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S4GRU readers, want to see your name up in lights? Here is your chance...The Nextel iDEN countdown clock is up on the front page of The Forums.http://s4gru.com/index.php?/index   As a fundraiser for

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Nextel is the caterpillar.  On June 30th it climbs up into it's cocoon.  And as each LTE 800 site goes live, it's like a butterfly emerging into markets all around the country.     I think Sprint co

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I am quite impressed by the bidding already.  From the auction proceeds and the daily sponsorship the past several weeks, the countdown clock has been the most profitable aspect of the Nextel iDEN net

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How can I tell if I am using 800 mhz? I have the signal check app but don't know what it all means.

 

Your 1x will be on BC 10 instead of BC 1 (or roaming on BC 0).

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How can I tell if I am using 800 mhz? I have the signal check app but don't know what it all means.

Signal check will show 1X800 on the screen.  Unfortunately, you appear to be in utah.  The Utah SID is what Sprint is using to "hide" test 800Mhz signals nationwide.  Unless you are using a custom PRL to look at that SID, you won't see 800 until Sprint puts it in the stock PRL.

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this is the test prl located in the sponsor section right?

Yes, there is one in the sponsor section and one in the premier sponsor section

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In memory...

 

"Please wait while the Nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located..."

 

The antennalope had to leap and bound into just the right spot...

 

 

AJ

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In memory...

 

"Please wait while the Nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located..."

Just had a flashback of my Nextel BB..with its awesome retractable antenna! Yo! can you hear me!? hold on let me extend this flimsy ass antenna. 

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I used to work for Motorola in Libertiville in the Cellular Sunscriber Sector.  I was curious about those antennas once and when I had some free time working when the phones weren't defecting off the line, I used a heat gun and melted down one and what did I find?? A coil of copper wire at the core..

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I used to work for Motorola in Libertiville in the Cellular Sunscriber Sector.  I was curious about those antennas once and when I had some free time working when the phones weren't defecting off the line, I used a heat gun and melted down one and what did I find?? A coil of copper wire at the core..

Akin to using wire hanger for broadcast television! Im sure id get at least -10dBm better reception with one of those glued to my HTC ONE internally.

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For LTE and CDMA? It's happening now.

I'm Sry, I should have specified. I understand it is currently being worked on but is there a general timeframe for the completion of the 800mhz lte Or is it just part of NV and will "mostly" done by the end of 2013?

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I'm Sry, I should have specified. I understand it is currently being worked on but is there a general timeframe for the completion of the 800mhz lte Or is it just part of NV and will "mostly" done by the end of 2013?

The spectrum was "refarmed" the minute Sprint pulled the plug on Nextel at the end of June. Actually, in some markets it had been able to remove a few sites beforehand, since there weren't very many customers left on the network. They were able to remove some overlapping sites and transmit on fewer channels. So some places got a voice channel on 800 before Nextel even was shut down. Now that it's shut down, they will slowing start turning on 1xA and LTE on 800 and they go from site to site.

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I'm Sry, I should have specified. I understand it is currently being worked on but is there a general timeframe for the completion of the 800mhz lte Or is it just part of NV and will "mostly" done by the end of 2013?

800 LTE is sort of NV 2.0. It's beginning now, but probably won't be done until later next year. Although that is a bit of an unknown with SoftBank's investment. It much less work to get 800 LTE running than the current project for 1900 LTE, so it shouldn't take as long.

 

Sent from my HTC ONE

 

 

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