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Alternate Tower Considerations <br />Piedmont Electric Membership Corp <br />ALTERNATE TOWER CONSIDERATIONS — ORANGE COUNTY <br />Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation (PEMC) is planning to implement a VHF <br />trunked radio system to provide coverage for the PEMC service area. The trunked radio <br />system is to replace an existing VHF conventional radio system. <br />PEMC requires a radio system that will optimize existing frequency spectrum and <br />provide increased voice channel capacity and data functionality. This will require the <br />installation of three (3) new towers. The radio system will consist of a VHF trunked <br />repeater equipment, VHF top antenna, transmission line for the VHF radio system, and <br />microwave dishes to interconnect the three tower sites. It should be noted that the <br />installation of the microwave system is critical to the functionality of the trunked radio <br />system. <br />One of the towers is a proposed 350 -foot self - supporting tower to be installed in <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina.. The other two towers are located in Person and Caswell <br />Counties and have already had their permits approved by the appropriate County <br />Planning Boards. <br />As part of the Orange County ordinance process, a search was completed to determine if <br />other tower sites within a 2 -mile radius of the PEMC Hillsbrough site would meet the <br />requirements for the PEMC radio system. A comparison of the tower data for these sites <br />as well as the data for the proposed 350-foot PEMC tower is listed below. <br />Tower <br />Ground <br />Tower Height <br />Available <br />Tower type <br />Elevation (feet) <br />(feet) <br />Antenna Height <br />(feet) <br />Proposed <br />698 <br />350 <br />350 <br />Self- support <br />PEMC Tower <br />American <br />635 <br />235 <br />200 or less <br />Guyed <br />Tower <br />Crown Piney <br />629 <br />157 <br />120 or less <br />Monopole <br />Grove <br />Crown <br />671 <br />178 <br />110 or less <br />Monopole <br />Hillsbrough <br />Global Signal <br />640 <br />160 <br />150 or less <br />Monopole <br />Laws Site <br />Prepared by: <br />Alexander Utility Engineering, Inc. 6/28/2006 Page 1 of 3 <br />111 <br />