Telstra 3G network towers

Submitted: Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 18:24

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Member-George (WA)

Does anyone know of a signal finder that will give the direction/location of Telstra 3G towers from any location, Australia wide. Cheers

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Reply By: Member - MUZBRY(Vic) - Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:13

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:13

Gday George
Try cellsite.nudge.id.au/ no guaranties , but a hunch......

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Follow Up By: Member-George (WA) - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:35

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:35

Thanks Muzbry, I do have that site

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Follow Up By: Mike DiD - Sunday, May 08, 2011 at 19:18

Sunday, May 08, 2011 at 19:18

Easy to use site - positions seem to be shown 200 metres North of actual position.

A shame it hasn't been updated after June 2008.

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Reply By: mike39 - Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:31

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:31

G'day George.
Something that we (in the past) were interested in from the "point of view" that when we knew exactly the bearing to direct our "home brew" yagi antenna we could get next g reception in some very remote locations.

Now, with our purchase of the Inmarsat Isatphone which uses a geo. stat. satellite constellation (no dropouts) the best of both worlds is available at very reasonable cost.

Worth looking at.
mike

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Follow Up By: Member - Troll 81 (QLD) - Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 20:52

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 20:52

Mike,

Don't want to hijack the thread but how do you find the Inmarsat satphone pro? I am seriously looking at one with the prepaid option..$550 from the US

Thanks

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Follow Up By: mike39 - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 07:52

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 07:52

Troll.
In a word "excellent"
We have the Govt. rebate which made the purchase easier.

Yes, prepaid is the best way to go, credits last 2yrs., and top ups also extend the credit residue out a further 2yrs.

The only downside is anyone calling the phone is making an international call at pretty high cost.
Because it is an international phone, to call a local au number requires dialling the au international access code.

Outcalls about 90c./min., sms 45c.
mike

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Follow Up By: Member-George (WA) - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:38

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:38

Thanks Mike, You have it spot on. Unfortunately the Inmarset phne won't connect me to the internet. Cheers

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Follow Up By: Dennis Ellery - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 15:42

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 15:42

Hi Mike39,
I am looking at buying a satellite phone – can you get the rebate on phones purchased online from the US. If so who did you purchase from?
Regards Dennis

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Reply By: Member - JohnBee (VIC) - Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:58

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 19:58

Gday...

This site will give you the location of TV Towers and Telstra NextG towers .... you just select which one you want to see from the "Select Data" words after typing in the town you are in.....

TV & Telstra NextG Towers

Hope this is helpful ... in some way

Cheers
John

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Follow Up By: Member - JohnBee (VIC) - Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 20:01

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 20:01

Gday...

Sorry .... when the map loads after typing in the town and selecting TV Tower or NextG, put your mouse over the blue markers and then click and it will show 'numbers' .... hopefully these will assist.

Cheers
John

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Follow Up By: Member-George (WA) - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:43

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:43

Thanks John, that is an interesting site but similar to the one mentioned earlier. Cheers

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Reply By: Member - Rod N (QLD) - Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 21:02

Wednesday, Apr 27, 2011 at 21:02

You can get POIs for Next G towers from Australia POI You can download different formats including OziExplorer.

Another option is Nomad's Almanac but you need to add the Next G data, I have a file for it if you go down this path.

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Follow Up By: Member-George (WA) - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:55

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:55

Thanks Rod. Will the Nomad's Almanac give me a search function, i.e. enter a location name, which will bring up a map of the location with Telstra NextG towers. Cheers

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Follow Up By: Member - Rod N (QLD) - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 13:09

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 13:09

George, It has a search function for place names or you can enter lat/long for your position. It does not have detailed maps. It gives satellite (TV) information and distance and bearing to towers, AM/FM radio, dig/analog TV and, as I have entered, NextG.....Rod

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Follow Up By: Member-George (WA) - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:10

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:10

Hi Rod, Thanks for that

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Reply By: SDG - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 00:23

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 00:23

Dumb question.
Why?
Does it make any difference if your looking in the direction of the tower? I thought the arials were omnidirectional, meaning it would not matter which way you were pointing.

TV arials I under stand. They need to be pointed towards a tower.

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Reply By: Member-George (WA) - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:34

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:34

Thanks to everyone that replied. I should explain my reason for wanting a signal finder. I have a Yagi aerial which I want to point directly to a Telstra tower. This is to get internet connection in remote fringe areas. I know that I can the location of telstra towers from various internet sites but then I need to plot this on Oziexplorer and get the bearings that way. These web sites are not allways up to date and some of the tower positions are not always where indicated. I thought that if there was a signal direction finder available it would make it a lot easier to find the direction of Telstra towers. Any further suggestions would be appreciated. Cheers

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Follow Up By: Crackles - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:35

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 19:35

You're over thinking this one George. Slowly rotate your Yagi aerial & look at the number of reception bars on the screen. More bars equals direction of tower :-)
Cheers Craig............

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Reply By: snoopyone - Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 13:44

Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 13:44

Maybe this is what you want

http://spench.net/drupal/software/ozgeorfmap

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Reply By: member - mazcan - Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 at 14:11

Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 at 14:11

hi george wa
one thing i have noticed with your thread question is you specificly asked for a signal finder and help for 3G network towers

and yet everyone has given you next-g imfo
so is it 3g or next-g imfo that you were seeking ????????????????????
cheers
barry

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Follow Up By: snoopyone - Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 at 14:15

Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 at 14:15

Frequently on the same tower or possibly Op using wrong definition.

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Follow Up By: Member-George (WA) - Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 at 15:32

Saturday, Apr 30, 2011 at 15:32

Hi Mazcan, Just telstra towers that service the mobil network but more specifcally, the Next G network. I am looking for a direction finder, similar to that used for free to air satelite finders, Cheers

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