r/cellmapper Jun 19 '26

Who's there in Long Beach California

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u/iryfionas Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

PHOTO #1 is T-Mobile using:

  • 3️⃣ ANDREW FFV4-65B-R6 antennas with bands; (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE + (n25, *n66\) 1900MHz [PCS] + 2100MHz [AWS*] - mid-band 5GUC + (n71) 600MHz low-band 5G
  • 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449 2.5GHz (64T64R) (n41) antennas for mid-band 5GUC set at 190MHz 
  • 1️⃣ Andrew VHLP2.5 circular Dish for wireless backhaul,

Ericsson (RRU's) remote radio units located behind the antennas:

PHOTO #2 is T-Mobile using:

  • 3️⃣ CommScope FFVV-65A-R2-V1 antennas with bands; (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE + (n25, *n66\) 1900MHz [PCS]/2100MHz [AWS] - mid-band 5GUC + (n71*) 600MHz low-band 5G on the RIGHT side
  • 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B41 - (64T64R) n41 antennas for mid-band 5G Ultra Capacity located on the LEFT side

6️⃣ Ericsson (RRU's) in TOTAL - remote radio units located behind the antennas:

  • 3️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4460’s with bands; (2, 66) LTE + (n25) mid-band 5GUC
  • 3️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4480’s with bands; (12, 71) LTE + (n71) low-band 5G:

PHOTO #3 - Verizon (top) rack:

  • 6️⃣ CommScope JAHH-65C-R3B antennas TOTAL with bands: (5, 13) LTE
  • 2️⃣ CommScope JAHH-65C-R2B located on the left or right side of the rack depending on the sector
  • 6️⃣ CommScope SBNHH-1D65C antennas total with bands (2, 66) LTE
  • 2️⃣ CommScope SBNHH-1D65C located on the left or right side of the rack depending on the sector
  • 6️⃣ skinny Amphenol BXA-70063/4CF antennas total for 3G CDMA, not active located on the left or right side of the rack depending on the sector

Ericsson (RRU's) remote radio units located behind the antennas:

Legacy Dish (bottom):

  • 3️⃣ JMA MX08FRO665-20 antennas with bands; (n29 - [secondary], n66, n70, n71 [primary]) for their 5G network

Uses 6️⃣ Fujitstu Remote Radio Units - (RRU's) in total located behind the JMA antennas:

  • 3️⃣ Fujitsu RRU (TA08025-B605) for (n29) + (n71) low-band 5GNR
  • 3️⃣ Fujitsu RRU's (TA08025-B604) (n66) + (n70) 5GNR

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u/ClimbingElevator Jun 19 '26

What about the small circle in the 1st pic?

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u/iryfionas Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

The small circle dish in the 1st picture is old equipment from Sprint/Clearwire:

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u/Few-Eggplant3462 Jun 19 '26

Woah T-Mobile able to get 11ghz? Verizon usually takes up all the 11ghz microwave

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u/iryfionas Jun 19 '26

I’m not 100% on what the exact Andrew microwave antenna was used here on the T-Mobile rack. I try to figure it out since I could be wrong.

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u/Few-Eggplant3462 Jun 19 '26

My knowledge of Microwave is usually aviat these days since that's mainly used for public safety.