Events

Setup Saturday morning, operating from 2pm Saturday through to 4:59pm Sunday. Open to any operator and to anyone curious about the hobby — the club explicitly invites visitors.

The annual exercise where amateur stations work military stations across the traditional band boundary — the military transmits on one band and listens on an amateur one.

Race communications for the Run United event in Aiken — operators posted along the course relaying runner and safety traffic to the finish.

289 contacts across 40 states and two Canadian provinces, operating the hospital station for eleven hours.

Operating from the county EOC on an ICOM 7300, cut short by a winter storm that took priority.

The club's annual 24-hour emergency-power operation, planned across meetings through May and June.

The annual state party, again run as a working test of the hospital station.

523 contacts including a satellite contact, reaching Germany and India from a portable winter station.

A public display of amateur radio on the town square — a stand, some gear, and club members answering questions from passers-by.

A statewide event for South Carolina. The SCHEART network was linked across five sites so counties could pass traffic and track the storm overnight.

The SCHEART analog and DMR networks entered emergency operations status ahead of the storm, with the first system test run from the state EOC radio room.

Entirely solar powered, one transmitter, 219 contacts and a final score of 1,378.

Race communications for Run United in Aiken, with club operators posted along the course.

Communications support for the community Easter egg hunt — a small event, and exactly the kind of low-stakes outing that keeps a team practised.

379 contacts, all SSB, for a score of 156,200 — the club's best QSO Party result in the record.

583 contacts across 52 states and provinces, plus France, Ireland and Puerto Rico.

The club meets over lunch through the year — planning, elections, and a good deal of talking about antennas.

A public-facing appearance on the square, showing amateur radio to the town.

Nine operators across phone and CW, with the club log submitted to the ARRL.

The club took part in the South Carolina statewide communications exercise from the county EOC, exchanging traffic and meeting its exercise goals.

286 contacts and an estimated 58,352 points, with seven participants and three visitors.

784 contacts for 4,170 points — the largest contact count in the club's recorded history.

Edgefield County was unaffected, but club members monitored the SCHEART nets and local public safety traffic throughout.

Burgers, meeting people face to face, and selling or swapping surplus radio gear. Family event, no dues, pass the hat.

189 contacts across eight operators, reaching 60 of the 71 ARRL sections and 43 states.

Seven military stations worked, from the Pentagon to the USS Yorktown.

The statewide communications exercise, with assignments and a published frequency plan across the participating counties.

A local Technician licence course run by the club — the entry point for new operators in the county.

361 contacts for 82,350 points, working 24 of South Carolina's 46 counties.

396 contacts for 2,376 qualifying points, all on SSB.

Race communications for an American Legion charity 5K, with operators assigned to points along the course.

A multi-day cycling event with amateur operators staffing rest stops and running a net for safety and logistics traffic.