Hard Road Tower Site Work Starts Friday

Motorola and Rinehart Tower service will begin work at the Hard Road tower site on Friday 12/11. Antennas and coax will be changed, the analog equipment will be removed and the new P25 equipment will be installed. Work will continue on Monday 12/14 and is expected to be completed by late afternoon in preparation for the Tuesday morning cut over.

FCC Approves System Frequencies

On Tuesday 12/08 the FCC granted the Special Temporary Authority (STA) applications for all seven system frequencies at all three tower sites. This approval paves the way for an "on time" cut over for the system users. Licenses for the system are listed under the call signs of WQLC963, WQLC684 and WNPJ961. The system will operate on pre-rebanded frequencies until the rebanding process is completed and licenses for the new post-rebanded frequencies are issued. All licenses will then be combined into a single license issued to the newly formed council of governments.

Tech Meeting Canceled

The Technical Committee meeting scheduled for Tuesday 11/24 has been canceled. New meeting dates for the week of 12/07 have been posted on TimeBridge.

Subscriber Programming

Below are the first set programming dates/times:

> Mon 11/30 0800 to 1600 @ Station 101: Worthington Fire

> Tues 12/01 0700 to 1500 @ Station 101: Worthington/Sharon/Perry PDs

> Wed 12/02 TBD @ Station 101: Remaining Worthington/Sharon/Perry Units

> Thur 12/03 0700 to 1500 @ WTFD Admin: Washington Fire

More dates/time to be announced

Connectivity Complete - STA Requests Submitted

All connectivity points are complete! The final connection to the prime site in Delaware was made late last night with the fiber runs and OARnet connection configurations are working as designed. The final bandwidth/latency testing is taking place and all sites will be actively passing data by Friday.

On the licensing front, the STA requests were filed today ask requested authorization to go on the air using the pre-rebanded frequencies. Approvals by the frequency advisor and the FCC are pending.

Connectivity Update

The fiber links between the Dublin Justice Center to Hard Road and to Worthington PD are up and running. Testing units are connected. Preliminary tests look good and will be left running for 24 hours to verify.

In addition, the T1 line between Worthington PD and Huntley Road, and the T1 lines between the Dublin Justice Center and Avery Road have completed testing and are ready to go.

The fiber connection to the master site in Delaware is all that remains. Completion is expected by the end of the week.

Avery Antenna Change Outs Complete

Today, Motorola and Rinehart Tower Service completed the antenna change out at the Avery Road Water Tower Site. The Dublin 800MHz radio system was taken off line for approximately 2 hours to allow for this upgrade, with Dublin safety forces operating on Ohio MARCS and the Columbus 800MHz system during the outage.