Greetings to all Amateur Radio Operators.  This is Marc, N4UFP with the January 2013 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 would like to begin by sharing with you some changes to our local Field Service Organization. After 10 years of outstanding service, Bob Besley, K4NJN, ASM for EMD Area 6 has resigned. I have enjoyed working with him and I will take this opportunity to publicly thank him for all his hard work.  Although he leaves behind a vacancy that will not be easy to fill, I believe that we have found the right person. Kevin Kingery, KJ4IVJ, will replace him as ASM for Area 6. He is a Naval Academy graduate and former Naval Flight Officer who holds an Extra Class license and is currently serving as EC for Aiken County. I look forward to working with him and please be sure to thank him for his service if you see him.

Our ASM for Youth, Katie Besley, KI4LSZ, also resigned this month. She did an excellent job of outreach, working tirelessly to support youth in Amateur Radio at countless hamfests, including the 2011 Dayton Hamvention. I thank her for her service and wish her well as she begins the next phase of her life as a young adult. If you see her, please take a moment to thank her for her service to the League and the amateurs in our Section.

Our erstwhile ASM for EMD area 4, Craig England, KF2X, has returned to SC and will be reprising his role as ASM. I am pleased to have him rejoin us as an ASM and I look forward to working with him. Please welcome him back when you see him.

I had the opportunity last month to attend the Greenwood Hamfest last month in its new and improved location on the campus of Piedmont Technical College. Attendance was good and there were some interesting things for sale in the flea market, including a very clean Hammarlund HQ-215, the only completely solid state receiver that they manufactured.  Attendance was good and I hope that those of you who get a chance next January will make the trip to Greenwood for their 2014 event. Thanks to Tedd, AI4WN, and his team for a job well done!

The subject of a winter Field Day continues to come up in discussions that I have with SC amateurs. I think that it is a wonderful idea, but there isn’t any consensus yet about the date. Some folks favor fall, others winter.  I worked Winter Field Day stations during two different weekends in January, and it would probably make sense to pick one particular weekend, so that everyone’s efforts are focused. It is probably impossible for the seventy-odd Section Managers to come to a common understanding about the date, so it may be better to begin with one or two sections and try to build momentum. It can be done; The first Field Day in New England in 1933 only involved a few amateurs, but the idea caught on. Maybe we can do the same. I would be interested to hear your comments on the matter.

 
 That wraps it up for this month. As always, I would like to thank everyone who submitted material and now, let’s do the numbers… 

 
Net Reports
Net  /  Check Ins  /  Traffic  /  Sessions  /  Reported By
Anderson Radio Club 2M Net   /  710 / 16 / 31 / K4NK
Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Net  / 2018 / 45 / 31 / K4SUG
Carolinas Net  / 199 / 81 / 62 / N0SU
CSN / 149 / 2 / 31 / K8KSX
Carolina State Line Net / 25 / 0 / 4 / AJ4AU
Greater Pee Dee 2 Meter Net / 842 / 34 / 31 / K4DTT
Grand Strand ARC 2M Net  / 189 / 13 / 13 / KI4HEE
Florence ARC 2 Meter Net  / 39 / 0 / 4 / KJ4YVJ
Greenwood ARC 2 Meter Net  / 135 / 5 / 5 / W4DEW
Kershaw ARC 2 Meter Net  / 60 / 12 / 4 / KF4UKC
Oconee County 2 Meter Net / 175 / 11 / 10 / N9GSX
Old Friends AM Net / 147 / 0 / 9 / K4NK
PALS Net  / 899 / 62 / 31 / WD4HEM
QCWA Chapter 89 Net / 49 / 0 / 4 / K4NK
SC SSB Net / 1780 / 87 / 31 / WU2T
York Co. ARS 2 Meter FM Net / 743 / 5 / 54 / N3TKC

4RN Net Check-ins 513 Traffic In-190 Traffic Out – 185 Relays – 22

Station Activity Reports
Station / Sent / Received / Delivered / Originated / Total
WU2T / 6 / 35 / 3 / 0 / 44
AJ4TH / 9 / 55 / 0 / 0 / 64
WS4P / 16 / 6 / 0 / 0 / 22

Public Service Honor Roll
Station / Cat1 / Cat2 / Cat3 / Cat4 / Cat5 / Cat6 / Total
WS4P / 40 / 22 / 10 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 72

 
Station Activity Reports
Station / Sent / Received / Delivered / Originated / Total
None submitted for January 2012

Until next month…..

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