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DHS SHARES LF Beacon
There is an LF beacon operating in the Columbia area. It can be received out to about 200 miles via groundwave – much further with skywave. This station is operating as a proof of concept Low Frequency alerting station, as part of a DHS SHARES trial program. Our Amateur HF community knows that long-range emergency communications can …
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RMS Titanic Radio Room
We all know on April 15 1912 in the early morning hours the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This is a picture of the Titanic radio room, it has been colorized but other then that it is a real picture.
Can you identify ANY of the radio equipment ?, not looking for …
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Area Nets
Paul Finan, N4PRF, Net Manager
Daily Nets South Carolina Single Sideband Net: 7:00 pm at 3.915 LSB (scssb.net) Coastal Carolina Emergency Net: 7:00 pm 3.907 LSB (ccen.blogspot.com) The Carolinas Slow Net (CSN): 8:00 pm on 3.571 CW Southcars: 8 a.m. to 1 pm, 7.251 LSB (southcars.com) 7240 Club: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to noon …
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Roster
Our roster is in PDF format.
Membership Roster as of August 5, 2024
If you have a question, feel free to send an email to the address below at any time. Thanks for being part of this unique group of people.
Please send all questions to [email protected]
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FT4
FT4 is an experimental digital mode designed specifically for radio contesting. Like FT8, it uses fixed-length transmissions, structured messages with formats optimized for minimal QSOs, and strong forward error correction. T/R sequences are 6 seconds long, so FT4 is 2.5 × faster than FT8 and about the same speed as RTTY for radio contesting.
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1/2in Type M Copper Tubing Slim Jim VHF/UHF Antenna
Click on the picture for the full report.
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