SCHH ARC “This & That” – July 16 , 2024

Hunting Island Field Trip Just Over Two Weeks Away!

Club Plans to Operate KE4HAM Near the Lighthouse for POTA and NLLW on August 3rd

SCHH ARC Event Offers Members an Opportunity to See a Jewel of the Low Country

For the third consecutive year, the SCHH ARC will spend an August Saturday at Hunting Island State Park operating KE4HAM. This year’s outing will be on August 3rd. The club will do a Parks on the Air activation and a National Lighthouses and Lightships Weekend activation from the Picnic Pavilion near the lighthouse.

Initial plans are to operate four stations, one on CW and three on SSB.

Admission to the state park is $5 per person for senior citizens. Lunch will be provided for a nominal cost of $5 per person to cover the purchase of hot dogs, buns, condiments, soft drinks, water, chips, and a pastry.

Picnic Pavilion is near the lighthouse and to the left of the “trail” from beach.

Your RSVP is needed so that enough food and drinks, etc. can be brought for our group. Please let Jack Frisch, K2ITZ (jfrisch40@gmail.com) or Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW (hnat463@gmail.com) know if you are coming to the event no later than Wednesday, July 31st.

Looking forward to seeing many members on Hunting Island in early August!

SC Operators Tally Over 26,000 QSOs in 2024 K2L Operations

K2L represented SC very well during this year’s 13 Colonies special event. Thirty-two SC hams participated in the K2L operations. The team tallied 26,211 contacts while using CW, SSB, Digital (FT4 and FT8), and FM modes.

K2L’s log has been sent to the Special Events Coordinator, hoping that the team’s efforts once again wins first prize among the colonies!

13 Colonies Clean Sweep for KN8F

Congratulations to Ken Finke, KN8F, for getting a Clean Sweep during this year’s 13 Colonies Special Event.

KN8F, Ken Finke, operates on CW, SSB, and Digital Modes and is an accomplished DXer and Contester

Ken worked all thirteen colonies as well as two of the three bonus stations (WM3PEN and TM13COL) in one day! His K2L QSO (or at least one of his K2L QSOs) was with KB3FW, operating with the K2Lteam, on CW.

Ken joins Jack Frisch, K2ITZ, and Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW as club members who reported a Clean Sweep during the July 1-7 event.

Jack Frisch, K2ITZ, does more than POTA…he too achieved a Clean Sweep during 13 Colonies 2024.

Upcoming Club Events and Meetings

August 3rd — Hunting Island POTA and NLLW Activation: See above for more information.

Aerial view of the Hunting Island Lighthouse and surrounding area. Our operating location has a great view of the lighthouse.

Note that there are no membership meetings in July and August. Our next membership meeting will be held on Thursday, September 5th. More details to follow.

Silent Key: Allan Smith, KK4UBG

Allan Smith, KK4UBG, a long-time resident of SCHH and a past member of our ARC passed away yesterday. All who knew Allan recall his kind and gentle nature. He generously loaned the ARC his generator for Field Day and, for many years, was a regular check-in to our nets. Additional details will be sent to all members via email when they become available.

Club Website

Click here to get to the Club’s website: https://www.ke4ham.org.

If you notice any errors or have site-related questions, please email the webmaster; email: webmaster@ke4ham.org.

SCHH ARC Nets – We Need YOU!

Have you checked in to one of the SCHH ARC nets lately?

These are the times of year when net participation drops off typically. Can you help to offset that trend/

Please check in this coming week and let everyone know what you’ve been doing.

These are our nets. 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

PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGES FOR THE SUNDAY NIGHT NETS!

Sunday’s Net (8 PM) operates on 147.550 MHz simplex and EchoLink node: KE4HAM – L on the last two Sundays of every month. Otherwise, the Sunday net will be on the KE4HAM repeater (147.135 + with a tone of 91.5 on both the input and the output). The KE4HAM Repeater Net can also be accessed via EchoLink at KE4HAM-R.

For July, the Sunday net will be on the KE4HAM repeater on July 7 and July 14. The Sunday net will use SIMPLEX mode on July 21 and July 28. All nets are slated to be available on EchoLink as noted above.

Wednesday‘s Net (8 PM) operates through the KK4ONF/Jasper repeater, 147.060+ and EchoLink node: KE4HAM-R

Net Control Stations and EchoLink Coordinator

Thanks to our regular Net Controls: Bob Officer, WA6WAY; Frank Pollino, K2OS; and Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW.

Thanks to Ron Frick, AI4HH, for continually working to keep our SCHH ARC nets on EchoLink.

Net Control Schedule:

— Wednesday, July 17 @ 8 PM ET: Frank Pollino, K2OS (JASPER COUNTY REPEATER)

— Sunday, July 21 @ 8 PM ET: Bob Officer, WA6WAY (SIMPLEX)

If you are interested in being a Net Control, please let Harve know.

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, July 10 : KE4HAM/KB3FW, AI4HH, KQ4KOO, KO4AQI, K2ITZ, W1ZZ, AA4KK. QNI=7. QTC+0.

— Sunday, July 14: KE4HAM/K2OS, AI4HH, K3WPA, KJ4BSM, K2ITZ, AD5EN, KB3FW, WA6WAY, KQ4JKI, K8BBL, W1ZZ. QNI=11, 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.

Harve Hnatiuk, KB3FW