Trip Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I've been looking for a repeater and some of the things I've read suggest that G-block is not covered by most of them, or worse, the filter rolls off right in the middle of G-block. - Trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deval Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Nice. What is curious is that I'm now getting a consistent LTE signal now with this carrier throughout my entire building where before I would have to get close to a window to get a LTE signal. We do have cellular repeaters throughout the building so maybe that has something to do with it. Are the repeaters official Sprint ones or just off-the shelf ones? I would wager that they support A-F block out of the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppleFanBoy Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Are the repeaters official Sprint ones or just off-the shelf ones? I would wager that they support A-F block out of the box. They are not off the shelf but am not sure if they are Sprint only either. The cones distributed in the ceilings looks like what is shone in this picture: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0358/5537/products/2014041414374150_f4c7d284-d74f-4398-b9c1-f87ab6e034fd_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1419883401 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deval Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 They are not off the shelf but am not sure if they are Sprint only either. The cones distributed in the ceilings looks like what is shone in this picture: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0358/5537/products/2014041414374150_f4c7d284-d74f-4398-b9c1-f87ab6e034fd_1024x1024.jpeg?v=1419883401 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Makes sense, I've seen something similar before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey_J Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 AJ, just an update so far the East Texas market is using DL 8309 UL 26309 in PCS B. Don't know about the DFW market yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joski1624 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Doesn't look like you've got this one yet. I grabbed it on US-23 about halfway between Toledo, OH and Ann Arbor, MI 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCM Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 *snip* http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5454-network-vision-and-spark-earfcn-logging-thread/?p=436145 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joski1624 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/5454-network-vision-and-spark-earfcn-logging-thread/?p=436145 I was going by the summary on the first page. It obviously needs to to be updated. I wasn't trying to step on your toes, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCM Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I was going by the summary on the first page. It obviously needs to to be updated. I wasn't trying to step on your toes, sorry. No worries here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 I was going by the summary on the first page. It obviously needs to to be updated. I wasn't trying to step on your toes, sorry. The top post will be updated only periodically now. Additional LTE carriers are no longer big news. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dkoellerwx Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 EARFCNs 8321/26321 [Phoenix MTA; PCS B block; second carrier]Same carrier reported in St. Louis today! http://s4gru.com/index.php?/topic/4484-missouri-market-nv-map/page-65?p=462563&do=findComment&comment=462563 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkyeager Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 The top post will be updated only periodically now. Additional LTE carriers are no longer big news. AJ Additional LTE carriers are quite important to those who benefit and do encourage member participation. Point taken that they not as unique. However just the process of looking for them may result in finding items like 3x3 b26 LTE or 15x15 or 20x20 b25 LTE, or even third carrier b41 and beyond. Sent from my LGLS991 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 However just the process if looking for them may result in finding items like 3x3 b26 LTE or 15x15 or 20x20 b25 LTE, or even third carrier b41 and beyond. That is fine. If the carrier is of unusual bandwidth, it is newsworthy. We will sound the clarion call. However, a 5 MHz FDD band 25 second carrier does not require a rapid thread update any longer. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansltx Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looks like I found a new one: 8071/26071. Site near my parents' place (outside Fredericksburg, TX). Which puts it as close to the bottom of PCS A as we've seen so far. As I recall, the actual transmission path on 5x5 LTE is 4.5 MHz wide, so with a center frequency 3.1 MHz above the bottom of the band you end up with 0.85 MHz of guard band going on, or 0.6 MHz if you do your guard band based on a 5 MHz channel width. Conservative, maybe, but they've got 15x15 here to play with on a rural site so aggressive spacing doesn't really need to happen. Service is plenty speedy, though it looks like that's partially because PCS-G takes priority when its signal is good...was hard for me to grab PCS-A outdoors as my phone would go to G or B41 (!!!). This is by all indications a 5x5 deployment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tengen31 Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looks like I found a new one: 8071/26071. Site near my parents' place (outside Fredericksburg, TX). Which puts it as close to the bottom of PCS A as we've seen so far. As I recall, the actual transmission path on 5x5 LTE is 4.5 MHz wide, so with a center frequency 3.1 MHz above the bottom of the band you end up with 0.85 MHz of guard band going on, or 0.6 MHz if you do your guard band based on a 5 MHz channel width. Conservative, maybe, but they've got 15x15 here to play with on a rural site so aggressive spacing doesn't really need to happen. Service is plenty speedy, though it looks like that's partially because PCS-G takes priority when its signal is good...was hard for me to grab PCS-A outdoors as my phone would go to G or B41 (!!!). This is by all indications a 5x5 deployment. Samsung phones and, iPhone will show Bandwidth. *#0011# on samsung and, fieldtest for phone. You can Google the code for that. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansltx Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Samsung phones and, iPhone will show Bandwidth. *#0011# on samsung and, fieldtest for phone. You can Google the code for that. Sent from my SM-G900P using Tapatalk My N5X won't show bandwidth though. Will see if the A9, M8, S III or Galaxy Victory phone(s) other family members have will... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Looks like I found a new one: 8071/26071. Site near my parents' place (outside Fredericksburg, TX). Which puts it as close to the bottom of PCS A as we've seen so far. Hmm, I would have thought Fredericksburg to be in the Austin BTA, hence the Dallas-Ft. Worth MTA. But if this is PCS A block, then it is not Dallas-Ft. Worth MTA, as that is PCS B block for Sprint. You could cross reference the county in the FCC ULS database, but it looks like Fredericksburg must be in the San Antonio MTA, which is PCS A block for Sprint. AJ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansltx Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hmm, I would have thought Fredericksburg to be in the Austin BTA, hence the Dallas-Ft. Worth MTA. But if this is PCS A block, then it is not Dallas-Ft. Worth MTA, as that is PCS B block for Sprint. You could cross reference the county in the FCC ULS database, but it looks like Fredericksburg must be in the San Antonio MTA, which is PCS A block for Sprint. AJ Checked before posting, hence the 15x15 PCS A reference. That block is San Antonio MTA. SA is geographically closer, though for TV and network classifications it's a toss up between SAT and AUS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 As I recall, the actual transmission path on 5x5 LTE is 4.5 MHz wide, so with a center frequency 3.1 MHz above the bottom of the band you end up with 0.85 MHz of guard band going on, or 0.6 MHz if you do your guard band based on a 5 MHz channel width. Conservative, maybe, but they've got 15x15 here to play with on a rural site so aggressive spacing doesn't really need to happen. In 5/10/15 MHz FDD spectrum block allocations, CDMA2000 long has used 0.625 MHz FDD guard bands at the top and bottom of each block. CDMA2000 did not require 0.625 MHz FDD guard bands, but there was no way around them. If you do the math in 5/10/15 MHz FDD spectrum blocks with 1.25 MHz FDD CDMA2000 carriers, guard bands must be 0.625 MHz FDD. The only alternative is zero -- not feasible. So, that is what you are seeing with the 0.6 MHz FDD guard band at the bottom of the PCS A block. That spectrum always has been reserved as a CDMA2000 guard band. Now, keeping the same guard band, a 5 MHz FDD LTE carrier has replaced up to four 1.25 MHz FDD CDMA2000 carriers or filled fallow spectrum. AJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiWavelength Posted December 23, 2015 Author Share Posted December 23, 2015 Checked before posting, hence the 15x15 PCS A reference. That block is San Antonio MTA. SA is geographically closer, though for TV and network classifications it's a toss up between SAT and AUS. And, yikes, for band class 1 CDMA1X, that would mean a lot of inter license, inter frequency hard handoffs around Fredericksburg. For that area, band class 10 CDMA1X should be a godsend, since it not only is low band but also uses the same SMR 476 carrier channel assignment across nearly all license boundaries. AJ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMrFamous07 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Not sure if it's been listed but I picked up 40024 on Band 41 yesterday in Bethesda MD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorcox75 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Tucson's has no B26 or B41 active, so we finally got our first 10x10 B25 to atleast ease up some congestion finally! I can't get the LTE Engineering page up on my N6P, if you know of a way, let me know! Ninja Edit: _id first_time first_time_offset last_time last_time_offset last_device_latitude last_device_longitude last_device_loc_accuracy user_note provider plmn gci pci tac dl_chan strongest_rsrp strongest_latitude strongest_longitude 1 2/9/16 10:03 -7 2/9/16 10:04 -7 32.287514 -110.960024 21.78 Sprint B25 310120 06E02B02 358 14082 0 -77 32.287514 -110.960024 2 2/9/16 10:04 -7 2/9/16 10:06 -7 32.287514 -110.960024 21.78 Sprint B25² 310120 06E02B0A 358 14082 0 -75 32.287514 -110.960024 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingenium Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Tucson's has no B26 or B41 active, so we finally got our first 10x10 B25 to atleast ease up some congestion finally! I can't get the LTE Engineering page up on my N6P, if you know of a way, let me know! Ninja Edit: The 6P technically has engineering screens.... They're just useless. They don't display anything other than the PLMN and Serving Cell, which for some reason is always 0. I have my fingers crossed it'll get fixed in the March or April update (the Nexus 6 got them in the mid-March update last year). Sent from my Nexus 6P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Tucson's has no B26 or B41 active, so we finally got our first 10x10 B25 to atleast ease up some congestion finally! I can't get the LTE Engineering page up on my N6P, if you know of a way, let me know! Ninja Edit: It may just be a second 5x5 B25 carrier. Need more info to confirm. But good news all the same. Even a second 5x5 carrier will double capacity and speeds. Using Tapatalk on Note 8.0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Tucson's has no B26 or B41 active, so we finally got our first 10x10 B25 to atleast ease up some congestion finally! I can't get the LTE Engineering page up on my N6P, if you know of a way, let me know! Ninja Edit: Not 10x10. That's the second 5 mhz b25 carrier on the PCS B block since sprint is licensed the entire 30 MHz portion there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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