FAA Approves Huntley Bowl Tower

The FAA has issued a favorable determination for the Huntley Bowl tower site. Originally requested as a 250' AGL tower, the FAA approved it not to exceed 247' AGL which is excellent news for the project team!

FAA Approval

Fiber Optics Work Group Meeting

A working group of the Technical Committee will be meeting on Wednesday 03/18 @ 10am at the Dublin Justice Center to discuss connectivity options for the new system. Specifically, the group will be looking at ways to make the connection up to the master site in Delaware using fiber optics. For more information about this meeting, contact Jay Somerville.

Subsciber Specs Posted

The specifications for subscriber units established at the February Technical Committee meeting have been posted! The link is along the right side of the web site and will be updated as needed. We will also be adding information brochures for each of the models shortly.

If you have any questions about subsciber units, please contact Patrick Brandt, Jerry Strait or Jay Somerville. You can also contact your Motorola representative to find more details on other options that may be available or to place an order. The information provided on the site is in accordance with the State Term Contract pricing that is currently available.

Subscriber Specifications

FAA Application Submitted

Today, FAA Form 7460-1 was submitted to the Great Lakes office of the FAA requesting permission to construct the Huntley Road tower. A cover letter, 7.5 minute topo maps, the application and a letter certifying the location coordinates we all part of the submission. A response is expected in approximately 30 days.

FORM 7460-1 SUBMISSION

03/13/09: FAA Study number 2009-AGL-1125-OE has been assigned and the case is under review

Meeting Dates Announced

The next meeting of the Technical Committee has been scheduled for Friday February 6th at 10am at Worthington PD. An agenda is forthcoming.

Also, Project Manager Kim Link has set the project kick off meeting for Thursday February 12th at 10am at the Motorla offices at Polaris. Patrick Brandt, Jerry Strait and Jay Somerville, who serve as the project team, will be working with Kim for most of the day to get the project underway.

Advisory Committee Notes Posted

The meeting notes from the January 15th Advisory Committee meeting have been posted. CLICK HERE to view the file.

Resource Links Updated

Two of the links on the web site have been updated. The roster for the Technical Committee has been updated with new resource members. Welcome to our Motorola Project Manager, Kim Link! We are excited to have him leading our team through the implementation. Kim brings a wealth of experience including the original Delaware County implementation as well as the Butler County implementation. We are proud to have the Motorola team of Kim, Don and Chris on our project.

We would also like to welcome Bill Umina and Mike Sabatino from B&C Communications to the committee. They replace Frank Johnson as technicians on the project and we are very happy to have them on board. We wish the best of luck to Frank in his long awaited, well deserved retirement. I am sure you can find him at a campground somewhere in sunny Florida!

Also added to the site is the System Frequency plan. The final plan is subject to FCC approval, but all looks good for both rebanding and system implementation.

You can access both links along the right side of the web page.