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I watched the supervisors and law enforcement committee meeting videos to get an idea of your challenges.
One of the LE members does not seem to grasp the difference between pico and macro sites for cellular and public safety RF.
 

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Terry from Pyramid reached out to me. I believe he is going to respond to the RFP. Thanks so much for all your help! Do you work on these type of projects?
 
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I work with Terry as his RF consultant, just finished my first project with him this week. He has 3 other counties near us in various stages of build out. One got hung up by the Indiana DOT for a request to use a 30x30' piece of their land for a tower, for some reason they have not made a decision in over a year.

This reminds me a joke about INDOT. A guy is sitting on his front porch and sees an INDOT truck stop. 2 guy in the back get out, pull shovels from the truck bed and dig a hole while the 2 guys in the front seat read their phones. They get done and the truck drives forward 100 yards.
This time the 2 guys in front get out and dig. They do this until he looses sight of them.

A few hours later another truck stops and 2 guys get out and fill in the hole. Truck moves forward and the other 2 do the same thing.
The guy walks over and asks them why they are filling in holes only a few hours old.

"The guy who plants trees called in sick today" was the reply.
 

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I work with Terry as his RF consultant, just finished my first project with him this week. He has 3 other counties near us in various stages of build out. One got hung up by the Indiana DOT for a request to use a 30x30' piece of their land for a tower, for some reason they have not made a decision in over a year.

This reminds me a joke about INDOT. A guy is sitting on his front porch and sees an INDOT truck stop. 2 guy in the back get out, pull shovels from the truck bed and dig a hole while the 2 guys in the front seat read their phones. They get done and the truck drives forward 100 yards.
This time the 2 guys in front get out and dig. They do this until he looses sight of them.

A few hours later another truck stops and 2 guys get out and fill in the hole. Truck moves forward and the other 2 do the same thing.
The guy walks over and asks them why they are filling in holes only a few hours old.

"The guy who plants trees called in sick today" was the reply.
About right! I am an Electrical contractor but winding down some due to a work truck accident that put me in a wheelchair. But life must go on!
 

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Thank You Again for all your suggestions! Our County is going to benefit from the help you have given me! Congratulations to TUSA and Dean Hart for the successful bid! I know they will be a valuable asset going forward with our Radio and Tower Project. This Site is making a difference world wide, Thank You!
 

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Thank You Again for all your suggestions! Our County is going to benefit from the help you have given me! Congratulations to TUSA and Dean Hart for the successful bid! I know they will be a valuable asset going forward with our Radio and Tower Project. This Site is making a difference world wide, Thank You!
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I read thru all the Jackson Cty Ga Meetings and see no problems with their system. It has gone live and the bonds were issued for all contractors to get paid. Am I missing something about something going wrong?
 

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I read thru all the Jackson Cty Ga Meetings and see no problems with their system. It has gone live and the bonds were issued for all contractors to get paid. Am I missing something about something going wrong?
I would suggest reaching out direct to the person who is over that system currently... A 20 million dollar radio system should function flawlessly after everything is said and done.

Maybe they will exceed your expectations, and I sincerely hope they do.
 

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I would suggest reaching out direct to the person who is over that system currently... A 20 million dollar radio system should function flawlessly after everything is said and done.

Maybe they will exceed your expectations, and I sincerely hope they do.
Thanks for your info. I will keep all informed on how everything goes for us.
 

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A 20 million dollar radio system should function flawlessly after everything is said and done.

I am unfamiliar with the above example.

Having worked on a quantity of $20mm and bigger jobs (primarily with Moto equipment).................. "flawlessly" is a little generous compared to real life. There are almost always several items on a punch list and that punch list gets bites taken out of it over time (typically by different techs/engineers/teams).

However, if there are fundamental issues with performance, then that is a different matter.

As mentioned above, this is where a consultant proves their value.

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