The Plumas Amateur Radio Club held and Emergency Drill utilizing our Ham Radio Club Repeater on Mt. Hough, call sign K6PLU. The Net opened as a "drill" and was so indentified as the Roll Call began. Of the 54 call signs called on the Net, we had 10 responses or about 18% of rollcall. This number would be sufficient to begin a Disaster Response in our remote Sierra Nevada Mountain community at least for the first 24 hours. Of the 54 individuals on the this, approximately 6 were out-of-County at the time of the Drill; another 20 were working jobs where they were unable to respond; 12 as of this date have no radio (newer Hams); leaving around 6 people who could have, but did not respond. An EXCELLENT response for our area. Thanks for organizing this Event and the opportunity for our Club to participate.
Larry Trotter KI6YUK
ARES Emergency Co-ordinator
Plumas County, California