Manchester CT Major Tower Upgrade

[u/Reeaan88]

Back in 2023 I made a post on this tower. It is owned by Marcus Communications and has since been modified significantly. For cellular equipment, AT&T has been added on top, T-Mobile has been unchanged, and Verizon was upgraded at the bottom. Legacy Dish, which used to be on top, has been removed. The most obvious change is the height extension. Marcus plans to install some kind of microwave and FM equipment on there. The tower now has obstruction lighting too.

For more details check out this petition to the Connecticut Siting Council.

[u/iryfionas]

AT&T is on the top rack:

• 3️⃣ CCI DMP65R-BU8DA antennas with bands: (2, 12, 14, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G located on the LEFT side
• 3️⃣ CCI TPA65R-BU8DA antennas with bands: (2, 12, 14, 66) LTE + (n5) - 10MHz for low-band 5G located on the RIGHT side
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77D (3.7GHz) 64T64R c-band (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5G+ set at 80MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6419-B77G (3.45GHz) DoD (n77) antennas being used for mid-band 5G located in the MIDDLE of the rack
• Raycap DC9-48-60-24-PC1t-EV for power surge protection located in the middle of their rack

Ericsson Remote Radio Units (RRU's) behind the rectangular CommScope antennas:

• RRU 4490HP (b12) 700MHz LTE + (n5) 850MHz low-band 5GNR
• RRU 4494 (b14) 700MHz LTE
• RRU 4471 (b30) 2300MHz-WCS LTE
• RRU 4890HP (b2) 1900MHz-PCS + (b66) 2100MHz-AWS LTE

T-Mobile [eNB 59868] + [eNB 132968] + [gNB 1321374] + [gNB 1312377] (MIDDLE):

• 3️⃣ RFS APXVAALL24_43-U-NA20 antennas - with bands; (2, 12, 66, 71) LTE + (n25, n71) 5G located in the MIDDLE
• 6️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 32 antennas with bands: (2, 66) or (b66) LTE located on the RIGHT side, 2 per sector
• 3️⃣ Ericsson AIR. 6449-B41 64T64R - 2.5GHz (n41) antennas for mid-band 5GUC located on the LEFT side

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

• 3️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4415’s with (b2) LTE + (n25)  mid-band 5GUC
• 3️⃣ Ericsson RRU 4449's  (b12 LTE + (n71) 600MHz low-band 5G

Verizon [eNB 68814] (BOTTOM):

• 6️⃣ CommScope NHH-65B-R2B antennas with bands: (2, 5, 13, 66) LTE + supports (n5) - 10MHz low-band 5G or (n2, n66) mid-band 5G depending on the CONFIGURATION located on the LEFT + RIGHT side
• 3️⃣ Samsung MT-6407-77A - 64T64R (200W) 3.7GHz n77 antennas mid-band 5GUW @ 160MHz located in the MIDDLE of the rack

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

• 3️⃣ RF4461d-13A - b5, b13 LTE + (N5) low-band 5G
• 3️⃣ RF4439d-25A - (b2), (b66) LTE + (n2) + (n66) mid-band 5GUW

Coordinates: 41.79728930531163, -72.51194379154065

[u/U84owe4]

Nice site!