Communication-Site Check List

Table 14-2 is a brief summary of the major items that need to be checked
prior to or during the commissioning of a communication site. The check list
that follows is generic and should be tailored for your particular application,
that is, add or remove parts where applicable. However, the list that
follows is an excellent first step in ensuring that everything is accounted for
prior to the communication site going commercial.

Site-Location Issues:
1) 24-Hour Access
2) Parking
3) Direction to site
4) Keys issued
5) Entry/Access Rerstrictions
6) Elevator Operation Hours
7) Copy of Lease
8) Copy of Building permits
9) Obtainment of Lean Releases
10) Certificate of Occupancy
Utilities
1) Separate Meter Installed
2) Auxillary Power (generator)
3) Rectifiers Installed and Balanced
4) Batteries Installed
5) Batteries charged
6) Safety Gear Installed
7) Fan/Venting supplied
Facilities
1) Copper or Fiber
2) Power for fiber hookup (if applicable)
3) POTS lines for Operations
4) Number of facilities identified by Engineering
5) Spans shacked and baked
HVAC
1) Installation Completed
2) HVAC tested
3) HVAC system accepted
Antenna System
1) FAA Requirements met
2) Antennas Mounted correctly
3) Antenna Azimuth checked
4) Antenna plumbness check
5) Antenna inclination verified
6) SWR Check of antenna system
7) SWR record given to Ops and Engineering
8) Feedline connections sealed
9) Feedline grounds completed
Operations
1) User Alarms defined
Engineering
1) Site Parameters Defined
2) Interference check completed
3) Installation MOP generated
4) FCC requirements document filled out
5) Drive Test complete
6) Optimization complete
7) Performance Package completed
Radio Infrastructure
1) Bays Installed
2) Equipment installed according to plans
3) Rx and Tx filters tested
4) Radio Equipment ATP’d
5) Tx output measured and correct
6) Grounding complete