Winter Field Day 2026
24–25 January 2026
The weekend a state of emergency was declared for winter weather, and EOC duty took priority.
SC QSO Party 2024 — First in State
2024
Third first place in a row, and the club's highest certified score: 152,142 points.
ARRL Field Day 2024
22–23 June 2024
The all-solar Field Day, run from the Edgefield County EMA trailer.
Run United Aiken
April 2024
A portable station set up for race communications.
Community Egg Hunt
30 March 2024
Communications support for the community Easter egg hunt at Oakley Park.
Winter Field Day 2024
27–28 January 2024
Operating from the county EOC, and the certificate that came of it.
Club Meetings
2023 onwards
Lunch, planning and elections — where most of the club's actual business happens.
SC QSO Party 2023 — First in State
2023
A second consecutive first place in South Carolina.
Edgefield Town Square
18 November 2023
The club's tent on the square, complete with an ARES banner and a visit from Santa.
ARRL Field Day 2023
24–25 June 2023
Setup crew and the night shift — the half of Field Day nobody photographs.
SC QSO Party 2022 — First in State
2022
The certificate for first place in South Carolina, Multi-Op Low Power SSB.
Grill, Eyeball QSO and Swap
17 September 2022
Burgers at American Legion Post 30, surplus gear changing hands, and the club's own acronym: grill, eyeball QSO, swap.
Winter Field Day 2019
26–27 January 2019
Field Day's cold-weather twin. Portable stations, emergency power, and the particular satisfaction of making contacts when it is far too cold to be outside.
SKYWARN Recognition Day 2018
1 December 2018
The annual event where amateur operators work National Weather Service stations, thanking the forecasters who depend on ground reports from spotters like ours.
ARRL Field Day 2018
23–24 June 2018
Twenty-four hours on generator power in a field. The biggest weekend on the amateur radio calendar and the club's largest annual undertaking.
SCHEART Microwave Link Installation
30 January 2018
Installing the microwave link that ties the Edgefield site into the statewide SCHEART network. Unglamorous work that everything else depends on.
Winter Field Day 2018
27–28 January 2018
Cold, wind, and a portable station. Winter Field Day exists to prove the gear works when conditions are genuinely unpleasant.
N4ZZT Station and Massey Radio Lab Tour
7 November 2017
A visit to a well-built home station and the Massey Radio Lab. Seeing what a serious station looks like is worth a dozen articles about antennas.
Drone and Eclipse Outing
11 October 2017
An afternoon of aerial photography and eclipse observation — a reminder that the club's interests run wider than radio alone.
ARRL Field Day 2017
24–25 June 2017
Antennas up, generators running, and the club on the air for a full twenty-four hours.
EF-2 Tornado Response
5 April 2017
An EF-2 tornado crossed the county. Club members supported the response — the situation the training exists for, and the reason it matters.
Send them in and we will add them. The record thins out badly after 2019 — a club's history only exists if somebody keeps it.