After Action Report
06/01/04, District 24

Submitted by:

Garry Hefty
KA9ODE
KA9ODE@AOL.COM
D24 - Douglas and Elbert

1. Date of activity:
   • 06/01/04

2. Description of activity
   • Public service event communications support for the Poker Chip off-road motorcycle run on Rampart Range Road.

3. Duration of activity
   • 8 Hours

4. Serving amateur radio groups participating
   • None

5. Served agencies participating
   • Douglas County Search & Rescue

6. Describe served agency participation
   • Douglas County Search & Rescue was asked by run officials to provide support by providing members at check points.

7. Number of amateurs participating
   • 7

8. List of amateurs participating
   • KA9ODE
   • W6AUN
   • KA0ULN
   • KC0MHT
   • N2PQD
   • W9BNO
   • K0ANN

9. Person-hours of amateur service
   • 64

10. Describe goals of activity, both for served agency and serving group
    • Provide communications support to the DCSAR at check points.

11. Did the event fulfill the goals?
    • Yes.

    • In past years D24 ARES has not been involved with this event. The DCSAR has worked this event in the past but have found that when a call for a member to leave a check point occurred, no communications where left at the check point. D24 ARES was asked to provide communications support.

12. What went well
    • All members ID's correctly with tactical and amateur call signs. Exchanges were crisp and timely. Amateur radio stations were able to communicate in locations where the DCSAR communications were lacking or marginal.

13. Areas needing improvement
    • At the pre-briefing it was decided that our base camp operator would have a DCSAR member to act as runner to interface with race officials. However, once the event unfolded the DCSAR member was not available. Hence the base camp operator was periodically away from the radio delivering message to race officials.

14. Lessons learned
    • Provide an assistant or runner for the lead station regardless of other none ARES officials are assigned.

15. Additional training needed
    • NONE

16. General comments
    • Further contacts will occur with DCSAR to formalize a working relationship between ARES and Search and Rescue.