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|State      = [[Missouri (US)|Missouri]], [[Kansas (US)|Kansas]]
|Band       = 900 Mhz  
|Systype    = [[Motorola Type II Smartnet]] 
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|CTone      = 90.00   
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=== VHF System ===
*WQOJ720 - 
**11/13 modify input 158.25 to 158.3775 (was Williamsburg KS Franklin)

 L1  Evergy VHF DMR Tier III System L1, KS/MO - Updated 02/21
 1.5			152.1725c0	19/20
 1.7 Denver/Worth MO	153.1025 DCC0		
 1.8			152.0225c0	5/6 25/26 35/36 47/48 57/58	WPVM853?
 2.4 Fayette/Howard??? Or Oregon/Holt???	153.065c0 (153.2525 153.5975)	WQSX903
 2.6			152.0825c0
 2.7 Arkoe/Nodaway MO ?	153.1775c0					WQOJ781
 3.2			152.0675c0	11/12 55/56
 3.5			152.1275c0
 3.7  Williamsburg/Franklin KS	153.320c0d (153.560 153.695)		WQOJ720
 3.8	152.0525c0
 
 Talkgroups
 6200	122
 6300	394 403 4503
 6400	812
 6600	468

 H3 Evergy 900 DMR Tier III System H3, NE Kansas (MOT RAS) - Updated 02/21
 4	935.3125?53d
 10	1
 12 Eskridge/Wabaunsee? Arkansas City/Cowley??	935.5375c14d-89 935.7375c14-121?	NL 10 20 24 29 40
 13	935.7625c15-125d	NL 4 24 27 43 44
 14	935.3625c15-61d		NL 16 17 27 31
 16	1
 17	935.800?131d
 20	1
 24	935.325c15-55d		NL 10 12 13 44 91		5 bars by Emporia
 25	936.0875?177d
 27	935.5375c13-89		NL 4 14 35 42
 31	1
 35	935.625?103d
 39	1
 40	935.400c9-51d ??	NL 12 20 25
 42	1
 43	935.8375?137d
 44	1

=== REQUEST FOR EXTENDED IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD ===
KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company 
FRN 0002506053 
Page 1 of 2 
REQUEST FOR EXTENDED IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD 
Pursuant to the provisions of section 90.629 of the Federal Communications Commission’s 
Rules, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company hereby requests approval of an 
extended implementation period to allow adequate time to complete construction of the 
subject licensed facilities that will be part of a wide-area trunked private land mobile radio 
system.  As explained herein, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company is requesting 
until December 31, 2014, to complete construction of the planned system. 
A. Background 
Great Plains Energy Incorporated is the holding company of Kansas City Power & Light 
Company and KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (KCP&L-GMO).  The utilities 
operate under the brand name KCP&L and serve over 826,000 customers in 47 counties in 
Missouri and Kansas – a service territory of approximately 18,000 square miles.   
KCPL today is the product of the consolidation of several different electric utility companies 
and their respective radio systems.  Each radio system operates in a different band of 
frequencies and some portions of the system are operating with aging technology, difficult to 
maintain.  In addition, operations in three different radio bands restrict interoperability and 
impede communications between field personnel operating in hazardous environments.    
B. KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company’s New Digital Radio System 
To support its safe and reliable provision of electric service to the public, KCP&L Greater 
Missouri Operations Company has obtained funding and commenced construction of a multisite, VHF digital trunked radio system. This system is part of the larger, Great Plains Energy 
system. This system will utilize both Part 90 and Part 22 spectrum already acquired by GPE.   
  
C. Construction Schedule 
GPE is already well along in the implementation of this project.  Part 22 spectrum has already 
been acquired and supplemental Part 90 spectrum, including the subject licenses here, will 
complete the system.  Funding has been approved and some construction and test operation on 
Part 22 channels has already been completed.  The initial project schedule called for a four 
year deployment.  Recent funding and progress as allowed for the implementation to be 
shortened, allowing for the operational benefits to be realized sooner.  Construction has been 
scheduled in three phases.  
Phase I – Conversion of systems in the central areas including areas utilizing Part 22 
spectrum - completion by the end of the third quarter of 2013. (Some of these areas will 
have Part 22 spectrum operational early next year.)  In addition to approximately 40 base 
stations (repeaters), this phase will also include installation of all the new radio dispatch.

consoles and network control and monitoring computers at main and back-up dispatch 
centers. 
Phase II – Will include build out of systems in areas previously part of the Missouri 
Public Service territory legacy radio system.  This will include approximately 30 base 
stations at ten sites and all the back haul network connections. This phase is scheduled for 
completion by the second quarter of 2014.   
Phase III – This phase will include more of the outlying areas and northern areas of the 
GPE service territories (now part of KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company).  It 
will involve addressing collocation issues; more infrastructure and completion of some 
back haul communication links and will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2014.  This 
phase will include 20 base stations at eight sites along with full operation of the subject 
Part 90 licenses addressed in this application for extended implementation.  
D. Justification for Extended Implementation Period 
  
The KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company (and GPE systems) digital VHF trunked 
radio system will support more than one thousand mobile and portable radio units operating 
over an 18,000 square mile area.  For a system this large, there are numerous physical 
construction and network complexities that require additional time to fully implement.  These 
include completion of the digital back haul network to all the sites, and the installation, testing 
and cut over of two large dispatch centers and all central control and monitoring equipment.  
This work must be completed first (Phase I) and the central operations completed and cutover 
(Phase II) before the last stage of the project, involving the subject licenses, are made fully 
operational.     
While the build out of the new VHF digital radio system will utilize a great deal of existing 
infrastructure, including private microwave towers and fiber communication back-haul links, 
some new facilities will be needed.  In outlying areas of the system, including licenses subject 
to this request, additional infrastructure will need to be rebuilt or added, including work at 
sites requiring collocation and agreements with other entities.  Because of the multiple entities 
involved, and in some cases a requirement for new or modified facilities, completion of this 
infrastructure will take additional time, estimated in our schedule above to be two years.  
E. Conclusion 
Due to the size, complexity and other factors, as described above, operation of the subject 
licenses within the allowed 12 month construction period associated with a Part 90 license, as 
required by section 90.155, would not be reasonable.  

For all the foregoing reasons, KCP&L Greater Missouri Operations Company hereby requests 
approval of the above proposed extended implementation plan, allowing the construction dead 
line of these licenses to be authorized as December 31, 2014.







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