ARES - Linn County, Iowa

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Last updated on 01 January 2007

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Sheriff's Department VHF/UHF Antenna
St. Luke's Hospital VHF Antenna
Mercy Hospital  VHF/UHF Antenna


VHF/UHF Antenna at St. Luke's Hospital

Equipment Installed: VHF/UHF antenna.  Coax with a male PL-259 connector.

Equipment Needed: Radio and power supply.  Adapter to a male PL-259 connector.  Headphones.

Location: From the A Avenue entrance, walk into the hospital past the information desk and take the hallway to the right towards the elevators.  The Telecommunications Office will be on your right.  This area is behind door labeled 192E.   The coax to the antenna is located in the Telecommunication break area.   The coax is hanging down from the ceiling tile, and is coiled up behind a shelf.  It is labeled as "2 meter/440 MHz Dual Band Antenna". If needed, there are emergency powered 110V outlets under the counter top. See also Access Control procedures.
This information is current as of October, 2005.  


VHF Antenna at Mercy Hospital

Equipment Installed: VHF ground plane. Coax with a male RCA connector.

Equipment Needed: Radio, power supply and headphones.  Adapter to a male RCA connector and about 20 feet of extra coax.

Location: Enter the ambulance entrance of Mercy Hospital.  Go through the next double doors and turn right to the door leading to Area Ambulance dispatch.  You will likely be asked to set up on a table that the EMTs use to fill out paperwork. 

Physically there are two antenna's on the corner of the ambulance drive through. I expect I was connected to the quarter wave whip; it was measured it with an MFJ antenna analyzer and was resonant at 148.000. It had an SWR of about 1.3 at 146.745.  It did not work well on 440.
This information is current as of October, 2006.   


VHF/UHF Antenna at the Sheriff's Department

Equipment Installed: VHF/UHF antenna.  Coax with a male PL-259 connector. 

Equipment Needed: Radio and power supply.  Headphones.

Location: The coax to the antenna is in the middle (base) of the "U" shaped desks in Dispatch.  The Dispatch area is located to the right of the main entrance on the first floor.  The antenna connector is a male PL259.  See also Access Control procedures
This information is current as of 13 November, 2005. 

 

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