[K3PZN-List] Carroll Hospital Center EMCOMM station operational

[Keith Krichinsky]

Well done gentlemen!  Lets hope it is never truely needed.

Keith, W3MDC

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:20 PM, <n3sb at qis.net> wrote:

> Hi Folks;
>
> The Carroll Hospital Center EMCOMM station is now operational!
>
> Chuck N3TOT, Tony KF3AK and I visited the new station this morning to
> connect all the equipment and give it a test. It's working fine!
>
> We have a dedicated room on the fifth floor of the CHC, with power
> feeds from both the main grid and the hospital's emergency generator.
> Two dual-band antennas are installed on the roof, and the feedlines
> are brought into our room at a connection panel. We have two dual-band
> Yaesu radios, two power supplies, two PowerPole distribution panels,
> and two PowerGate modules to permit instantaneous switchover to backup
> batteries. We also have two chargers for the batteries. We  have two
> laptop computers that still need to be integrated into the setup.
>
> The Carroll Hospital Center procured all this equipment, built this
> radio room, and installed the antennas because they recognize the
> value of having Amateur Radio (that's all of YOU, by the way) as part
> of their emergency communications plans. We'll start testing this
> equipment during our monthly RACES drills which resume in September,
> and during our other exercises. The Simulated Emergency Test is coming
> up in October, and we'll definitely have the station on the air.
>
> Thanks to Chuck N3TOT for working with the hospital during the entire
> process to specify the equipment, provide technical support during
> installation, and maintaining liaison with CHC's emergency planner Tom
> Jeffers.
>
> 73; Steve, N3SB
>
>
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-- 
Keith Krichinsky