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ShoresGuy

E-Plus tower Ossendorf

This is an E-Plus GSM 1800 and possibly an E-Plus UMTS 2100 site judging from the amount of antennas at this location.

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E-Plus tower Ossendorf
ShoresGuy, Sep 28, 2005
City:
Cologne-Ossendorf
ZIP Code:
50827
Camouflaged/Stealth Cell Site?:
No
Overall Height (in feet):
15 ft
Carrier on topmost/highest antenna:
CARRIER NOT ON THIS LIST
    • Andy
      Nice. I wonder if no neighbors have complained about this 'mast' on top of this building. Looks kind of big.
    • ShoresGuy
      Good point, I think this is a multi-frequency site. They must GSM 1800 and UMTS 2100 here.
    • Andy
      So I assume that 2100 UMTS sites are even thinner than 1900 voice sites?
    • ShoresGuy
      I believe so. IIRC, the shorter the antenna, the higher the frequency.
    • Gamer03
      Wow!!

      Now that is one huge tower on top of a building. :eek:
    • ShoresGuy
      Yep huge by German standards for a rooftop setup :D.
    • Andy
      That's what I figured too. :D
    • ShoresGuy
      I tried finding some info on Wikipedia and Google but I didn't find any pertinent info, I remember about the frequency info in my Radio Shack Scanning Guide for the West a few years ago.
    • KiwiSurfer
      Not neccessary. Here in NZ, Vodafone antennas are usually sized in this order:-

      long - GSM 900 (thickest)
      medium - UMTS 2100 (usually thinnest)
      small - 1800

      Theory states that the higher the frequency, the smaller the wavelength. This is correct, but I guess the UMTS antennas have some extra stuff in it making them a bit longer than the GSM-1800 antennas. Some UMTS antennas are even the same length as GSM-900 antennas. Perhaps this is to make sure the antennas don't look too different or something.

      Also some low-gain GSM-900 antennas are about the same length as GSM-1800 antennas, but rather thick. Generally it's the thickness that makes the difference from what I have observed.

      Dual-band GSM-900/UMTS-2100 antennas are usually the same size as normal GSM-900 antennas.
    • Andy
      Thanks for the clarification, Kiwi. Time to go back over there to check out all the changes now that UMTS is well built out.
    • ShoresGuy
      Cool now I know what to look out for :)
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  • Category:
    Europe (EU)
    Uploaded By:
    ShoresGuy
    Date:
    Sep 28, 2005
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    Comment Count:
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  • Cell ID (CID) or ASR# or FCC#:
    6870, 6880, 6890

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