I posted a reply in 'Scan-Wis@yahoogroups.com' about when Washington Co is coming online. I thought would post it here for those who don't subscribe.
There was an article in The Daily News on 04/14/2010 with the headline “Contractor offers county radio fix”. 35 of 144 buildings tested for coverage failed [including county court house & West Bend and Hartford hospitals]. The system needed 95% coverage in all buildings. Harris’s solution is to add another antenna in Kewaskum [including shelter and UPS], upgrade the antenna in town of Farmington to transmit and receive, redirect the antenna in West Bend [Jefferson Street] toward West Bend [currently pointed northwest – that change would explain new antenna in Kewaskum] and adjust antenna in Slinger [Lovers Lane]. Once work is done the system will have to be retested. No date was given, but I would expect it would a couple of months to do everything done and tested. It also sounded like there would be some frequency changes as it was mentioned that the county would have to pay for “frequency licensing clearance”.
There was an article in The Daily News on 04/14/2010 with the headline “Contractor offers county radio fix”. 35 of 144 buildings tested for coverage failed [including county court house & West Bend and Hartford hospitals]. The system needed 95% coverage in all buildings. Harris’s solution is to add another antenna in Kewaskum [including shelter and UPS], upgrade the antenna in town of Farmington to transmit and receive, redirect the antenna in West Bend [Jefferson Street] toward West Bend [currently pointed northwest – that change would explain new antenna in Kewaskum] and adjust antenna in Slinger [Lovers Lane]. Once work is done the system will have to be retested. No date was given, but I would expect it would a couple of months to do everything done and tested. It also sounded like there would be some frequency changes as it was mentioned that the county would have to pay for “frequency licensing clearance”.