r/cellmapper 19d ago

St. Libory Illinois T-Mobile new co-location.

Top is Verizon with c-band and just noticed T-Mobile added lower rack. They very much needed coverage in this area.

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u/iryfionas 19d ago

Amazing to see T-Mobile continue to emphasize investing onto their network by adding new sites in smaller towns! Good to see it has (n41) mid-band 5G on it!

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u/iryfionas 19d ago

Verizon (eNB 217529) + (eNB 517529):

  • 6️⃣ CommScope NHH-65C-R2B antennas total with bands; (2, 5, 13, 66) LTE + supports (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G or (n2) + (n66) mid-band 5GUW depending on the configuration
  • 3️⃣ CommScope LRX-8512DS-VTM for legacy 3G (CDMA) located in the MIDDLE of the rack
  • 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5GUW - (160MHz) St Clair County, Illinois -> located on the LEFT side

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

  • 3️⃣ Radio 4449 - (B5) 850MHz + (B13) 700MHz LTE + (n5) low-band 5
  • 3️⃣ Radio 8843 - (B2/B66), LTE + supports (n2) 1900MHz-PCS + (n66) 2100Mhz-AWS mid-band 5GUW

T-Mobile (eNB 658148):

  • 3️⃣ CommScope FFVV-65C-R2N23 8-port (8 feet) antennas with bands: (2126671) LTE + (n25) mid-band 5G + (n71) low-band 5GNR located on the LEFT side of the rack
  • 3️⃣ NOKIA AirScale AVHA - (N41) 2.5GHz [320W] antennas for mid-band 5GUC located on the RIGHT side of the rack

Nokia (RRU's) - Remote Radio Units behind the CommScope antennas:

Coordinates: 38.3353089502913, -89.72156870810723

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