What is this? A transmitter?

Talker · 20-06-2005, 07:43

Hi, I've seen these things pop up in a few places near where I live, and I am curious to what it is exactly, looks like something mobile phone-ish. Have a look at the pic, Its a bit crap as I took it with a phone.

http://www.digitalhiatus.pwp.blueyon...k/whatisit.jpg

vanyablue · 20-06-2005, 08:01

It looks like a mobile phone cell ok.
look here to see if it's on the ofcom map of phone cells.
http://www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk/

(You need to zoom right in before the triangles appear).

Talker · 20-06-2005, 08:12

doesnt show up on those maps. It doesnt look the same as a regular mobile phone mast, looks more boring and gray. Next to it is one of those boxes, looks like a traffic light control box.

vanyablue · 20-06-2005, 08:56

It might be a new one. It takes a while to get onto the ofcom map.
They're all gray an anonymous now. None of them want you to know what or where they are.
Then again, it might be a new sort of tetra mast or anything, really.
The shroud at the top stops you guessing the frequency from the size of the aerial, so it's difficult to tell.

agentz · 20-06-2005, 22:42

There's a couple of those near where I live and I've not been able to figure out what the chuff they are either.

The other odd one I've seen looks like a regular streetlight (the sort with the big vertical bit and a wee short horizontal bit at the top with a light on the end of it) but without the lamp bit. There's one just outside one of our local car dealers - I thought it was a streetlight when I first saw it, but it's set back about 12 feet from the rest of the streetlights and has a small equipment box beside it. No idea what that one is either.

Edited to add: The streetlight shaped one is listed on the radio.gov website as a 12 metre Orange GSM mast. The other ones aren't listed on the map.

Wishkahbanks · 20-06-2005, 23:55

Yes,it is a new type of phone mast,one has just been put up near my house and we had a letter through about it.

Dan 8t1 · 21-06-2005, 13:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wishkahbanks

Yes,it is a new type of phone mast,one has just been put up near my house and we had a letter through about it.

I'd hardly call it new.. the mobile networks have been using those types of masts for years!

Dan

neo6776 · 21-06-2005, 18:20

theres one exactly the same here in dundee and its a green one

localhost · 21-06-2005, 21:38

A very good site showing photos of all the different types of GSM / UMTS cellsites, antenna types etc :....

clicky

Redcoat · 22-06-2005, 00:50

Yes, it's definitely a mobile phone mast. There is one of the same design in Omagh which is used by Orange.

Nitram · 22-06-2005, 15:37

You will probably find a sign on the control box telling you who it is operated by.

20-06-2005, 07:43	#1
Talker Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: wigan Posts: 36	What is this? A transmitter? Hi, I've seen these things pop up in a few places near where I live, and I am curious to what it is exactly, looks like something mobile phone-ish. Have a look at the pic, Its a bit crap as I took it with a phone. http://www.digitalhiatus.pwp.blueyon...k/whatisit.jpg

20-06-2005, 08:01	#2
vanyablue Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 1,030	It looks like a mobile phone cell ok. look here to see if it's on the ofcom map of phone cells. http://www.sitefinder.radio.gov.uk/ (You need to zoom right in before the triangles appear).

20-06-2005, 08:12	#3
Talker Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: wigan Posts: 36	doesnt show up on those maps. It doesnt look the same as a regular mobile phone mast, looks more boring and gray. Next to it is one of those boxes, looks like a traffic light control box.

20-06-2005, 08:56	#4
vanyablue Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Gloucestershire Posts: 1,030	It might be a new one. It takes a while to get onto the ofcom map. They're all gray an anonymous now. None of them want you to know what or where they are. Then again, it might be a new sort of tetra mast or anything, really. The shroud at the top stops you guessing the frequency from the size of the aerial, so it's difficult to tell.

20-06-2005, 22:42	#5
agentz Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Scotland Posts: 2,292	There's a couple of those near where I live and I've not been able to figure out what the chuff they are either. The other odd one I've seen looks like a regular streetlight (the sort with the big vertical bit and a wee short horizontal bit at the top with a light on the end of it) but without the lamp bit. There's one just outside one of our local car dealers - I thought it was a streetlight when I first saw it, but it's set back about 12 feet from the rest of the streetlights and has a small equipment box beside it. No idea what that one is either. Edited to add: The streetlight shaped one is listed on the radio.gov website as a 12 metre Orange GSM mast. The other ones aren't listed on the map.

20-06-2005, 23:55	#6
Wishkahbanks Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,476	Yes,it is a new type of phone mast,one has just been put up near my house and we had a letter through about it.

21-06-2005, 13:46	#7
Dan 8t1 Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Leicester Posts: 897	Quote: Originally Posted by Wishkahbanks Yes,it is a new type of phone mast,one has just been put up near my house and we had a letter through about it. I'd hardly call it new.. the mobile networks have been using those types of masts for years! Dan

21-06-2005, 18:20	#8
neo6776 Inactive Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Dundee, Scotland ♂ Posts: 9,026	theres one exactly the same here in dundee and its a green one

21-06-2005, 21:38	#9
localhost Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 64	A very good site showing photos of all the different types of GSM / UMTS cellsites, antenna types etc :.... clicky

22-06-2005, 00:50	#10
Redcoat Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The wilds of West Tyrone Posts: 2,122	Yes, it's definitely a mobile phone mast. There is one of the same design in Omagh which is used by Orange.

22-06-2005, 15:37	#11
Nitram Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Urmston, Manchester Posts: 343	You will probably find a sign on the control box telling you who it is operated by.

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