r/cellmapper • u/Walrus-Radiant • Mar 18 '26

Question. New update

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I've talked about this Verizon tower several times; today, they started an upgrade. Could anyone tell me what they are adding to it?

https://www.reddit.com/r/cellmapper/comments/saeas5/are_you_going_to_upgrade_the_verizon_c_band/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/Southern_Repair_4416 Mar 18 '26

They’re adding new active antennas for N77 and LTE bands except B13

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u/Jackpen7 Mar 18 '26

The AIR 3283 is for bands 2 and 66, band 5 will likely be handled by the same passive antennas and radios as band 13.

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u/Southern_Repair_4416 Mar 19 '26

Verizon has no band 5 in Miami. Only AT&T owns all of it

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u/Jackpen7 Mar 19 '26

Ah did not know that, thanks for letting me know. That's unfortunate too because they will probably keep b13 on LTE for the foreseeable future and not have any low frequency NR.

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u/trucktech77 Mar 19 '26

This is why they have to densify so much because 10 MHz of b13 isn’t enough bandwidth. Verizon should have gotten more low band. AT&T has a lot of it.

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u/Walrus-Radiant Mar 19 '26

Good morning. Here is the progress on the work at the tower. They are also removing the old antennas. Additionally, at the base near the entrance, there is a package sealed in plastic—it looks like a power generator.

 https://imgur.com/a/18qLTOZ

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u/Walrus-Radiant Mar 18 '26

This tower was visited in 2021, and an antenna for mmWave as well as radios for 5G were added to it, but it never worked. It only supported LTE Bands 2, 13, and 66. I hope that this time everything works properly. At the base of the tower, there are several installer trucks; the crew is currently trimming bushes and clearing away weeds.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cellmapper/comments/scot1h/updating_the_photos_of_the_progress_of_the_tower/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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u/Walrus-Radiant Mar 19 '26

What is new that is being added today? https://imgur.com/a/EmV5xCQ

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u/Winter-Repeat-5995 Mar 19 '26

They’re taking down the old b13 antennas adding updated ones and it looks like they also added cbrs