New Items on Bandon Transmitter

TheDriver

New things have been added to the Bandon transmitter (small area) in last few weeks, will get photos asap.
Basically its rectangular blocks pointing in all directions and quite low compared to other things whilst also a dome/cyclinder shaped item pointing towards Cork.

John mac

Mobile phone ? or maybe wireless broadband,

maybe have a look at the planning applications for the area.

TheDriver

no planning application for the mast on the online system. I don't know what DTT equipment looks like but could it be that? We have never had mobile phone issues in Bandon so don't see what any of them would want to put up transmitters because Gardai mast is much higher and contains them all already. Maybe wireless bb

watty

DTT gear looks identical to Analogue gear on the mast.

dome/cyclinder shaped item pointing towards Cork.

SHF AKA Microwave link dish in a heated box to stop ice or snow building up and blocking signal. Esp. if it's a bit like a bass drum.

The other things are "sector aerials" they could be for Tetra, Mobile, Imagine WiMax, Fixed Wireless Broadband or something else. "Quite Low" suggests Mobile "fill in"

TheDriver

will get a few photos put up. They appear identical to the analog ones just little bit smaller and or course gleaming white. The bass drum is also there. Its interesting because the Garda mast has most items at the same height in the town.

lucernarian

Pictures would be very helpful. Mobile phone antennae are usually long and thin, UHF panel antennae are wider and shorter if that's of any use.

Do you mean "quite low" in relation to the Garda mast, or in relation to the existing analogue antennae?

TheDriver

in relation to both. They are under the analog whilst about the same height as the Gara mast. The garda mast is down the valley but the height of it brings it up to the height of the RTENL mast which is on higher ground but with a small ladder and skip around the travellers caravans beside it, you could get at these new antennae