How to locate an iBurst base station using Google Maps

[chrisc4290]

There is one on top of Primrose Park, about 200m from Plumstead station on the Main Road side.

[ginggs]

Thank you sooooo much for this. My download speed went from 0.05Mb/s to 0.72 Mb/s by just redirecting my antenna to another tower. Signal strength went down from ± 92% to ± 80%. But worth it.

Glad it helped!

I have an omni antenna on my roof but recently found I was getting better speeds from the modem sitting in the window, attaching to a different base station.
It seems signal strength is not everything, sometimes it is better to aim at a base station with a lighter load.

There is one on top of Primrose Park, about 200m from Plumstead station on the Main Road side.

Won't you post a link in this thread, please?

[ginggs]

I took a drive through this area yesterday. From the coverage map, I think I have the right spot, but I couldn't see the usual 12-element antenna array anywhere.



However, on top of this apartment block, it looked as if the 12-element array had been split into four, and placed around the lift machine room.



Has anyone else seen anything similar?

[bdt]

There's a split-in-half one on this radio mast in Midrand, is the only one like that I can recall off the top of my head ..and I've added some data to that thread.

[ginggs]

There's a split-in-half one on this radio mast in Midrand, is the only one like that I can recall off the top of my head ..and I've added some data to that thread.

Thanks!