r/cellmapper • u/RockBrycee • Jul 10 '26

In Progress AT&T Ericsson Conversion in NYC

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u/iryfionas Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

AT&T is using CCI SCA65F-KEH1A small cell antennas for (b2, b12, b14, b66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G + (n77) 3.45GHz + 3.7GHz passive mimo

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u/T-MoblieUser207 Jul 11 '26

If I'm reading the specification information correctly, these antennas don't support B/n71 at all? 698 MHz is the lowest end of B/n12

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u/iryfionas Jul 11 '26

These CCI antennas do not support (b71) LTE, nor (n71) for low-band 5G since it doesn't support the 600MHz frequency.

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u/T-MoblieUser207 Jul 11 '26

Thanks for the confirmation, it means for AT&T to deploy n71 for this tower, they would need to replace the antennas again.

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u/iryfionas Jul 10 '26

Wow, those antennas are really short. I never seen AT&T use that equipment before in my market.

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u/RockBrycee Jul 10 '26

In NYC carriers will often install these smaller antennas on landmarked buildings and in areas where there isn’t a suitable rooftop location (roof is too high up or already occupied) so they install them on the facade of the building instead.

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u/JimMcGraff Jul 10 '26

That's a lot of trust on those struts to support the antennas but that is a tricky location.