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Help with locating sites (3) - megathread

I've got one for you - eNB 53028. It must be somewhere pretty high up in West Lothian, because it's got a large range.
Oh I say, there's even been a bear whizzed past it, off on some far travelled journey no doubt frvic93. 😊
 
Oh I say, there's even been a bear whizzed past it, off on some far travelled journey no doubt frvic93. 😊
Hey, it's you! I've often seen your name on Cellmapper masts... Where do you reckon it could be?
 
Hey, it's you! I've often seen your name on Cellmapper masts... Where do you reckon it could be?
Not got a clue I'm afraid frvic93, I see so many masts on my journeys, I probably dream about them. :rolleyes: 😁

Hope you get it sussed though.
 
I've got one for you - eNB 53028. It must be somewhere pretty high up in West Lothian, because it's got a large range.
This one's hard (I've been looking at it for a while now), but I think the best candidate is on Auchinoon Hill, with EE's 17765. It has a fairly similar antenna direction (excluding the data point near Balerno - think that was me on the train, oops), and it has the elevation to get across the Forth. Only issue is it was originally Orange and the coverage checker doesn't seem to have a site there, but I don't see anything nearby. Not pinning yet though
 
This one's hard (I've been looking at it for a while now), but I think the best candidate is on Auchinoon Hill, with EE's 17765. It has a fairly similar antenna direction (excluding the data point near Balerno - think that was me on the train, oops), and it has the elevation to get across the Forth. Only issue is it was originally Orange and the coverage checker doesn't seem to have a site there, but I don't see anything nearby. Not pinning yet though
That could well be it. I dare say it could be picked up if someone is travelling on the WCML from Edinburgh so that might give extra data.
 
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That could well be it. I dare say it could be picked up if someone is travelling on the WCML from Edinburgh so that might give extra data.
I actually have, but because of awful GPS in the carriage it wasn't mapped. I checked my records and I connected to all the sector 2 cells between Harburn and the junction with the Glasgow railway. Incredibly weak signal though (around -110 for 20/28 and -130 for 1/3), and I didn't pick anything else up from it.
 
I actually have, but because of awful GPS in the carriage it wasn't mapped. I checked my records and I connected to all the sector 2 cells between Harburn and the junction with the Glasgow railway. Incredibly weak signal though (around -110 for 20/28 and -130 for 1/3), and I didn't pick anything else up from it.
Don't tell me... a Voyager? They're the bane of my cellmapping life. I'm tempted to get a TPE train down to Carlisle to see if I can map it. (their trains are usually decent for GPS)
 
Don't tell me... a Voyager? They're the bane of my cellmapping life. I'm tempted to get a TPE train down to Carlisle to see if I can map it. (their trains are usually decent for GPS)
Get the bus like I do frvic93, it'll map every mast for miles no problem. 😁
 
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They certainly can, but it all adds to the cheap thrills. 😁
£2 is decent for a single trip, that's for sure. If we didn't have so many potholes, then the bumps wouldn't be as big of an issue as it is currently.
 
52634 has suddenly appeared with an estimated location very near to the Didcot Fire Station lattice tower where Three are 3G only.

It is definitely not located there however, walked past it yesterday and didn’t spot any changes with the 3G antennas still in situ. Furthermore throwing a Smarty sim in my phone just reveals the usual Three mix of distant 4G sites or 3G from the lattice.

52634 was first reported in June with it mapped over a wide area spanning near Hartley Wintney to the south and Charlton-on-Otmoor to the north.
 
52634 has suddenly appeared with an estimated location very near to the Didcot Fire Station lattice tower where Three are 3G only.

It is definitely not located there however, walked past it yesterday and didn’t spot any changes with the 3G antennas still in situ. Furthermore throwing a Smarty sim in my phone just reveals the usual Three mix of distant 4G sites or 3G from the lattice.

52634 was first reported in June with it mapped over a wide area spanning near Hartley Wintney to the south and Charlton-on-Otmoor to the north.
It's a new installation on a tower in Christmas Common. Planning: https://data.southoxon.gov.uk/ccm/support/Main.jsp?MODULE=ApplicationDetails&REF=P22/S1931/T28
 
53072:
It does look like a replacement for 814 however the antennas look to be in slightly different directions, EE also have a new site showing there so it's either been replaced or they have setup a temporary site nearby.
May have found 53072 when I passed by bus last week. I'm aiming to go that way again in the next few days to confirm.

Three actually had an application for a PoW on nearby Clayton Road, which may not have gone through. Unlikely to be one of those, given how far the signal is reaching.
 
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I found this one today

eNB 52777

Has full spec B1,3,20,20 with N78

Spotted 14 miles away

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5G hardly made a difference in faster usage but works 20mb down on 4G in that exact spot

The signal goes out completely once leaving the area
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The blue fade thing outside the circle sort of gives a line of sight idea.

Good luck finding it
 
Does eNB 53157 look as if it's in the wrong place?

Currently my serving site, B3 15MHz + B1 10MHz + B28 10MHz is what I'm picking up atm (B3 about -113dBm, I can't get a TA figure but O2 is 81 TA from eNB 6937 atm (-108dBm on B20).
 
Local planning applications can sometimes help locate the exact location of masts, then using aerial photography to pin point it. I've found some purely on the shadow they cast on Bing imagery!

I try to note all this information on the cellmapper wiki for each site.
 
Does eNB 53157 look as if it's in the wrong place?

Currently my serving site, B3 15MHz + B1 10MHz + B28 10MHz is what I'm picking up atm (B3 about -113dBm, I can't get a TA figure but O2 is 81 TA from eNB 6937 atm (-108dBm on B20).
I've moved it to Pen Garnwen. Can't get a timing advance figure, but seems similar to O2's signal strength on B20 and EE currently broadcasts there anyways.
 
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