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July 10, 2000
Mr. Troy Jones
Planner for the City of Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
Mr. Troy Jones:
RECEIVED
JUL 1 4 2000
This letter is in response to the request for Voicestream Wireless to provide RF
justification for a purposed wireless telecommunications site in the city of Fort Collins.
As Voicestream Wireless continues to meet the demand of subscriber growth, site design
and location become very critical. Currently, the Parkwood Lake area, near the
intersection of Drake and Lemay, is poorly served by Voicestream Wireless. Preliminary
candidates were identified. The Scotch Pines clock tower did not produce adequate
coverage for our objective. A drive test of the candidate was performed at 40 ft. The low
antenna centerline of this candidate caused undesirable results for our coverage objective
due to the surrounding trees and residential structures, additional sites would be
necessary to meet system requirements. The existing high voltage tower located just west
of the intersection at Drake and Lemay was identified as the primary candidate. PRPA
requirements for location on a power pole place our antennas on top of the pole. Drive
test data results show the coverage objectives are met by locating on the power pole.
Voicestream Wireless and US West Wireless use two different digital wireless
technologies in which individual sites necessitate different designs. In addition,
individual site coverage of each wireless carrier requires varying parameters to meet in -
fill objectives to accommodate networks needs. However, radio frequency fundamentals
prove additional height unmistakably provides a larger footprint for coverage from any
carrier.
We would be happy to review all drive test data with you for this design proposal. Thank
you for your time and consideration in this matter. We look forward to hearing from you.
RegZs, /
Chris Tenny
RF Design Engineer
PCS #: (303) 359-0227
2323 Delgany Street Denver, CO 80216