Charles Plunk / Bolivar Tennessee USA

Amateur (Ham) Radio Licensing

First Licensed as Novice January 1978 as WD4OZN at age 17. Novice test administered by my elmer K4ZJ Fred Dukes - now a SK, someone else has his callsign now :<(

Proceeded to Advanced class over the next couple of years including Technician, 13wpm, General, & Advanced. Tests at this time given quarterly & sometimes only semiannually by the FCC and only in major cities. No Volunteer Examiner (VE) system in place at this time.

Passed 20wpm morse code (back when there was a test for this) & Extra written test in 1987 under the VE system. Applied for the Vanity call AF4O in 2002.

Ham Radio

Worked All States CW (All States confirmed on HF CW (Morse Code)

VUCC on 2 Meters (100 latitude/longitude grids confirmed on 144mhz).

Lack about 11 countries for DXCC (89 countries confirmed on HF, mixture of modes)

VE examiner during the mid-late 80's. (FCC volunteer examiner for Amateur Radio Service)

Life Member West Tennessee Amateur Radio Society

Hardeman County ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Services Director for most years since the mid 1980's) (Retired Jan 2010)

NWS Skywarn trained since the mid 1980's. Dozens of training sessions.

Certificate for service to Hardeman County EMA (Emergency Management Agency) for RACES (Radio Amateur Emegency Services) during the late 1990's

High Speed Meteor Scatter Central Time Zone Low Power Multiband 1st place for 2003, 2004, & 2006.

WSJT Random QSO Award

PODXS 070 Club PSK31Certificate

Two Voice Contacts to the Astronauts aboard the International Space Station

Low Power Radio Field Operation

Polar Bear QRP, Flying Pigs QRP, and many others.

Straight Key Century Club Centurion Level

Other

Vacationing with my ladies (Wife and Daughter)

Electronic Project and Kit building.

Calm water Kayaking and Fishing.

Hiking and Camping

Lots of bicycling and weight lifting

 

Career


   Hospital
Occupation - Plant Operations / Safety Director
Since 2/2000, Many JCAHO (Now 5!), NFPA (TN Dept Health, lost count), Surveys Successfully Completed
Mechanical Building Maintenace, Electrical, Plumbing, HVAC, Locksets, and dozens of other tasks (A jack of many trades job :-))
Never a dull, er, well idle moments are rare.


   Former Electronics Sales/Service Business Owner for 20 years
Bench and Field Service Owner/Technician
Many Electronic Repair Update Courses Completed




Graduate - Tennessee Technology Center, State of Tennessee Diploma; Electronics Technician; Maximum 2 Year Degree with an A average



Tennessee Technology Center: Certificate 57 Hours Programmable Logic Controllers



Technical Support & Communications Officer; Hardeman County Emergency Management Agency.

Member Hardeman County EMA Skywarn.

Member Hardeman County LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee).



County ARES Director (Retired Jan 2010)



County RACES Assistant Director



Certified Trainer for the FEMA HERT (Hospital Emergency Response Training) Course B461

Completed Week Long Course at DHS FEMA Noble Training Center in Anniston, AL



Incident Command System & NIMS / FEMA ICS-300
Completed 2 day course at Gibson County EMA



Incident Command System & NIMS / FEMA ICS-400
Completed 1 day course at Gibson County EMA


Tennessee Hazardous Materials Institute: Response to Hazardous Materials Incidents_Basic Concepts 16 hours



3 Day - Tennessee Technology Center Pulaski - Terrorism_A Health Providers Response


Other Courses Completed (most in-house drills/training not included):

IS-00100 Introduction to the Incident Command System
IS-00200 Basic Incident Command System
IS-00700 National Incident Management System
IS-00800 National Response Plan
Non Violent Crisis Prevention 8 hours
THA NCEP Mass Casualty_Chemical Incidents Planning for Healthcare Responders
THA NCEP Mass Casualty_BioTerrorism Incidents Planning for Healthcare Responders
THA NCEP Mass Casualty_Blast Incident Planning for Healthcare Responders
West Region Bioterrorism Seminar_Jackson Madison County Health Dept
TEMA Damage Assessment Workshop X2
US Dept Justice - Office for Domestic Preparedness - WMD Incidnet Complexities Responder Course
Skywarn Storm Spotter Trainer Basic-Advanced-General X Many
CPR Training X2
Extensive Hospital Inservice Training yearly since 2000

TNCAT07 (Tennessee Catastrophic Event (Earthquake, etc)) Paris Tn Conference

TNCAT07 Communications Drill

THA Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) (Hospital Version of NIMS)

2008 Pandemic Flu Planning Meetings and Day Long Drill at TEMA

2009 West TN Regional Drill Planning Meetings and Drill in June (Regional Health Sponsored)

Environment of Care, Emergency Management, Life Safety Code "Transistions" education May 1st 2009 Nashville TN (Sponsored by THA)

CPR updated April 2009

LEPC Tabletop Drill Spring 2010

Advanced Medical Surge Planning Workshop  April 2010  (Sponsored by THA)

Advanced TEMARR (Tennessee Emergency Medical Awareness, Respose and Resources (THA) June 2010

Non Violent Crisis Prevention Sept 2010 / 4 hours

West Region EMS Pandemic Workshop  Sept 2010

Emergency Preparedness Education Series (THA/NCEP/TEMA) October 2010

Ham Radio in Hospitals Communications Planning.   February 2011

Emergency Response Contingency Planning: Strategies for the First Responder Workshop (THA) March 2011

Developing Planning and Response Capabilites for Healthcare Workshop May 25, 2011

Lessons Learned from the Joplin, MO Tornado Webinar   November 2011 (THA)