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#119448 1-Jun-2013 15:10
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In Matamata at the moment and happened to glance at the Telecom tower and noticed some new things on it halfway between the antenna and the tower mast, out of interest anyone know what they are?





I think the Antenna mid-mast is Vodafone, one below it looks like a 2degrees COW (has their gear on a trailer)

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  #829207 1-Jun-2013 15:12
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Bring on the tinfoil hats folks! The Alien Invasion has started...

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  #829223 1-Jun-2013 15:37
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Those would be the master filters.

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  #829224 1-Jun-2013 15:40
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Would it be equipment for LTE. 



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  #829225 1-Jun-2013 15:48
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Awesome stuff

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  #829259 1-Jun-2013 17:13
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Vodafone have a 23 GHz licence on that site since 2009, but does look more panel like. Maybe a 1800 MHz panel for LTE, as already mentioned?

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  #829262 1-Jun-2013 17:20
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3rd carrier - they are converters to convert fibre to coax

2nd down is vodafone and lower one down is 2degress cow

 
 
 
 

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  #829267 1-Jun-2013 17:35
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They're governmental listening devices. They scan brainwaves.
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  #829278 1-Jun-2013 18:41
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I remember Telecom saying they are launching LTE in Auckland first in October, be a good surprise if they can launch with much more coverage

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  #829285 1-Jun-2013 19:03
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I would go with either the fibre to coax idea so that the same antennas can be used for another base unit - which would imply LTE. The idea is to get the data as close as you can to the antenna, because they can loose signal as it goes down the coax.

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They could be RF amplifiers?




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  #829295 1-Jun-2013 19:11
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Behodar: Those would be the master filters.


I'm glad Telecom has their internal wiring sorted at least.

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  #829399 1-Jun-2013 21:16
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We installed them - 3rd carrier upgrade a few sites have them now

 
 
 
 

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  #829494 2-Jun-2013 01:10
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^How can we tell which sites have dual carrier? Hamilton has no DC coverage map on the telecom site.

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