SCARC Supports Shelby Red Cross Drill

The Shelby County Red Cross had a shelter drill on the morning of March 27, 2007.

Here is a copy of my email to Mary Kinard at the Red Cross describing our activity:

Mary,

The amateur radio station was set up at 9:40am to take local checkins. The station was a minimal station, a hand held radio with a high gain antenna. The station was located in the lobby of the Hoover Public Safety Center. During the 1 hour and 20 minutes of operating 9 unique checkins were logged, 7 of whom were in Shelby County. The checkins were gathered in from various locations such as Inverness, Maylene, Alabaster, Westover, Columbiana, etc. We experienced no difficulties in operating and with your permission we shut down at 11:00am. Thanks for giving the Shelby County Amateur Radio Club an opportunity to operate in support of the American Red Cross office supporting Shelby County.
Best regards,
Rod Scott, N1YZ
President: Shelby County Amateur Radio Club

Thanks to all of the hams who checked in to this net!