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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, FE presented RF coverage from the existing VIPER sites, along with RF <br />coverage improvements from various additional sites. The workshop participants were <br />able to see 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 colocation was to be investigated. The four sites selected are: <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 />Fire Station Paging RF coverage was also presented from the existing sites, along with <br />RF coverage improvements from various additional sites. <br />For Fire Station Paging RF coverage improvements, two additional sites were selected <br />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 23, 2013 Page 4 of 37 <br />T <br />�G <br />191 <br />