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<br /> <br />-Three (3) sites are existing, two (2) would require new construction <br />-Number of towers was based on less than <200 ft. tower height <br />Increasing tower height would require less tower sites <br /> <br />Proposed New Tower Sites (cont.) <br />-Existing Towers <br />-Northeast – Caldwell – existing guyed tower <br />7444 Bill Poole Road – AT&T Wireless <br />-South-central – Chapel Hill – existing monopole <br />1403 New Hope Trace – GTE Wireless <br />Southwest – Chapel Hill – existing monopole <br />4900 NC 54 West – SBA <br /> <br />Proposed New Tower Sites (cont.) <br />-New Construction <br />-Central – Hillsborough – New <br />Walnut Grove Church Rd. – ATC site <br />-Southeast – Chapel Hill – New <br />Near University Mall <br />Potential to move existing site from Cole Mill Rd. in Durham <br /> <br />New “talk-in” – Portable Radio map <br /> <br />Tower Site Considerations <br />-Orange County Planning & Inspections advises that four (4) cell providers have made <br /> application to build towers…these new sites must also be considered before a decision is <br /> made <br />-Modifications to the Chatham Mountain site may also help <br />Reduce antenna from 962 ft. down to 600 ft. <br />Less signal loss, may be able to turn up power <br /> <br />VHF <br />-Very High Frequency (VHF) is used to alert Fire Department and EMS pagers <br />800MHz technology does not support pagers without incurring significant costs <br />-VHF and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) are used as radio back-up if VIPER fails <br />We used these back up frequencies for a real world event several weeks ago <br /> <br />Existing VHF Tower Sites <br />Utilize the same towers as VIPER <br />Eno Mountain <br />Chatham Mountain <br /> <br />Proposed VHF paging sites <br />-Two (2) additional VHF paging sites were selected to improve coverage within the County <br />Northern – Cedar Grove Fire Station <br />720 Hawkins Road – Existing Tower <br />Southwest – Orange Grove Fire Station <br />6800 Orange Grove Road – Requires new tower <br /> <br />Proposed VHF Sites MAP <br />Proposed VHF Sites MAP <br /> <br />