April 2012  

Greetings to all Amateur Radio Operators.  This is Marc, N4UFP with the April 2012 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.  

I’d like to begin by sharing some information from clubs across the section. From Dave, WB5NHL comes information on VE test sessions held by the North Augusta - Belvedere Radio Club (K4NAB) http://home.comcast.net/~rwilliams309/K4NAB.html. They offer VE testing sessions in both Aiken SC and Augusta GA. Aiken sessions are held Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep and Nov 2012. Details at http://home.comcast.net/~rwilliams309/AikenVE12.html  

Joe, AJ4QM reports that the Grand Strand Amateur Radio Club (GSARC) plans to have its mobile communications platform ready in time for Field Day. Tim Thompson, W2SOC, also from GSARC reports that they will be running EMCOMM training exercises in August (“Tornado Troubles”) and September (“Floodwater Fashion”). Anyone looking for more information should contact Tim directly at w2soc@yahoo.com.  

I recently received an e-mail from Lars Erik Bohm, SM5CAK, who is attempting to work all US Counties by contacts only with fixed stations. He needs only one county in SC, Allendale County, and asked me to put the word out that he is looking for a sked. He is interested in working and exchanging QSL’s with any fixed station in Allendale County. He currently is active on 20m – 10m CW and phone on the following frequencies: CW 14033, 21033 and 28033, SSB 28333, 21333 and 14280-14300. +-QRM. Best times to work Sweden from SC are probably 1400 – 1600Z or 0400 – 0500Z on 20m, later than 1300Z on 15m and 10m. You can reach Lars directly via e-mail at sm5cak@telia.com. I hope that someone will be able to help him out – he has less than 150 counties left to work.  

Field day is almost upon us and once again, Vice Director Dr. Jim Boehner, N2ZZ, and I will be visiting Field Day sites across the section. Dr. Jim will be visiting sites south of I-20 and I will be visiting sites to the north. Please let us know your plans for FD so we can get you on our itineraries.  

Those of you who are active on the VHF/UHF bands may want to listen on 437.375 MHz for the Japanese HORYU-2 satellite, which was launched May 17 at 1639 UTC as part of a mission that included the JAXA climate observation satellite Shizuku. HORYU-2 was built by students at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) to conduct a variety of experiments including high-voltage power generation and space debris measurements. There is also a transmitter on board (call sign JG6YBW) operating at the abovementioned frequency that will send CW and 1200-baud AX.25 packet telemetry. More details can be found at http://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/index_e_new.html.  

I’d like to thank everyone who took time to send me information for this report. Please keep it coming! And now, let’s do the numbers.  

Net Reports
Net/Check Ins/Traffic/Sessions/Reported By
BLUE RIDGE 2M NET /1737 / 37 / 30 / K4SUG
CSN / 154 / 20 / 30 / K8SKX
KCARC / 50 / 7 / 5 / KF4UKC
PALS Net / 848 / 42 / 30 / WD4HEM 
SC SSB Net / 1676 / 99 / 30 / AJ4RK
York Co. ARS 2 Meter FM Net / 934 / 8 / 50 / KG4CDF  

Station Activity Reports Station/Sent/Received/Delivered/Originated/Total WS4P / 76 / 51 / 2 / 0 / 129  

Until next month…..  

73 de Marc Tarplee N4UFP
ARRL Section Manager
South Carolina Section
www.arrl-sc.org