[DARARepeater] VAMC Ham Shack | AREDN | Emergency Communication

[Chuck Gelm NC8Q]

On 12/10/24 13:11, Blazin Brad wrote:
> Follow-up to the follow-up which I thought I sent to DARA.
>
> I just talked with the VA Emergency coordinator.  He just started the 
> process of looking for some HAM volunteers to run the VAMC Ham Club 
> shack thing.  Currently one of the doctors goes in the shack once a 
> month to check the equipment.  The shack has been idle since 2019, 
> volunteer wise.  The coordinator did say the High Frequency antenna 
> need a mast clamp replaced.
>
> We discussed an AREDN node for the Hospital and since he is studying 
> for his HAM Tech it was like the blind leading the blind.
>
> Chuck please reach out to me, we need a ELMER.
>
> Mark Erbaugh looks like you've brow-beat me into a presentation at the 
> DARA! 🙂
>
> Stay Safe,
> Brad

Hi, Brad:

Could have been 2019 when Larry KB8EMD mentioned activity at the VA 
radio club and
I briefly visited.

*If the VAEC has an emergency operation guidelines or handbook, I would 
like to review it*
so I would know what assistance the ham radio community might provide.
I am willing to assist, but my primary goal would be to put some AREDN 
devices on
the hospital roof and one on the roof over the Amateur Radio room in 
building 305(?).

Would the hospital provide backup electrical power at the hospital ? 
...at the radio room?
Else, would we would want solar panels, a controller, and battery storage.

My disaster plan is primarily to backup the loss of telephone (with 
VoIP, PBX) and
email communication (with Winlink) for the hospital.
Our group also has the capability of an audio, video, desktop and file 
sharing application and
we train weekly.

Is there any part of their emergency plan to have Amateur Radio 
operations inside the hospital
or only at the Amateur Radio Club location which is about a mile away!

I have access to a very tall building near the Dayton Mall which is line 
of sight to the VA Hospital.
There are already several AREDN nodes on this roof and one is, 
more-or-less, pointed at the VA Center.

Regards, Chuck


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