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How to see which Cell Tower I have connected to?

Steve-2019

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Is there a way to see which Tower I have connected to?

I have this info here

ENB ID 33021
CELL ID 8453376
PCI 293

Thanks
 
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Is that completely accurate?

Going by that I'm connecting to a mast 17 miles away point to point / as the crew flies and getting 60 - 95mb down speeds?
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If you open that eNB on Google maps satellite view, it certainly shows the mast.(Centre of piccy), It's in Aspatria. :giggle:
 
Is that completely accurate?

Going by that I'm connecting to a mast 17 miles away point to point / as the crew flies and getting 60 - 95mb down speeds?
Pretty plausible, though probably pretty susceptible to poor weather conditions at that distance. What's your upload speed like?
 
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I'm using a poynting directional antenna, have I managed to point it directly to a tower 17 miles away??
Very plausible! Especially if you have direct line of sight. You can use this tool to get a visual graph of elevation between two points.


Bear in mid that the mast is probably 20-30 metres above the usual elevation of the land and then also the height above the ground in your home, (ie could be in an upstairs window or roof space)
 
Very plausible! Especially if you have direct line of sight. You can use this tool to get a visual graph of elevation between two points.


Bear in mid that the mast is probably 20-30 metres above the usual elevation of the land and then also the height above the ground in your home, (ie could be in an upstairs window or roof space)

Ok, heres the results, start position is my house, end position is the mast

I'm guessing it's showing that my house is higher than the Aspatria mast ?

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Cool site for elevation :-) This is the tower that's closest too me but not as fast (maybe getting signal loss from trees?)

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Yes, trees, especially when wet, degrade certain radio frequencies a lot.

The elevation tool only maps the surface contour of the land, you then have to take trees, buildings and other obstacles into account. Your first example is perfect, as when you take into account the extra 20-30 metres the mast has and how high your house is from ground level, you have got great line of sight and would benefit from a high gain directional antenna pointing directly at that mast.

Judging by the second results, I doubt you are getting direct signal and are probably getting signals bouncing off objects. Signals that bounce around like this are not very good at carrying data. It's like hearing echo's of an original sound, they are weaker and the sound appears to be coming from different directions. For this situation, you would be better with an omnidirectional antenna.

Back when 3G was the next big thing, I was able to use a directional antenna to bounce the signal off a metal building to go around a hill!
 
Back when 3G was the next big thing, I was able to use a directional antenna to bounce the signal off a metal building to go around a hill!

Lol cool.

I will have a look at other nearby masts and see if I can point at them.

I never realised that I would be able to connect to a mast over 15 miles away

I'm guessing doing this EE is going to think I'm currently in Aspatria lol...
 
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