Antoine Butte (Phillips County) - Status Current As Of 7/18/2008

 

Activities/Work Currently In Progress At This Site:

·         None.

 

Issue Currently Affecting This Site:

·         Due to winter damage at the Mt. Royal site, the microwave was not brought online 5/30/08. This has been rescheduled for 8/12/08.

 

Future Activities/Work Planned At This Site:

·         Install ice shields over ODUs and diversity antennas (8/12/08).

·         Install ice bridge above generator (8/12/08).

·         System test microwave (8/12/08).

·         Activate trunking (8/12/2008).

 

Previous Activities/Work Completed At This Site:

·         NEPA Status: Approved.

·         Infrastructure (2007):

·         Tower

·         Shelter upgrades (BLM)

·         Generator.& Propane Tank

·         Electrical Work

·         Trunking (4 trunked channels, 1 interop channel)

·         Trunked equipment delivered, cold installed (2007).

·         Combiner equipment delivered, cold installed (2007).

·         Antenna system equipment delivered, cold installed (2007).

·         Optimization complete (2007).

·         Frequencies (2007):

·         Trunked frequencies identified, engineered by Motorola.

·         Trunked frequencies license issued.

·         Interoperability frequencies identified, engineered by Motorola.

 

IM Project Managers For This Site:

·         Infrastructure (civil construction: towers, shelters, generators, etc.)

·         Primary: Sherry Evans, (406) 583-7552, sherry.evans@ngc.com

·         Backup: Keith Lavender, (406) 443-8676, keith.lavender@ngc.com

·         Microwave

·         Primary: Dave Clouse, (406) 443-8663, dave.clouse@ngc.com

·         Backup: Mark Adams, (406) 443-8694, mark.e.adams@ngc.com

·         Trunking

·         Primary: Mark Adams, (406) 443-8694, mark.e.adams@ngc.com

·         Backup: Keith Lavender, (406) 443-8676, keith.lavender@ngc.com