IEEE ComSoc - Tuesday, February 15, 2000

Dave Michelson (dmichelson@ieee.org) Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:58:47 -0800 

Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 20:58:47 -0800
From: Dave Michelson <dmichelson@ieee.org>
Subject: IEEE ComSoc - Tuesday, February 15, 2000



          IEEE Communications Society (Vancouver Chapter)
                http://www.comsoc.org/vancouver/


      Tour of a Telus Cellular Base Station near BCIT

                Peter Trill, Telus Mobility

    Tuesday, February 15, 2000   7:00-8:00/8:00-9:00 pm


The simplicity and convenience of modern handsets belies the
sophisticated infrastructure required to support cellular telephony.
Telus Mobility and IEEE ComSoc are hosting a technical tour of a Telus
cellular base station near BCIT on the evening of Tuesday, February 15,
2000. In addition to describing the function and operation of the Base
station equipment, the tour will touch on the problems of acquiring
rights to a site, zoning and community issues, safety issues (RF
exposure and tower rigging), maintenance issues, backup power
requirements, and co-location with other providers.

Since space is limited, the tour is limited to 30 people.  One group of
15 will tour the site from 7:00-8:00 pm.  The second group will tour the
site from 8:00 - 9:00 pm.  

Pre-registration is required.  Please contact Dave Michelson
<dmichelson@ieee.org> to sign up, and to receive directions to the site.


About our host:

Peter Trill is a cellular radio engineer with Telus Mobility.  His
responsibilities include network RF equipment evaluation, radio system
troubleshooting, and test equipment standards.  He is the company's
technical resource for RF safety standards, and for specialized
equipment used by the security department to track fraud.  He has also
been involved in the development of the automated test methods and
software used by the Telus Mobility technicians who maintain Telus cell
sites.  

Prior to joining the cellular engineering team, Peter spent many years
with BC Tel Radio Engineering where he was responsible for engineering
VHF and UHF point-to-point radiotelephone systems in remote locations in
B.C.  For thirteen of those years, he was a member of team that
developed and operated Autotel, an automated radiotelephone system that
predated cellular.  He is a graduate of Queen's University.



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