Comreg Siteviewer accurate?

I drove around the area today for an hour with multiple phones one on 3G and the other on 4G and got as close to the towers as possible.

Hopefully that will get cell mapper fully updated for my area as none of the 3G cells like 2023054 i am connecting too are still showing up. Hopefully it is just a matter of time for cell mapper is updated.

Any idea how far out from my home i should be going at the moment i am sticking to the closest towers to me since i am more than likely connected to them. Not sure what yer experience was. I highlighted the ones i am going around in the image below.

ED E wrote: »

Can see you were around
VF

eNB ID 113498 - LTE
Ballyvolate Commercial Park
Has good Info now.

eNB ID 113111 - LTE
Looks like it _could_ be colocated.

eNB ID 114468 - LTE
Position is locked in I'd say

eNB ID 115078 - LTE
Might be off, not enough data.

Most of that mapping is old though.

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Tower updates for 3 in Ireland
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# 416.
A total of 716 LTE tiles were updated for this provider at Fri, 11 Sep 20 21:19:39 +0000. This took a total of 20 seconds.
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Can see you were around
eNB ID 3590 - LTE - Good cell picture
eNB ID 3464 - LTE - fair
eNB ID 3676 - LTE - Good
eNB ID 1491 - LTE - Lots of data but suspect its positioned wrong.
eNB ID 398 - LTE - Lots of data, probably in the industrial estate above.

Where are you getting this info? I cant find it on cell mapper.



eNB ID 113498 - LTE - went and touched this one as i can get so close.
eNB ID 113111 - LTE - i agree it should be colocated as where it is on the map is in the middle of a haunting site.
eNB ID 114468 - LTE - went and touched this one as i can get so close.
eNB ID 115078 - LTE - think this one is wrong as i went thought this industrial estate. I can see it from the industrial estate but the location looks off. I Drove around the roads in the area a few times but it has not changed on the map. It hard to see this one as it looks in one area from the Industrial estate but if i go to the area where it is at i cant find it. It could be co located with eNB ID 3464.







Also to get accurate coordinates of the tower what should i be doing. I am after driving around for the bones of an hour for some and cell mapper still shows them as off.


If i can't not get any closer to them. Should i be stopping for extended periods of time as close as i can to these towers?


Also I dont understand why none of the 3G cell IDs are showing up that i connected to. Cell_ID in router must not map to cells in cell mapper for vodafone 3g like they do for Three 3G

smuggler.ie wrote: »

physically touching mast does not make it appear more accurate.
I recon you need to circle mast @0.5~1~2 km distance as you are in populated area and plenty of masts around

Only guessing ...
115078 = CK344 , not clear exact location on G maps - drive N20, estate SW(L2789) and NW(Commons Road L2785) - N (Old/Mallow road). Next day will see if it moves location
111698 = CK169 clear location on G maps

Thanks for the response.



So far the ones i can actually get within touching distnace are the only ones that are showing in the correct position.



Already went to both sites and done rings around them. Have driven past and around 111698 = CK169 multiple times. I cant stop outside of it as it is located in a bit of a blind spot. That's why I asked should i be stopping when circling these towers so cell mapper can triangulate the coordinates of the tower.



I will do it again and see if it improves in cell mapper.

smuggler.ie wrote: »

How did it settled for you grimeire?

I gave up on it been going out every evening nearly with cellmapper on the phone to no avail. I moved the antenna to the other side of the house and pointed it towards enB 113111 and 113498 and was still not getting 4G even after reboots.


I dont have LOS so I can only assume the multiple sets of trees in the way are causing the issues.


I cant figure out where the 3G cells i am connecting to on vodafone are either as they are not showing up in cell mapper but the Three 3G cells are for some reason.


Caught between a rock and a hard place as with Three i get fast speeds but its unstable was cutting out at least once a week on me while in work meetings and unusable some evenings and on the other hand I have vodafone that is stable but I dont get any speeds over 15MB download.


Contemplating getting another antenna like the one you use but not sure will it make any difference with all the trees.

ED E wrote: »

"Other side"

Raise yourself towards the heavens Grim

Had to move the antenna to the other side of the house with a pole. It's not possible to point the antenna to towards enB 113111 and 113498 when the antenna is on the original side of the house as it was mounted on a L bracket that's connected to the gable. when first positioning the antenna I stuck it on the side of the house that was facing 114468. I later found out that 114468 didn't have a Three 4G cell.

Unfortunately for me I am surrounded by trees on 270° and all the trees are over 20-50 feet above the antenna which in its current position is about 5 foot above the ridge of the house.

I think I am pissing against the wind no matter what I do.

the more and more i look at this cell mapper the more confused i get.

The router now tells me im connected to Cell 28956419.

Which is miles upon miles away and my antenna is faced in the opposite direction. I can not see that tower either from a sat image.

Is there anyway to map these towers to Comregs map which are supposed to be accurate.

Im after moving my antenna to the other side of the house and still dont see any difference in speed or stability. Still can not get 4g either with vodafone.

I can not get LOS to any of the cell towers due to my house being surround by trees on nearly all sides. Its making me think the trees are having a bigger impact than i though or else it is the antenna im using.

Do you think if i purchased the another antenna it would improve things. Should i go directional even thought the trees are there?

What do ye think?

smuggler.ie wrote: »

In ~March i got myself ISKRA P-58 L700 kit
Cant say its much better signal than the original, but some improvement.
Edit: i have "dropped" sat dish i had on old antenna and still maintain same signal/speed level. Old antenna now serve as secondary connection, for work.

Omni vs Dir - it'll pick strongest signal available in the vicinity.
Where my new dir antenna still, very occasionally, jump onto "slow" cell, i think omni wont even consider what cell to go for

Your situation might differ (!)

At this stage I am willing to try anything as i have no other option. Just hope that the dir antenna wont be affected too much by the trees.


what do you think of this baby. Says 5g so might as well future proof if i am going to do it.

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Perfect! Invisible too! Can you link data sheet so we know details?

https://www.iskra.eu/en/MIMO/MIMO-Antenna-P-60-5G-7003800/


Just realised they need nearly a meter between the antennas so thats probably a no go since the pole it is mounted on already has a Soarview and a sat dish and wont have that kind of space