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ARESCO After-Action Report: Colorado Regional Band Competition

by Chris Krengel KBØYRZ, Englewood Team Leader, District 12, Arapahoe County, 09-Oct-2001

  1. Date of activity
    • October 9, 2001

  2. Description of activity
    • Provide communications and coordination such as parking busses, staging the bands and equipment for the competition.

  3. Duration of Activity
    • 7 hours

  4. Serving amateur radio groups participating
    • Arapahoe County ARES

  5. Served agencies participating
    • None

  6. Describe served agency participation
    • [N/A]

  7. Number of amateurs participating
    • 6

  8. List of amateurs participating

  9. Person-hours of amateur service
    • 42

  10. Describe the goals of the activity
    • To provide communications between staging area, parking and practice areas
    • To coordinate staging area to get bands in and out quickly
    • Park busses to facilitate quick entry and exit form the area
    • Have fun

  11. Did the event fulfill the goals?
    • Yes

  12. Explain:

    • The coordination between the two main positions (the upper parking lot and the staging area) went very well.

  13. What went well?
    • All of our operators used good protocol in getting their traffic passed.
    • The operators particularly liked being more involved with the show rather than "just" passing traffic for another official.

  14. Areas needing improvement

    • We could however use more hams in this event. Unfortunately this event starts when most are at work.

  15. Lessons learned

    • Even though the area covered was relatively small, this event required the use of a cross-band repeater. This was because of the staging area being in a valley and a large building between the two areas. The cross-band repeater also allowed us to use lower power to conserve battery power.

  16. Additional training needed
    • No info provided.

  17. General comments
    • No info provided.

  18. Ideas for future exercises
    • For future events it may be possible to use packet to log the bands in as they arrive.

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