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Orange County NC <br />Radio Communication Tower and System Infrastructure Upgrade <br />RF Coverage and Sites /Towers <br />1. Introduction <br />An RF Coverage Workshop was held with Orange County and the law enforcement, <br />fire, and emergency medical services within Orange County on May 20, 2013. At this <br />workshop, Federal Engineering (FE) presented RF coverage maps showing coverage <br />provided by the existing VIPER sites, along with RF coverage improvements the County <br />could realize from various additional sites. Workshop participants were able to see <br />what RF coverage improvements were produced from multiple sets of site <br />configurations. <br />As a result of this RF Coverage Workshop, Orange County selected a set of four <br />additional sites to improve VIPER coverage within the County. These four sites are <br />existing sites, and the County decided to investigate colocation on the following four <br />sites. <br />• Northeast portion of County — Caldwell area — existing guyed tower <br />• South - Central portion of County — Chapel Hill — existing monopole <br />• Southwest portion of County — Chapel Hill — existing monopole <br />• Southeast portion of County — Chapel Hill — existing monopole (two sites possible in <br />this area, where either site would provide coverage) <br />The RF Workshop also presented Fire Station Paging RF coverage from the existing <br />sites, along with RF coverage improvements from various additional sites. <br />For Fire Station Paging RF coverage improvements, the County selected two additional <br />sites to improve coverage within the County. They are: <br />• North portion of County — Cedar Grove Fire Station on Hawkins Road. <br />• Southwest portion of County — Orange Grove Fire Station at 6800 Orange Grove Rd. <br />The Orange Grove Fire Station will require a new tower. <br />August 30, 2013 Page 4 of 51 <br />B <br />