Cell Site of the week 24/05/16

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This once discreet cell site in Birmingham, using brick design on the antennas, has been spoilt by the introduction of additional cells and also a failure to paint the cable management!

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Cell Site of the Week 21/03/16

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A cell site in the centre of Manchester employing flagpoles to conceal the antennas. No mechanical tilt possible, but electrical tilt could be used here.

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Cell Site of the Week 09/03/16

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The Salford Spire cell site always seems to feature when working in this area. The antennas are hidden nicely behind GRP panels, can you spot them?

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Cell Site of the Week 13/01/16

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A crisp clear morning in Slough, this well located site provides good 4G service in this high capacity area.

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Cell Site of the Week 03/06/15

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A misreable morning in Stoke on Trent, summer has not arrived here yet! This cell site is employing some back tilt to assist propagation above the local clutter, while the adjacent sector is using downtilt to restrict coverage to the intended local area. A difficult task when the cell is on high ground in a high capacity area.

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Cell Site of the Week 22/05/15

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While visiting Cornwall our senior cell site expert observed this omni-directional cell site, still employed in rural areas where capacity is not the main issue!

 

Cell Site Of The Week – 23/03/15

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During cell site surveys in Birmingham our senior cell site expert measured service from this cell site. An otherwise attractive building being spoilt by a messy installation!

Maybe a fake chimney stack in GRP would have been a better solution?

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Cell Site of the Week 29/08/14

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During a short visit to the historical City of York, one of the Footprint Investigations cell site experts measured this cell as providing additional 3G capacity in the City.

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Cell Site of the Week 13/08/13

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This is a light hearted look at an otherwise serious subject. During the course of our daily cell site analysis surveys we observe many types of cell site structures. Our dedicated senior cell site expert Greg Robinson, whilst surveying  recently observed a cell site deploying very large antennas upgraded to provide multi channel 3G and 4G services.

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