TechSmurf

These are what I would call suspicious signal patterns.. OG/Oracle is the more telling of the two.

Based on sensorly today there's 3 things I'd do if I lived anywhere near the area:

1: Get ID for 1st/Glenn.

2: Get ID from River/Alvernon and map the area a bit better. I moderately suspect there is/was a new site broadcasting in this area.

3: Get ID from Orange Grove/Oracle and map the area a bit better. I very strongly suspect there is/was a new site broadcasting in this area.

There is a cell site however at that intersection (Oracle and Ina).

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Engineering screen info should tell the story.

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Yesterday and this evening, I mapped the location just to the east and west of the Ina- and Oracle intersection. Today while sitting at The Frost, I captured the screenshots to share as well. So there is also a 4G track on Sensorly and also speed test.  I still suspect that the cell tower identification will be consistent with the tower at first and Glenn.  I believe that the only reason to go so far is because it is up the hill.

I bet if you finish mapping Orange Grove from Skyline to La Cholla you'll confirm it's a new site up.

I don't have a confirmed hex ID for 1st/glenn to cross reference.

Eliz,

Thank you for your contribution, but please be careful mapping with Sensorly using your Galaxy Nexus. It's got a bug where when the signal starts to fade out it will suddenly pretend it has really strong signal where it has almost none, and map it as such. This can be seen where you were eastbound on 22nd and your signal cut out at Alvernon. It's so noticable that when I glanced at sensorly this morning my first thought was "Aww crap, someone's mapping with a Gnex".

Even without sensorly you can still make significant contributions by getting LTE engineering screen shots and the locations they came from which we can use to determine if the signal you're getting is from an existing tower or a new one.

Mapped Farmington/24th again on my way to work this morning. Signal now makes it past speedway on westbound 10. This was not the case yesterday. They're still retuning these towers in some way.

I guess whatever xoleras posted last night must have been incredibly interesting... all of his posts in this thread are missing and:

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I was very close to the Atlantic Ave site and I was getting great signal strength on signal check app. I was wondering if it was broadcasting already.

 

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I see what you mean on sensorly... but none the less you reported that ID tuesday. I'd do a closer inspection of both sites.

TechSmurf, can you check this engineering screen. I think another tower is up in Yuma..

 

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That's one of the two you reported Tuesday. Site 06E011, sector 01

Ehrpd is evdo through the lte core so that you can go from 3g to 4g and back with the same ip

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Rut roh. Sensorly suggests one of the towers I hit was the one by the interchange... #6!

Still need LTE engineering for Park/18th! (which may not be back up after all)

Fat sensorly track laid on i10. 24/Farmington and park/18 back up.

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They seem to be re-tuning the sites they've lit up to throw signal halfway across town. Dunno what the end game is on this, but when I mapped 1st/glenn it ran out at Roger. Now sensorly shows a track down 1st all the way to freakin Ina, and it doesn't look like a new tower. Yeesh.

Nice "sales" pitch - can we please keep it "short" and on subject! Thank you.

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Confirmation would be nice, if/when you happen to be in the area or bored, but I think I've got all the GCIs for Yuma. Still need PCIs from Samsung or Iphone users.

Have PCIs for 2 of the 5 Tucson sites. Need GCIs for all.

Engineering screen from the side at Pacific Avenue

 

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Ok. Kofa should be 06E013. Thanks

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The tower by my house is broadcasting 4G LTE today. This is at Avenue B and 20th Street. Just mapped it too.. :-) Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk

Alright! You've got ubiquitous LTE. Send them back!!!

LOL...I know...I know...I was running a little late into the office and didn't want to test my "I"m a bad a$$ multi tasker" attitude while driving.  Although in my defense I DID sensorly map it... 

I wasn't picking on you at all. I've sensorly mapped 4 sites now and only grabbed engineering for 1, and for the same reason. I'm just as guilty

This also highlights the importance of engineering screenshots. Please report new coverage responsibly.

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The signal you were receiving was, more than likely, coming from a Sprint cell site on the NW corner of S Pantano/E Irvington - antennae are mounted on a TEP high tension tower about halfway up.

It's far more likely to be fringe signal from Broadway/Harrison than a new site broadcasting, no matter how much I'd prefer it to be a new site broadcasting. That tower is throwing LTE half way to Mt Lemmon.

Another tower its broadcasting LTE in Yuma. I was able to map it on 8th Street and Avenue B

 

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HEY! Tell them to get their butts back to Tucson.

Hello friends, I've been trying to keep up with this thread and wanted to make a small contribution.  A few weeks ago I noticed a cell tower had sprouted by my place of employment.  Even though it was cleverly masked in Palm Tree disguise the guys I saw working on it was a dead giveaway.  :-)  I was wondering if anyone knew for WHOM/WHAT carrier that antenna on the southeast corner of South Pantano (not pantano pkwy) and Golf LInks belongs to? 

 

I picked up 4G two days in a row in that vicinity and mapped 22 samples when I was stopped at that stoplight this morning.  I guess it's possible the signal could have leaked all the way down from the speedway area but more likely the last remnants of the broadcast from Harrison perhaps.  As I was moving north I LOST 4G.  Any info?

Monopalms in Tucson tend to be AT&T, and this one is no exception. It sprouted in July-September 2009, btw, so that clever masking worked pretty well, though it's really not so clever once you know what you're looking for (in fact they tend to become painfully obvious).

The LTE you're getting is probably fringe signal from broadway/harrison. Take a screenshot of an LTE engineering screen while you're connected to it and we can confirm.

Thanks!

Still haven't been able to map Farmington/24th from 10... It's never lit when I pass by.

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I have an HTC One with the most recent Jelly Bean. I tried to dial ##DEBUG# but it dialed sprint with a ### after I hit the dial button.

How should I access the Engineering Screen?

 

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Use the dialpad instead of a keyboard. ##33284#

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