SCHH ARC “This & That” — December 17, 2024
Programs for January and February Firmed Up
Our ARC has been very fortunate to have had some great programs during the past two years. Much credit goes to Ed Stratton, W1ZZ, who found many of the presenters and asked them to provide us with programs.
On January 2nd, we will kick off the new ARC year with our Membership Meeting at 7 PM in the Bayside Room at the Lakehouse. Our program will be provided by Francis Donavan,W3LPL. He will discuss radio wave propagation. Here is a photo of his antenna farm. It looks like he has the “stuff” to still make some hay when the amateur radio bands go south!
Looks like he or someone he knows has a good drone also!
February 6th’s meeting will be held in Pinckney Hall so that we can take a tour of the SCTV area in that building. Sun City TV has provided our club with nice overage of our Field Days and also enabled us to tell our story about how we are planning an emergency preparedness and operations plan. They have agreed to show us around and tell us what they do and how they do it. After the tour, we will have a membership meeting in the Congaree River Room. More details will be included in “This & That” as we get into mid-January or so.
Ed is hopeful that our March 6th program will be provided by the Computer Club and will cover ChatGPT technology. More to come on that as well.
So, stay tuned!
More From our Holiday Dinner Event
As promised, here are some additional photos from our Holiday Dinner at Jameson’s on December 5th.
It was a great evening! We even had a couple of Christmas sweater wearers among us! Great spirit and great camaraderie!!!
Thanks to all who helped to make it.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Thursday, January 2, 2025 7 PM at the Lakehouse – Our first membership meeting of the New Year 2025! Program on propagation by K3WPL will precede our general membership meeting. See above.
Saturday, January 25, 2025 – Winter Field Day at Lake Somerset. Volunteers, including leadership for this event, are needed. It is never too early to step forward. More details to follow. Mark your calendar!
SCHH ARC Nets
Thanks to all who checked into our nets last week. These are our nets. Please enjoy them. They are very special and give us the opportunity to connect with each other on a regular basis while testing our equipment’s connectivity capabilities.
Please keep our nets alive and well by checking in when you can.
Weekly SCHH ARC Nets
Sunday’s Net (8 PM) operates on 147.550 MHz simplex on the last two Sundays of the calendar month. The Sunday net will be on the KE4HAM repeater (147.135 + with a tone of 91.5 on both the input and the output) on all other Sundays of the calendar month. Check-in can be done even if you don’t have a radio up and running via EchoLink by using the link KE4HAM-L when the net is on SIMPLEX and KE4HAM-R when the net is on the SCHH Okatie Repeater.
Wednesday‘s Net (8 PM) operates through the KK4ONF/Jasper repeater, 147.060+. The net can be accessed via EchoLink using the link KE4HAM-R.
Next 10m SSB Net: New Year’s Eve, December 31st, 8 PM on 28.450 Upper Sideband. Net Control To Be Determined.
Net Control Stations and EchoLink Coordinator
Thanks to our regular 2m Net Controls: Frank Pollino, K2OS; and Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW.
Thanks to Bob, WA6WAY, for being an alternate Net Control Station and 10m Net Coordinator..
If you are interested in being a Net Control, please let Harve, Frank, or Ron know. We REALLY do need some help here!
Thanks to Ron Frick, AI4HH, for working diligently to keep EchoLink up and running for our nets.
Net Control Schedule:
— Wednesday, December 18 @ 8 PM ET: Frank Pollino, K2OS (JASPER COUNTY REPEATER)
— Sunday, December 22 @ 8 PM ET Frank Pollino, K2OS (SIMPLEX)
SCHH ARC Net Reports:
Thanks to ALL who checked in to our SCHH ARC nets last week.
If you have the time, please check into our club’s nets on a regular basis.
Last week’s check-ins and traffic:
— Wednesday, December 11 : KE4HAM/KB3FW, AI4HH. KJ4BSM, WA2LWO, K2ITZ, KQ4JKI, WB4KSG, WB1DXN, K2OS. QNI=9 QTC=0.
— Sunday, December 15: KE4HAM/.KB3FW, AI4HH, KJ4BSM, WA6WAY, WB4KSG, K2ITZ, KQ4JKI, WB1DXN . QNI=8. QTC=0.
Note: QNI = Number of Check-ins to the net, including Net Control; QTC = Traffic handled (Radiograms).
Other Operating
Daily — Monitor the new KE4HAM Repeater: 147.135 MHz + with a tone of 91.5. You may get some good DX spots from time to time and other members may be there if you want to connect/chat.
