Mobilesolutions Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 So, any news on how to spot these panels : Gangnam style? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 The first rule is to stop calling them panels. They are antennas. A panel is what you find a breaker or other junctions in. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 The first rule is to stop calling them panels. They are antennas. A panel is what you find a breaker or other junctions in. It is perfectly fine to call them panels. A panel is the whole assembly housing. There are multiple antennas within the panel. It depends how you use it whether it is right or wrong. It would be proper to say, "I see a panel up there." It would be improper to say, "The panel broadcasts a signal." It would be improper to say, "I see an antenna up there." But it would be proper to say, "I received the signal from the antenna." It's pretty semantical in many ways. It's not like the tower/site argument. Because not every site is on a tower. But every Sprint antenna is inside a panel. Robert via Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 Beta 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 You won't find me calling them panels anymore. Maybe panel antennas but that's about it. After it was explained to me a while back I then felt like an idiot calling them panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luuminator Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Lilotimz ill try to get some more in the IBEZ zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGeorge Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Lilotimz ill try to get some more in the IBEZ zone That'd be great... It looks like we have a number of panels with 4 wire connections here in Western Washington -- sometimes it is hard to see the number of wires from far away, so can usually only guess based on the size of panel--it looks like around here they are doing 1900-only north of Centralia, WA (Centralia I saw 6 wires for sure) -- when you take Vancouver Island in Canada into account, it chews up a LOT of area around here that can't be used for SMR What is disappointing here is that they actually have a 1900-only model antenna... I originally thought that they would ALL be capable of 800, and once the agreements were worked out, they would go and physically hook up the 800 antenna ports. If they are installing 1900-only antennas with no SMR antenna, it shows to me that Sprint thinks it will be a LONG time before SMR is cleared up around the borders -- to me that would seem a lot longer than the 2014-2015 time frame that is floating around... Also does anyone have a link to the IBEZ map again? I remember seeing it and can't find it again. Nat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S4GRU Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Now if someone would just make an AlcaLu thread! *wink, wink* Robert 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pokefan02 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Would it be more accurate to call them antenna array's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted June 1, 2013 Author Share Posted June 1, 2013 OP has been updated with additional images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericdabbs Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Anyone have a graphic of the Canadian IBEZ boundary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliensporebomb Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I see you used some shots I took - cool! OK I have a question - it sure seems to be that there are different sized cabinets for NV. Are there also different sized legacy cabinets? I see a couple cabinets locally that may be one or the other - usually it's easier to tell because the legacy stuff is dingier and dirtier but .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilotimz Posted June 4, 2013 Author Share Posted June 4, 2013 I see you used some shots I took - cool! OK I have a question - it sure seems to be that there are different sized cabinets for NV. Are there also different sized legacy cabinets? I see a couple cabinets locally that may be one or the other - usually it's easier to tell because the legacy stuff is dingier and dirtier but .... The Samsung cabinets are all the same two 70" tall cabinets. Every vendor has their own cabinet style but they do the same thing regardless. Legacy wise, there have been dozens of vendors used over the years by Sprint corporate and the affiliates they've acquired so one cannot summarize all legacy equipment in a few pictures like you can with the new network vision gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Am I correct in saying that one Samsung 1900 RRU can handle the job of 2 Ericsson 1900 RRUs? So that we should only be looking for one RRU and two if 800 is present? Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 Am I correct in saying that one Samsung 1900 RRU can handle the job of 2 Ericsson 1900 RRUs? So that we should only be looking for one RRU and two if 800 is present? Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Not technically. Actually Ericsson's RRUs are FCC certified for dual use of CDMA and LTE at the same time but they are still installing 3 or 4 RRUs (depending on capacity). The odd thing about Samsung I find is they install two antennas when they need an additional RRU instead of just using an RF combiner. I prefer the more RRUs has that's more hardware in the air for more flexibility for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmoses Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 here are some pics i took of ground mount RRUs from a GMO site, feel free to add them if you want. http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g442/bradmoses/Sprint%20Towers/IMG_5229CR2.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g442/bradmoses/Sprint%20Towers/IMG_5228CR2.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g442/bradmoses/Sprint%20Towers/IMG_5227CR2.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g442/bradmoses/Sprint%20Towers/IMG_5225CR2.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g442/bradmoses/Sprint%20Towers/IMG_5224CR2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Sprint gave Engadget a close tour of their Samsung roof top site. Great pictures: http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/12/sprint-testing-lte-cell-sites-in-san-francisco-we-go-hands-on/Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Great pictures on that article!!! Thanks for sharing! EDIT: So who's going to set them straight?? "That antenna is 1900/800/1900mhz. No 2.5ghz at all. Those are Remote Radio Heads, not RF amplifiers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Hopefully Sprint sends them an FYI to update their information. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digiblur Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Hopefully Sprint sends them an FYI to update their information. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Doubt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rukin1 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Someone should get pictures of the insidee lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leerage Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Someone should get pictures of the insidee lol http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/12/sprint-testing-lte-cell-sites-in-san-francisco-we-go-hands-on/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragweed03 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 What is Canadian IBEZ (NO SMR) and why is there a "Special Case PCS Only Setup for Canadian IBEZ?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 What is Canadian IBEZ (NO SMR) and why is there a "Special Case PCS Only Setup for Canadian IBEZ?" This is a complete guess, but we can't throw a 800mhz signal across the border due to whatever federal restrictions there are, but the 1900 is okay. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 4 Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosox801 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Is this a Samsung panel? Its on a roof so its hard for me to tell?Sent from my rooted G Note 2 Using TapaTalk 4 Beta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZisBack Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Is this a Samsung panel? Its on a roof so its hard for me to tell? Sent from my rooted G Note 2 Using TapaTalk 4 Beta My guess is that it's a Ericsson RRU behind those panels. So I'd have to say no and I believe the Panels/Antennas used on Samsung setups are made by PowerWave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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