Buncombe County retains Federal Engineering for radio system coverage improvements

Buncombe County, North Carolina as retained the services of Federal Engineering, Inc. (FE) to provide public safety radio system coverage analyses, generate a findings report, and recommend improvements.

Mr. Jason Haynes, Project Manager for the County said: “For over a decade, the County has relied upon Federal Engineering to provide a wide range of radio consulting services. We are seeking their assistance, as our trusted advisors, to assess our current radio coverage in a meaningful way and provide quantitative results.”

Mr. Travis LePage, FE Director, provided an overview of the project: “Using our sophisticated FEPerformancePro™ toolset, FE will develop coverage profiles for all simulcast sites and subscriber units for use in coverage modeling. We will model the coverage and develop a list of potential improvements for talkout coverage. FE will take into account simulcast system interference and spectrum licensing limitations in developing our improvement alternatives. As an option, FE can also develop candidate new site profiles for use in coverage modeling, perform coverage predictions on the candidate new sites, and compare coverage predictions to the current system.”