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YUEN:And what the Laupahoehoe Tower, what they show is a going o <br />to about the 30-mile marker along the highway. Do you think thatÓs too optimistic or <br />what is -? <br />JAEGER:Well, I canÓt comment, really, on how they did their propagation <br />characteristics or -. You know, cellular carriers operate in two different frequency bands. <br />They operate at 800 megahertz and at 1,900 megahertz and, so, 800 megahertz will travel <br />farther than 1,900 megahertz. So if you do a propagation study for 1,900, youÓre going to <br />get one result which will be a smaller coverage area; and if you do the propagation <br />characteristics at 800 megahertz, which is what Nextel operates at, you get a larger <br />coverage area. And, so, you know, you showed me the plat right before we came here so <br />I didnÓt see what the legend said as far as the frequency and the, you know, the -. <br />YUEN:It was done for Voice Stream. <br />JAEGER:Voice Stream operates at 1,900 megahertz. <br />YUEN:So Voice Stream goes farther or you go farther? <br />JAEGER:We would go farther. The other consideration with American <br />Tower is we had a very difficult time dealing with them on a previous permit situation in <br />the Ocean View Estates area. And our belief was that they had stopped building facilities <br />in Hawaii and were not offering that product to carriers any longer. That was what we <br />were under the impression of. Or I may be wrong about that, but thatÓs the latest we had <br />on them. <br />YUEN:What are the gaps from your Paauilo tower -? How far is your <br />good coverage presently going in the Hilo direction? <br />JAEGER:About, well, we have other sites -. The Paauilo tower covers about <br />three miles to the south of this site. ThereÓs a second site that fills in the road along that <br />particular stretch of highway and thatÓs the Iole haihai location, which is a pinnacle <br />tower, thatÓs at about the 8,100-foot level up, probably directly west of Paauilo. And so <br />that, the Paauilo tower, the Iole haihai all fills in that stretch of road there. And the <br />Ookala location would be a perfect fit in the puzzle from an RF perspective to fill in the <br />coverage there. <br />YUEN:You mean the AT&T, the old AT&T Ookala tower is the perfect <br />one for you? <br />JAEGER:Well, either the Ed Broda property which weÓre applying for or the <br />AT&T property would work nicely. <br />YUEN:So, do you know what mile marker your Paauilo tower is at? <br />YouÓre talking about it giving you three miles or -. <br />17 <br /> <br />