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10 <br /> 1 Jim Groves said the tower study incorporated the VIPER radio system coverage, as well <br /> 2 as the County volunteer fire department VHF paging system. He gave a briefing on study and <br /> 3 reviewed the following PowerPoint slides: <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Radio Communication tower and system infrastructure upgrade <br /> 6 February 11, 2014 <br /> 7 Please refer to the maps in your packets for better location and coverage detail <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Background <br /> 10 -Project kicked off January, 2013 <br /> 11 -Development Steps: <br /> 12 Needs assessment with stakeholders <br /> 13 Research <br /> 14 Infrastructure upgrade recommendations <br /> 15 Maps and graphics <br /> 16 Draft report <br /> 17 Final report <br /> 18 -Project completed September, 2013 <br /> 19 <br /> 20 What is VIPER? <br /> 21 -Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders (VIPER) <br /> 22 -Trunked 800 MHz Radio System <br /> 23 -State owned and operated <br /> 24 Originally developed for the Highway Patrol <br /> 25 Centerline of road <br /> 26 Building penetration not really considered <br /> 27 <br /> 28 What is VIPER? (cont.) <br /> 29 -Orange County system is an unbalanced system <br /> 30 5 channel (frequency pair) on some towers <br /> 31 8 channel (frequency pair) on others <br /> 32 -This can create busy "bonks" where users cannot communicate <br /> 33 - VIPER towers located at: <br /> 34 Eno Mountain — Hillsborough <br /> 35 Water tower - UNC Chapel Hill <br /> 36 Laws — Northern border of Orange/Caswell <br /> 37 Chatham Mountain — Southern border of Orange <br /> 38 Mebane (new) — City of Mebane <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Map Legend <br /> 41 I" ,h = GOOD <br /> 42 = FAIR <br /> 43 III: II::'. = MARGINAL <br /> 44 GRAY = NO COVERAGE <br /> 45 The maps presented in the report are software models that are representative of actual real <br /> 46 world coverage <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Current viper "talk-in" MAP <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Proposed New Tower Sites <br /> 51 -Five (5) additional sites were selected to improve VIPER coverage within Orange County <br />