On November 12, members of HCARC participated in an emergency response drill conducted by Haywood County Emergency Services. The simulation was of a propane truck wreck and associated building fire, located in Canton. Club members set up three stations, one at the incident site, one at a shelter set up for evacuees, and one at the county’s Emergency Operation Center. Simulated traffic was passed between the stations as well as to the state E.O.C. in Raleigh.
HCARC’s second Field Day outing was an unqualified success! 28 members participated, and we had 40 guests stop by to visit. We contacted 69 of 80 ARRL sections with 654 contacts on 6 bands, with 235 of them on 10 meters alone! Thanks for bringing that quad, WD4A! KF4GUW’s family cooked up quite a fish dinner for us Saturday night – it was wonderful! Thanks to Haywood County Emergency Operations for allowing us to use their communications trailer. The tower on the trailer was a great asset, as was the nice operating area inside the trailer! Thanks also to TGF Super Clean Porta-Johns for providing the nice clean facilities!
