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Orange County NC <br /> 5 <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 /> 0 <br />