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Approved 3113117 <br />2 David Haughney: I am not a real estate expert. I submit a search ring and a real estate and site <br />3 acquisition experts return with candidates from that ring. I am familiar with the area, if there was a <br />4 water tank somewhere in the ring I might even suggest it as part of my search ring submission to <br />5 Mr. Yeagley. When I submit that ring for evaluation I might say there's a known tower in here, in <br />6 this ring, and we like it. So in that respect, no, I didn't have any familiarity with any existing <br />7 structures and I leave it up to them to be professional with site analysis. <br />8 <br />9 John Price: What are the reasons this new cell tower is needed? <br />10 <br />11 David Haughney: The coverage hole that exists on Mt. Carmel Church Lake Road needs <br />12 coverage improvement and all of the surrounding sites around it will greatly benefit from the <br />13 capacity improvement that it offers. <br />14 <br />15 John Price: And the other sites around it, does that include the UNC campus? <br />16 <br />17 David Haughney: Well, absolutely yes. <br />18 <br />19 John Price: I understand that the proposed tower will create cells using 700 megahertz, AWS, and <br />20 PCS spectra. Is that right? <br />21 David Haughney: Correct. <br />22 <br />23 John Price: Are there different business cases developed for the different spectra? <br />24 <br />25 David Haughney: I don't think in the context that we're speaking, no. Each one of those bands <br />26 may indeed be used on this structure and they are used on microcell structures in the network, in <br />27 this area. <br />28 <br />29 John Price: I understand but 700 Megahertz travels about 3 times the distance of AWS and PCS <br />30 spectra. Are output powers of the different spectra adjusted to adjust the covering area so all are <br />31 equal? <br />32 <br />33 David Haughney: No, they're not all equal. So the lower band frequencies have better coverage <br />34 and better penetration but there's a limited amount of bandwith we have in lower band frequency. <br />35 We use AWS and PCS and we're exploring other frequency bands for use, because we need <br />36 more spectra. The lower bands are great. I wish I had an unlimited amount of low band spectra, <br />37 but we don't. We have to use the higher band spectra. <br />38 <br />39 John Price: If output powers are not adjusted AWS and PCS cell sites would be smaller in area, <br />40 wouldn't they? <br />OC Board of Adjustment —12/12/16 Page 41 of 156 <br />