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Another near dusk shot. Mid-Carolina Electric Coop is at the top with the microwave and two way antenna. Next to BAM/Triton site near the...
Located in the up and coming and very suburban Lexington County. Very last cell site picture I took in SC. Site actually inside of a SCE&G...
DirecTV remote uplink facility. The other one is in Minnesota with the main facility in Colorado. I found this by accident yesterday. So I'll...
Naa, not a backup MTSO as in a spare standby. What I meant was an MTSO, perhaps in the nearest native market that could take over for a downed...
You have got to be kidding? Another, meaningless and retarded market driven name? What was wrong with Central Telephone or United Telephone? So...
Doubtful. Every MTSO, even rural ones based at cell site microwave hubs in the south have generators on site. What most likely happened is that...
That is one thing I noticed, even on places like Georgetown Pike where the signal almost goes out I can make and keep a call with decent audio...
Hrrm. Sorry, forgot that I said I would make coverage maps. Whoops, work seems to suck up a lot of time :) Hope this helps. The red triangles are...
? I've seen many Sprint PCS sites where the antenna was placed in between the panels. I always thought this was to get a consistently good view of...
Heh. But! But! the Sprint PCS ones have site ids with XR instead of XC =] Alltel also prefixes their site ids with R for repeaters, like Cell #...
Great post. Re: Nextel. iDEN is based off of TDMA, so it probably is used for the Time Division component. What is interesting is that Nextel...
Yes and no. In the Norfolk market the tunnel "repeaters" have their own PN Offsets and Base IDs for the CDMA carriers. CIDs and DVCs for the...
Cool sites like this make tower hunting so rewarding. Site was originally omnidirectional. Note Nortel cabinet, BellSouth Mobility DCS NC...
BellSouth Mobility DCS and Alltel on a lonley tower off the highway, on a farm, between two points (Kershaw/Heath Springs) in the middle of nowhere...
Triton PCS and I suspect Nextel.
AT&T Long Lines microwave tower behind AT&T Columbia 2 4ESS long distance switch site.
BellSouth Mobility DCS Nortel cabinet visible with antenna (4 panel group) along with possible AirGate PCS antenna (2 panel group).
I've started my uploads. I'll try to finish up tomorrow or Wensday before my next shift starts. Depends on how fast I can process my notes =]...
BellSouth Mobility DCS on top, Nextel shelter on the left, Triton PCS (SunCom) to the right.