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11 <br /> 1 -Three (3) sites are existing, two (2) would require new construction <br /> 2 -Number of towers was based on less than <200 ft. tower height <br /> 3 Increasing tower height would require less tower sites <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Proposed New Tower Sites (cont.) <br /> 6 -Existing Towers <br /> 7 -Northeast— Caldwell —existing guyed tower <br /> 8 7444 Bill Poole Road —AT&T Wireless <br /> 9 -South-central — Chapel Hill — existing monopole <br /> 10 1403 New Hope Trace —GTE Wireless <br /> 11 Southwest— Chapel Hill — existing monopole <br /> 12 4900 NC 54 West—SBA <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Proposed New Tower Sites (cont.) <br /> 15 -New Construction <br /> 16 -Central — Hillsborough — New <br /> 17 Walnut Grove Church Rd. —ATC site <br /> 18 -Southeast—Chapel Hill — New <br /> 19 Near University Mall <br /> 20 Potential to move existing site from Cole Mill Rd. in Durham <br /> 21 <br /> 22 New "talk-in" — Portable Radio map <br /> 23 <br /> 24 Tower Site Considerations <br /> 25 -Orange County Planning & Inspections advises that four (4) cell providers have made <br /> 26 application to build towers...these new sites must also be considered before a decision is <br /> 27 made <br /> 28 -Modifications to the Chatham Mountain site may also help <br /> 29 Reduce antenna from 962 ft. down to 600 ft. <br /> 30 Less signal loss, may be able to turn up power <br /> 31 <br /> 32 VHF <br /> 33 -Very High Frequency (VHF) is used to alert Fire Department and EMS pagers <br /> 34 800MHz technology does not support pagers without incurring significant costs <br /> 35 -VHF and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) are used as radio back-up if VIPER fails <br /> 36 We used these back up frequencies for a real world event several weeks ago <br /> 37 <br /> 38 Existing VHF Tower Sites <br /> 39 Utilize the same towers as VIPER <br /> 40 Eno Mountain <br /> 41 Chatham Mountain <br /> 42 <br /> 43 Proposed VHF paging sites <br /> 44 -Two (2) additional VHF paging sites were selected to improve coverage within the County <br /> 45 Northern — Cedar Grove Fire Station <br /> 46 720 Hawkins Road — Existing Tower <br /> 47 Southwest—Orange Grove Fire Station <br /> 48 6800 Orange Grove Road — Requires new tower <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Proposed VHF Sites MAP <br /> 51 Proposed VHF Sites MAP <br />