Net Control shall make sure frequency is clear before starting exercise and then make a call out for any club members. If non-club members answer, request a location and signal report.
Each frequency to be tried for 10 min. before switching to the next listed frequency.
For busy frequencies, move to the next listed one.
SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY SIMPLEX FREQUENCIES
Statewide VHF:
146.595 **w/ PL TONE: 156.7
40m Frequency:
+/- 7.232 MHz
75/80m Frequency:
3.990/3.9935 MHz
SC COUNTIES'' SIMPLEX"
HF NETS EACH EVENING
3.915 MHz at 7:00 PM/23:00 UTC
3.938 MHz at 7:30 PM/23:30 UTC 3.571 MHz at 8 PM/00:00 UTC
EMERGENCY NETS
DURING ACTIVE HURRICANES
Day: 14.325 MHZ
Night 7.268 MHz
CENTRAL GULF COAST HURRICANE NET
3.935 MHz
8:30PM/0030z MON-SAT
Echolink Conference Channel
*WS_TALK* Node: 7203/IRLP Reflector 9219 during Hurricane Net Activations, Saturdays at 8PM (June thru Sept)
ARES NETS
SC Statewide ARES HF Net
Every Tuesday at 6PM EDT
Training net currently held weekly on 3.990 MHz (+/-) LSB. All licensed hams with 75-meter operating privileges are invited to participate.
ARES VHF NET
Held Every Other Sunday at 8PM
Nearest repeater: Columbia 146.715 Tone 91.5 See right column under "PRIMARY NETS"
LINKED REPEATER GROUPS
SC Heart Repeaters
Auxiliary communication path for licensed amateur radio operators to support hospitals, county emergency management officials and state agencies during emergencies.
FleetTalk/W4FTK Amateur Radio Group
Multi-Site Analog, VHF/UHF System covering the Midlands, Upstate, and Charlotte, NC areas used, in part, by Midlands Skywarn Net Controls to relay severe weather information
Palmetto Amateur Linked System Network
PALSNet operates a NATIONAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM Net that meets nightly at 9:30 PM Eastern