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Orange County NC <br />11 <br />Radio Communication Tower and System Infrastructure Upgrade <br />RF Coverage and Sites/Towers <br />2.1.5 Southeast - Alternate to WCHL Site <br />An alternate to the WCHL site may be a parcel of land about 1,000 ft. to the south of the <br />WCHL property — Figure 1 shows an aerial view of this site. FE identified this as part of <br />the Eastgate Shopping Center parcel, PIN # 9799255527. <br />This property is in a flood plain, in an area labeled as Jordan Lake (unprotected). This <br />may require the use of raised platforms for the site equipment (shelter, generator, and <br />fuel tanks) <br />Also, due to the proximity to the WCHL -AM towers, any new tower may require "AM — <br />de- tuning ". <br />A tower elevation and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Report is in preparation <br />for submission under separate cover. <br />FE reviewed the 800 MHz RF coverage differences between the WCHL site and the <br />alternate site. Our analysis used the same antenna height as was used for the WCHL <br />site. While the coverage obtained from the alternate site is slightly different from the <br />WCHL site, the differences are not significant, and the alternate site provides the <br />required RF coverage to the immediate area. <br />Figure 11 in Section 2.1.7 shows the RF coverage for the WCHL site, and Figure 12 <br />shows the RF coverage from the alternate site. <br />August 30, 2013 Page 10 of 51 ` <br />