cell tower construction
we have members from all walks of life so here is the question once a cell tower starts construction typically how long until its operational i saw one today looks almost complete wondering...
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MrWizard wrote:towers are typically manfactured in 20' sections unless you need something custom. An errector-set can take several days to put together, even that size. If the sections come in assembled, then its a morning job for the crane.
this one is no more than 50-60ft
and the the three "horns"/elements are mounted and its being dressed as a tree
its going in between existing commercial bldgs one of which is a restaurant
i'm in the area several times a month..just spotted this today
usually over night for business, also have friends in the area
it will be nice IF it turns out to be verizon
my 4g sucks in that area
hope its online, next time in the area
RF Lingo: the pickup within the dish is called a feed horn or feed. When microwave folk refer to a horn, its usually a Cornicoupia (sp) that is really big and really expensive, or a very basic literal horn that you can hold to track interfearence. If there are any old telco infrastructure guys here, they would recognize them because ATT was about the only company that could afford them.
Ive looked at these cell tower finder apps before and find them to be a joke, at least in this area. Being under 300', the tower doesnt have to be registered with the FAA, otherwise you could look at the ASR posted on the tower and find it and its owner (which often is not the carrier). And as far as site license, they are never shown on the FCC ULS. It looks like they have a blanket authorization for a given area. At least new installs.
