State of Georgia Department of Human Resources Division of Public Health

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Georgia Department of Human Resources
Division of Public Health (funding)
Georgia Ham Radio for Hospitals Partnership

Georgia Hospital Association (management)

Georgia ARES - Public Health (installation)
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We have GOOD news

• And some NOT SO GOOD news
• FIRST - the GOOD news!

Please have a pen and paper ready to copy a
contact at the end of this presentation.
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Since January, 2007

• ARES has delivered materials and provided
  installation labor
• Installed or delivered ham radio gear to
• All 14 RCH hospitals
• plus
• Emory Johns Creek - Johns Creek
• Northside Hospital - Atlanta
• For a total of 16 hospitals equipped

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FY 2007 goalInstall ham radio equipment in each
of the 14 Regional Coordinating HospitalsMET!
AHamilton Medical Center CFloyd Medical
Center DGrady Memorial Hospital EAthens
Regional Medical Center FMedical Center of
Central Georgia GMedical College of
Georgia HOconee Regional Medical
Center IColumbus Regional Medical
Center JMemorial Health University Med.
Ctr. KJohn D. Archbold Memorial Hospital LTift
Regional Medical Center MSatilla Regional
Medical Center N Kennestone Hospital OChildrens
Healthcare of Atlanta
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In addition to those already done by local ham
groups

• These were also upgraded to full ARES station and
  antenna systems
• Satilla Regional Med. Ctr. - Waycross
• Athens Regional Med. Ctr. - Athens
• Columbus Regional Med. Ctr. - Columbus

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Each Regional Hospital now has

• 2 - 1/2 LMR-600 coax lines
• 1 - Diamond X50NA antenna (2 meters / 3/4 meter)
• 1 - BW Inverted Vee HF antenna (1.8 - 30 MHz)
  mast kit
• 1 - Kenwood TM-D700 VHF/UHF radio
• 1 - Kenwood TS-480SAT HF radio
• 1 - West Mountain DC-to-GO with RigRunner 8
  PWRGate
• 1 - 75 AH AGM sealed battery
• 1 - Astron RS-35M power supply with meters

Special thanks to Mark Holmes - HRO Phil Partin
- Kenwood Scott Schaak - Alliance Communication
Cables
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By the end of summer 2008 we should have . . . .
A pre-trained ARES team for each of the 14
Regional Coordinating Hospitals with a defined
operating position and antenna ready to go.
Training will be done locally by the EC and the
hospital.
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Now for NOT SO GOOD news

• Dennis Jones - GA-DPH

David Krader - GA-DPH
Jean Allred - GHA
100,000 Government Funding
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Original program

• 2007 Regional Coordinating Hospitals

2008 300 bed hospitals
2009 200 bed hospitals
2010 100 bed hospitals
So now we have an opportunity!
But first, a question - - -
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What does the government do when they want to
delay a program?

• They STUDY it!

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Hospital should contact

• Katherine Tuggle
• GADHR - Division of Public Health
• [phone]
• katuggle_at_dhr.state.ga.us

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If you need help

• Barry Kanne
• W4TGA
• w4tga_at_arrl.net
• [phone]

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