If you are an amateur radio operator planning to vacation in the Myrtle Beach area, let the Myrtle Beach Ham Radio Visitors Guide be your guide to all the local ham radio events and repeaters. But not only Myrtle Beach, the coverage area for this site is up to a 65 Mile radius around Myrtle Beach including locations as far as; Florence,SC., Lumberton, NC., and Wilmington, NC. You will find information on; repeater frequencies, and nets, club meetings, social gatherings, and many other amateur radio activities. This site also covers hamfests and conventions for up to a 100 Mi radius. Our local radio operators enjoy and invite vacationing hams to attend these functions and welcome your relaxing stay with us.
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Myrtle Beach area Amateur Radio Repeater Directory
The Myrtle Beach area has great coverage when it comes to repeaters with over 25 of them in operation. Many of the repeaters can be operated using a 5 watt HT. Most others you will find full quieting using your mobile rig. Click Here for a list of Myrtle Beach area repeaters. Some of these will have evening and afternoon nets. Join in if you hear one. Weekly nets are posted in the left column of this site.
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D-STAR in Myrtle Beach All amateur radio operators both residents and visitors are welcome to use the NE4SC C D-STAR repeater gateway. Most of the time the repeater gateway is left connected to reflector 30C. You are welcome to unlink and link to your favorite reflector or repeater to make your call but, we ask that you link the repeater gateway back to reflector 30C when you are done. For more information on the Myrtle Beach D-STAR repeater gateway visit our list of area repeaters. and visit the repeater gateway home page ne4sc.org
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Echolink Travel Tips If you are planning to use Echolink at your hotel or RV park, you may need to setup the proxy option in your echolink software. While running the latest software, run the firewall test. By default, most network routers are blocking the necessary UDP/TCP ports required to run Echolink. If the firewall test comes back failed, then you will require a proxy. In the "System Setup" window, click on the "Proxy" tab, select "Choose Public Proxy" and use the drop down to find a suitable proxy. Click here for a list of public proxy servers. |
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Start Date: 08/04/2012
End Date: 08/04/2012
Location: Methodist University / Reeves Auditorium
5400 Ramsey Street
Fayetteville, NC 28301
Website: http://www.cfarsnc.org |
Sponsor: Cape Fear Amateur Radio Society
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.910 (PL 100)
Public Contact: David Cowart , KR4OE
637 East Raynor Fayetteville, NC 28311
Phone: 910-624-1394
Email: kr4oe@nc.rr.com |
Start Date: 09/01/2012
End Date: 09/02/2012
Location: Dallas Park (Biggerstaff Park)
144 Leisure Lane
Dallas , NC 28034
Website: http://shelbyhamfest.com |
Sponsor: Shelby Amateur Radio Club
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 146.88 & 147.12
Public Contact: Ben Melvin , KM4C
902 Henry Street Kings Mountain, NC 28086
Phone: 704-739-2583
Email: ben@kmse.com |
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Start Date: 10/27/2012
End Date: 10/27/2012
Location: Sumter Jaycee Hut
314 Pine Street
Sumter, SC 29150
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Sponsor: Sumter Amateur Radio Assocation
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 147.015
Public Contact: Thomas D'Anella , KC4ZTC
109 Kells Drive Hopkins, SC 29061
Phone: 803-661-9934
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Start Date: 11/10/2012
End Date: 11/10/2012
Location: Old Pee Dee School
3521 Juniper Bay Road
Conway, SC 29526
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Sponsor: Grand Strand ARC
Type: ARRL Hamfest
Talk-In: 145.110 (PL 84.5)
Public Contact: Jim Wood, KF4CJE
PO Box 2135 Myrtle Beach, SC 29578
Phone: 843-340-1132
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