How To Locate Your Cellular Tower |
| Friday, 30 September 2011 | |
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EVDOinfo.com has long been your source for tips, tricks, hacks and suggestions for getting the most out of your EVDO service, and each week we will be highlighting a particularly interesting or popular topic in the "Tip of the Week" feature. To suggest future Tips of the Week, post your suggestions in the EVDO Forums. EVDOinfo Tip Of The Week #75: How To Locate Your Cellular Tower
Over the last year LTE service with Verizon has expanded rapidly, and a lot of the popular antenna solutions for LTE or WiMAX
are directionally based. This means you need to physically aim the
directional antenna at the cellular tower to get the best possible
reception. So, one of the most common questions that we get asked is "How do I figure out where my cell tower is?",
and there are some tools that you can use online to help you figure
this out. The sites below can help you get a general idea of the
direction you'll need to aim the antenna, and figure out where the best
place to mount the antenna is on your home. We recommend using the
following tools to help you locate and aim a directional antenna.
Locator Sites:
Which site should I use?
We actually recommend using both sites in tandem to search for cellular towers to get the most accurate search results. There are instances where AntennaSearch.com may indicate a tower that CellReception.com doesn't, or it could be the other way around. Using both sites together will give you the best chance to figure out exactly where your carriers cellular towers are, helping you figure out where to aim the antenna. If you'd like to get more precise you can use an application like Google Earth, which will allow you to place thumbtacks over the tower locations. You can then use the ruler feature to draw a line and figure out the exact alignment and view that might be blocking the signal. As always we also recommend following are "Will An Antenna Help Me?" guide prior to purchasing equipment to determine if the antenna will help you. Related Links:
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