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Back in 2016, the county updated the system with a better tower in Laporte, the county seat.
“It gets pretty good coverage, but we're we've been looking to expand it,” Carpenter said.
Carpenter and other county officials are focused on improving radio signals in the northeast around Mildred and Dushore, the county’s largest population center.
In February, the commissioners voted to sign a 99-year lease with the state for land for a new tower off Schlock Road. In March, they voted to pay Keystone Communications $205,255 for all the communications equipment that will accompany the tower. In April, they awarded a $224,507 contract to eciWireless of Dillsburg to build the steel tower."
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Back in 2016, the county updated the system with a better tower in Laporte, the county seat.
“It gets pretty good coverage, but we're we've been looking to expand it,” Carpenter said.
Carpenter and other county officials are focused on improving radio signals in the northeast around Mildred and Dushore, the county’s largest population center.
In February, the commissioners voted to sign a 99-year lease with the state for land for a new tower off Schlock Road. In March, they voted to pay Keystone Communications $205,255 for all the communications equipment that will accompany the tower. In April, they awarded a $224,507 contract to eciWireless of Dillsburg to build the steel tower."
Sullivan County expecting new tower will boost emergency radio signal coverage
County spending more than $700,000 on new Schlock Road tower to improve coverage around Mildred and Dushore
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