Can anyone tell me the name of this connector please? Internal antenna port..

[devs]

No 5G available, how to a tell what bands it transmits or is there any visual signs on the mast itself?

 

[GavinAshford]

Band locking experimentation - locking one band at a time (3,1,20) - and noting the CellID for each and if they all convert back to the same eNB on the cellmapper calculator then that'd mean the mast has those bands. You can't check B32 like this though, as it is downlink only and wont work on its own but should be able to enable B20+32 and if that results in 4G+ then B32 is present on the same mast as the B20 one.

Or, a (very zoomed) photo of the feeders into the bottom of antenna might give an indication, assuming they are suitably labeled.

 

[devs]

Great thanks Gavin, a wealth of information! I'll do some testing

 

[GavinAshford]

I forgot you're the one in Northern N.I.
I believe everything there is just 2x2, and there is no B1 other than in Belfast, and even there isnt much.

Edit: I hear that 4x4 is enabled on the 5G sites in N.I. but those are rare even in the South of N.I.. The chances you have a 4x4 mast is pretty much zero I'm afraid.

 

[devs]

I forgot you're the one in Northern N.I.
I believe everything there is just 2x2, and there is no B1 other than in Belfast, and even there isnt much.

Great. That’s a job off the list

 

[Lucian]

Hey @devs got in touch with the guy who sells modding CPE Pro2 on ebay, he's mentioned here:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk/threads/5g-router-roundup.36914/post-253730

He had this to say about your model CPE PRO, HTH:

"Hi I've just dug deep into the specification for the cpe pro.

There are 10 antennas in total
4x internal (5g and 4g)
2x external (5g only)
4x 2.5g & 5g wifi.

The 4x internal antennas are shared for 4g and 5g the reason there is 4 is for 4x4 mimo configuration on the 4g network. 5g doesn't use 4x4 mimo as 5g only supports 2x2 mimo as its bandwidth is so great it doesn't require 4x4 mimo hence why there are only 2 external TS9 inputs for external 5g connection

However I can still mod the unit and put the 4x connections for external antenna inputs so you can use either 4g or 5g via these connections. Which will still be far better than using the Inteernal antenna connections and not limiting you to the 5g only connections already on the unit.

Hope this makes sense."

https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/chrithom2079

 

[devs]

Hi Lucian and thanks for the message and help. Appreciated.​

I actually received the connectors in the post today and will have a pay as soon as I can.

I'm not overly technical (as you have probably found )

He mentions "I can still mod the unit and put the 4x connections for external antenna inputs so you can use either 4g or 5g via these connections."

Trust that means I'm okay just using the two connectors as I planned to hook up a 4G External?

 

[Lucian]

Can't be sure really, but.... You can ask him, he signed up here to the forum:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk/threads/5g-router-roundup.36914/post-253759

 

[devs]

Thank you Lucian, thats great. I'll give him a shout and see how I get on

 

[JoeFox]

Can't be sure really, but.... You can ask him, he signed up here to the forum:
https://www.ispreview.co.uk/talk/threads/5g-router-roundup.36914/post-253759

Hello devs. I am looking to try the same and am wondering how you got on.