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

We are now a month into the League’s centennial year and I that you have had an opportunity to participate in some of the Centennial Year activities. W1AW will be operating portable from all 50 states and a number of external territories this year, so it is possible to achieve the WAS by working W1AW/P in each state. Each state will be on the air twice, so there is still plenty of time to get in on the action. The portable operation schedule can be found via the following link:

http://www.arrl.org/files/file/On the Air/Copy of 2014CentennialQSOCalendar13Dec.pdf

The FCC has authorized the Maxim Memorial Station, W1AW to use W100AW during the League’s centennial year. The special call sign will be used for contacts made from the W1AW station in Newington, regional Centennial conventions, and during the IARU HF Championship. The HQ Staff is hoping to make 100,000 contacts in 2014, so be sure to get on the air and put them one QSO closer to their goal. W100AW operations will be announced on Facebook and Twitter.

Another major Centennial Year operating event is the year-long ARRL Centennial QSO Party. More details can be found at http://www.arrl.org/centennial-qso-party. ARRL Field Service Appointees are worth bonus points, so I will try to get on the air every weekend for at least a few hours on 20 and 40 meters to give amateurs participating in the event an opportunity to pick up some extra points.

In just a couple of days, it will be time again for the Charleston Hamfest, which will take place on 1 February 2014, at the Armory Park Community Center, 5000 Lackawanna Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29405. More details are available at http://www.WA4USN.org

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend this year due to family commitments out west, but the weather will have improved significantly by Saturday, and I encourage all of you to visit the Hamfest, if you have the opportunity.

Now, for the numbers…..

December 2013 National Traffic System Report for South Carolina
Complied by Rusty, WU2T, SC STM
Net Reports
Net/Check Ins / Traffic / Sessions / Reported By
Anderson Radio Club 2M Net / 766 / 30 / 31 / K4NK
Blue Ridge Amateur Radio Net / 1938 / 44 / 31 / K4SUG
Carolina’s Net / 221 / 65 / 61 / N0SU
CSN / 159 / 14 / 28 / WS4P
Columbia ARC 2M Net / 227 / 43 / 13 / KI4VRO
Greater Pee Dee 2 Meter Net / 932 / 46 / 31 / K4DTT
Grand Strand ARC 2M Net / 138 / 16 / 13 / KI4HEE
Florence ARC 2 Meter Net / 66 / 3 / 5 / AK4BH
Greenwood ARC 2 Meter Net / 99 / 4 / 4 / W4DEW
Kershaw ARC 2 Meter Net / 53 / 14 / 5 / KF4UKC
Old Friends 3.716 AM Net / 114 / 0 / 10 / K4NK
PALS Net / 884 / 51 / 31 / WD4HEM
SC SSB Net / 1599 / 96 / 30 / WU2T
York Co. ARS 2 Meter FM Net / 790 / 68 / 53 / N3TKC
Total Nets Reporting Dec – 14 7986 494 346
4RN CYCLE 2 Ck-ins 643 Traffic-in 473 Traffic-out 471 Relays 54
AJ4TH DIG RELAY STATION Rec 43 Forw 53 Tot 96

Station Activity Reports
Station / Sent / Received / Delivered / Originated / Total

WU2T / 7 / 43 / 8 / 0 / 58
AJ4TH / 63 / 68 / 6 / 0 / 137
WS4P / 24 / 17 / 1 / 0 / 42

Public Service Honor Roll
Station / Cat1 / Cat2 / Cat3 / Cat4 / Cat5 / Cat6 / Total
AJ4TH / 40 / 40 / 20 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 100
WS4P / 40 / 40 / 20 / 25 / 0 / 0 / 125


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