Nashua
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At Route 3 Exit 5 (Route 111) in Nashua is this monopole which has been here for years. One of the first monopoles in Nashua during the buildout of the early to mid 1990's. It currently houses 5 carriers: U.S. Cellular, Nextel, Sprint PCS, Cingular
(AT&T), and Verizon Wireless. I don't know who's microwave dish is present up near the top, but most likely it's an MTSO backhaul repeater link for one of the carriers on this monopole. |
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This is a shot of the base. The building on the left is for Nextel, the one on the right is for Verizon Wireless, and there is one behind this building, which is not shown in the picture, which is for U.S. Cellular. All of the wires for the antennas are hidden inside the monopole with the exception of one carrier, Verizon, which has theirs on the outside. If you look you can see the wires running up the left most side. Also, you can see the detuning skirt used by this monopole due to it's proximity to the AM radio station tower located just a few hundred yards to the West. Click here for detailed information on how and why detuning is necessary near AM broadcast towers. |
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Sprint PCS's BTS (Base Transceiver
System). Simple and elegant config. |
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Cingular's BTS. You can see the old
rack to the right supporting TDMA. Between the BTS's is a wire harness
where they multiplex the coax to use the same physical antennas for
both GSM and TDMA simultaneously. A close up of this mux can be found
in the next 2 following pictures. |
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Cingular's wiring harness combining TDMA and GSM signals using Ericsson multiplexors. |
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A closer look at the mux itself. |
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Some signage that appears in front
of the Verizon Wireless building. |
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U.S. Cellular's Antenna Structure
Registration sign with site id # 1023019 |
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The signage on Nextel's building. |
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The power panel for all the carriers. From top left to bottom right we have: Nextel, Telecorp (Cingular), Bell Atlantic (Verizon Wireless), EMPTY, Sprint PCS, and the last one on the far right is not labeled, but must be U.S. Cellular. |
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