BAK, Russ KN4TUI, Kevan N4XL, & Jack KN4SIK.
These club activites are great! However, a lot of the time I find out after the fact or never at all. These are events I would like to attend and support. I can also provide ARRL flyers, banners, and materials. Please contact me if you have any public events or support any event at W1MRC@ARRL.org
If you have any local stories of your club or Amateur Radio helping in the wake of Hurricane Helene please send a copy to our ARRL SC PIC Gordon Mooneyham at gmooneyhan@gmail.com so he can compile them. These will be prime examples which can be used to help support the bill to remove private land use restrictions that prohibit, restrict, or impair the ability of Amateur Radio operators from operating and installing reasonable antennas.
I know this month and next month are elections for many clubs. Please take a moment after the elections to check your club info on the ARRL website to make sure everything is accurate, especially your officers and point of contact for the club. https://www.arrl.org/find-a-club
Upcoming Events:
Roanoke Division Town Hall - was scheduled for October 3rd, however, due to Hurricane Helene affecting so many hams in SC & NC it has been postponed with a new date to be announced later.
Ballots to vote for South Carolina Section Manager were mailed out October 1st and must be returned by Friday, November 15th. The votes will be counted on Tuesday, November 19th. Please Vote!
Winter Field Day - January 25th & 26th - This is a great opportunity to get your club or local hams out in the field to operate in much cooler weather! Please register your site at or find more information at: https://winterfieldday.org/
South Carolina QSO Party - February 22nd - We are still four months away, but now is the time to start planning! Find more information at: https://scqso.com/
Hamfests:
November 2 & 3, Stone Mountain Hamfest and ARRL GA State Convention. https://stonemountainhamfest.com/
November 16, Amateur Radio Club of Augusta “Gobbler” Swapmeet at 1416 Goshen Rd, Augusta, GA from 0900 AM to 1 PM. https://w4dv.club/event/arca-fall-tailgate/
January 11, 2025 GARSfest in Greenwood, SC. More information to follow. https://garsfest.com/
While I can’t pull up new ARRL members or new hams through the ARRL site currently, here are a list of new SC Hams provided by RadioQTH https://www.radioqth.net/
If any of these hams are in your area please listen out for them on the radio and make contact if you hear them on the radio. Welcome to Amateur Radio!
KQ4VOF Grek, Boris 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29412
KQ4VOP Eubanks, Dexter R 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29406
KQ4VOQ Lockhart, Donald 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29429
KQ4VOR santana, frances 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29414
KQ4VOS Brewer, Justus 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29414
KQ4VOT Roberts, Lorna J 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29414
KQ4VOU Turner, Eric C 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29853
KQ4VOV Winter, John 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29420
KQ4VPI Griffin, Robert C 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29455
KQ4VPK Williamson, Kerry 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29405
KQ4VPL Gerhart, Edward 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29406
KQ4VPO Clifford, Seth 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29466
KQ4VPT Mancini, Jeffrey 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29457
KQ4VPV Williams, Nicole 09/24/2024 Technician SC 29420
KQ4VQI Follin Jr, Robert 09/25/2024 Technician SC 29414
KQ4VQJ Halfacre, David L 09/25/2024 Technician SC 29072
KQ4VQX Eubanks, Robyn 09/25/2024 Technician SC 29406
KQ4VQY Trout, Jordan 09/25/2024 Technician SC 29483
KQ4VQZ Tryon, Benjamin 09/25/2024 Technician SC 29466
KQ4VRD Groblewski, Adam 09/26/2024 Technician SC 29681
KQ4VRE Simpson, James 09/26/2024 Technician SC 29341
KQ4VSH Davis, Gary E 09/27/2024 Amateur Extra SC 29349
KQ4VTN Layel, Zachary B 10/01/2024 Technician SC 29486
KQ4VTO Grant, Heyward 10/01/2024 Technician SC 29455
KQ4VTV Morgan, Allison 10/01/2024 Technician SC 29072
KQ4VUS Rohm, Casey L 10/01/2024 Technician SC 29223
KQ4VVJ Gunter, Victor S 10/02/2024 Technician SC 29673
KQ4VWA Armbrust Jr, Dwight 10/03/2024 Technician SC 29406
KQ4VXO Kandala, Sri 10/08/2024 Technician SC 29501
KQ4VXZ Childress, Matthew 10/08/2024 Technician SC 29693
KQ4VYN Hollowell, James 10/08/2024 Technician SC 29169
KQ4VYU Clark, Randall S 10/08/2024 Technician SC 29672
KQ4VYV Loftis, Jonathan L 10/08/2024 Technician SC 29322
KQ4VZA Simon, Justin T 10/08/2024 Technician SC 29301
KQ4WDF Broach III, Chalmers 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29461
KQ4WDR Stockdale, Alan 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29404
KQ4WDT Cross, David L 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29072
KQ4WDU Altom, Michael W 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29461
KQ4WDV Schweitzer, Ward 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29461
KQ4WDW Newell, Julie E 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29456
KQ4WDZ Willard, Andrew C 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29681
KQ4WEP Dehne, Aaron 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29483
KQ4WER Phillips, Caleb D 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29690
KQ4WEZ Cleveland, Charles M 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29584
KQ4WFE CRUCE, THOMAS 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29732
KQ4WFG Pickens II, Jeffery D 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29302
KQ4WFH THAYER, SAMUEL 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29715
KQ4WFI Campbell, Brayden 10/16/2024 Technician SC 29745
KQ4WGT Dunn, Scott M 10/17/2024 Technician SC 29204
KQ4WHD Mahoney, Peter 10/17/2024 Technician SC 29466
KQ4WHN McClure, Mark W 10/17/2024 Technician SC 29650
KQ4WIQ ZOBEL, STEPHEN 10/18/2024 Technician SC 29075
KQ4WJA PHILLIPS, MARTY 10/19/2024 Technician SC 29588
September 2024 National Traffic System Report for South Carolina compiled by Section Traffic Manager Dean, N4AJK
September 2024 Net Reports
Net / Check Ins(winlink) / Traffic / Sessions / Reported By
Big Ears Aynor Repeater/ 49 / 0 / 4 / KD2OJQ
Carolinas Net / 334 / 155 / 60 / AA4MP
Carolinas Slow Net / 144 / 25 / 30 / KI4KZS
Central SC CARC VHF Simplex Net / 30 / 0 / 2 / KN4KRZ
Florence Amateur Radio Club / 67 / 12 / 5 /WB6GUC
Florence Skywarn Net / 49 / 11 / 2 / WB6GUC
Florence Amateur Radio Club bike run / 22 / 40 / 1 /WB6GUC
Grand Strand ARC 2m Net / 150 / 15 / 15 / N4AJK
Grand Strand ARC 1.25m Net / 23 / 3 / 3 / N4AJK
Grand Strand ARC 70 cm Net / 35 / 6 / 6 / N4AJK
Greater Pee Dee 2m Net / 1025 / 70 / 31 / KK4KSZ\
Horry County ARES 2m net / 5 / 1 / 1 / AC2LB
Horry Co. ARES simplex net/ 11 / 1 / 1 / WB4FTU
Kershaw ARC 2m Net / 98 / 10 / 14 / KK4RUI
Lancaster County ARC 2m Net / 24 / 0 / 5 / N4WMB
Lori’s Ham Radio Club / 37 / 9 / 5 / N4SLC
PALS Net / 811 / 46 / 30 / KK4MQN
Ridge ARC VHF Net / 87 / 15 / 12 / KD4HDR
Ridge ARC HF Net / 3 / 1 / 2 / KD4HDR
Ridge ARC Simplex Net / 24 / 0 / 4 / KD4HDR
SC Heart Training Net / 194 (3) / 0 / 4 / KQ4KK
SC Statewide ARES HF Net / 76 (35) / 11 / 4 / KN4KRZ
SC Midlands ARES Training Net / 14 (14) / 12 / 2 / KO4WAA
SCSSB Net / 1148 / 109 / 30 / KG4RUE
SC ARES VHF/UHF Net/ 273 / 4 / 5 / KI4RAX
SC Winlink Tuesday Net / 188 ( 188) / 188 / 4 / KN4KRZ
Sumter County EmComm Net/ 22 / 3 / 4 / KK4HFG
Trident Amateur Radio Club / 57 / 8 / 4 / K4TCP
YCARS / 757 / 0 / 43 / K4TTM
WS4P September 2024 Station Activity and PSHR Reports
Station / Sent / Received / Delivered / Originated / Total
WS4P/37/26/0/0/63
WS4P Digital Relay Station
Rec::4 Sent:: 2 Total: 6
Public Service Honor Roll
Station / Cat1 / Cat2 / Cat3 / Cat4 / Cat5 / Cat6 / Total
WS4P/40/40/20/0/0/10/110
Winlink Net Check-ins: 14
Thank you for reading this month’s section report and please reach out to me if I can be of any assistance.
73
Matthew Crook, W1MRC, SC Section Manager
