2Degrees sites licensed for 25mhz of B1 but only broadcasting 10 MHz

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#324609 3-May-2026 22:32

2Degrees recently built 3 new sites in my area, here are the links on gis.geek:

https://gisgeek.app/nz/location/celltowers/dpxbdexo/2degrees/mangorei-north

https://gisgeek.app/nz/location/celltowers/jovleeqx/2degrees/sentry-hill

https://gisgeek.app/nz/location/celltowers/rjxddqyx/2degrees/egmont-village

They all seem to be licensed for 25Mhz on B1 but are all only broadcasting 10mhz? Seems odd to me, I couldn't really find any info online about why this would be the case so I thought to ask here. They are also licensed for 10mhz on b8 but are only broadcasting 5mhz. B3 and B28 seem to be broadcasting at full bandwidth though.

Does anyone know if this is normal or is there something wrong with those sites? Seems odd to me they would license the extra 5mhz on b8 and an extra 15mhz on B1 and not actually use it.

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#3487189 4-May-2026 05:40

I would assume (but I don't know, my radio knowledge is close to zero) that their AST Satellite system needs that other 5Mhz for B8.

No idea about B1 but I highly doubt "There's something wrong" - there'll be a reason for it.

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#3487198 4-May-2026 07:31

As above I suspect AST and no way it is a fault spectrum is like gold

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#3487200 4-May-2026 07:37

Further to this I bet 2degrees mobile coverage has improved in the region

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#3487207 4-May-2026 08:30

Yes that makes sense now, forgot about the whole satellite thing. Do you think they are also using that 15mhz of B1 for it too then?

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#3487238 4-May-2026 09:29

15 MHz would be unusual for Satellite. One NZ has the biggest satellite direct to cell holdings in the globe, last I checked, and they are only just now using either 10 or 15 MHz (from memory).

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#3487271 4-May-2026 10:54

boosacnoodle:

15 MHz would be unusual for Satellite. One NZ has the biggest satellite direct to cell holdings in the globe, last I checked, and they are only just now using either 10 or 15 MHz (from memory).

Here is the tech details behind the 2D satellite implementation.

https://youtu.be/zHCJov9WM-c?t=7223

Hmmmm

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#3487281 4-May-2026 11:21

Yes, that's where I learned about it originally. A very interesting listen in!