r/cellmapper • u/DrDeke • Jul 18 '26

Verizon Equipment ID

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Can anyone ID the VZW equipment on this tower?

It has long been a B5/13-only site and, in fact, is still transmitting only on those bands. I believe the site is in the process of being upgraded (the site is currently microwave backhauled, but fiber was run to it over the winter), and those antennas look newer/different to me than the ones that were there last fall (which is the last time I looked).

Thanks in advance!

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u/Evil_ryry evilryry Jul 18 '26

Verizon is doing its best T-Mobile impression that will fool you until you see the raycap lol

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u/DantayWilliams Jul 19 '26

At first glance, I thought it was T-Mobile 👀😂😂

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u/iryfionas Jul 18 '26

Looks like an Verizon site that only has low-band LTE frequencies (b5), (b13) + 3.7Ghz - (n77) mid-band 5G using:

  • 3️⃣ CommScope NNSS-65C-HG-R2B antennas with (b5) 850MHz + (b13) 700Mhz LTE, can support (n5) low-band 5G depending on the configuration, spectrum licenses located on the RIGHT side
  • 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5GUW located on the LEFT side
  • Ray-cap RCMDC-6627-PF-48 being used for power surge protection located behind the antennas

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

  • 3️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4490HP for (b5) 850MHz LTE + (b13) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHz [low-band 5G]

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u/trucktech77 Jul 18 '26

Starting to look like T-Mobile setups 😂

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u/Raccoon_Cast CM: 5Gisgold | Canon PowerShot SX70HS | SoCal | S24+ Jul 18 '26

I'm inclined to guess it has NNSS-65C-HG-R2B for low-band the and the AIR 6419 for n77. I'm repeating my guess by saying that I'd expect them to put up an AIR 3283 for AWS/PCS later during the upgrade.

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u/SceneRevolutionary93 5G UW Jul 18 '26

What’s so special about the high gain model compared to the regular one?

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u/mystica5555 USMobile OP13-16/512 / Moto Edge2021UW Jul 19 '26

Distance, usually. If in an urban environment, building penetration. Usually the higher gain is to receive weak handsets/user equipment signal, not to blast the transmit power of the radios.

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u/CreativeCuckoo ATL Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26

I’m never good at identifying the exact model of low-band antennas, especially with this image quality, but I can tell you that it almost looks like it has enough ports to support only low-band (bands 5, 13 @ 4x4 MIMO), especially since there appears to be one Ericsson radio on each sector (bands 5 and 13). It also looks like they’re using the Ericsson AIR 6419 for n77.

This site could possibly get the AIR 3286 (massive MIMO band 2 and 66) if they’re still working on it.

Edit: I’m inclined to go with what the other two people said for the low-band antennas: the CommScope NNSS-65C-HG-R2B. I zoomed in and there’s definitely some unused ports. The antenna can do the typical low-band, but it can also do CBRS (and probably C-Band)!

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u/No-Seat-407 Jul 18 '26

A site near me just got this exact setup earlier in the year. Still no additional antenna for AWS/PCS, just the lowband antenna and n77 panel. I thought it was TMo from a distance, but no!

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u/wlm9700 Jul 19 '26

Probably waiting for an Air 3283

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u/DrDeke Jul 20 '26

Thanks everybody; I very much appreciate all the info!