2006 Post Archives

Filed under: WEBSITE - Dec 31 2006

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Dec 20, 2006

bullet New Nextel cell site active at Robb Drive and Sharlands Avenue – a new monopole next to the Winner’s Corner convenience store.
 
Dec 9, 2006
Dec 6, 2006

bullet New T-Mobile cell site active at Rock Blvd. and Greg Street in Sparks, next to Abbey Carpet. CID 4340x.
 
Nov 12, 2006
Nov 8, 2006

bullet New Cingular cell site active on Overmyer Road in Sparks, which is 2 blocks SE of McCarran and Glendale. This new cell site will improve coverage and capacity in the I-80 and E. McCarran Blvd. area. CID 6118x.
 
Nov 2, 2006

bullet New T-Mobile monopole cell site active behind Speedway Market at Peckham Lane and Neil Road. CID 4337x.
 
Oct 13, 2006

bullet New Sprint PCS cell site at the Galena High School football field. A temporary mast was recently erected, and there are plans to put the antennas on one of the stadium light poles.
 
Oct 11, 2006

bullet New Cingular cell site now active behind Sportsman’s Warehouse near Moana and Kietzke Lane (CID 6121x). The site is a 75′ tall flagpole that should enhance coverage at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Atlantis Casino and residential areas to the east of the site.
 
Oct 10, 2006

bullet New Cricket cell site active on North Edison near Mill Street – co-located on a monopole with Cingular Wireless. This new site will improve coverage in the  industrial area of south Sparks.
 
bullet Cingular micro-cell site discovered at the Cingular Wireless store at Damonte Ranch Parkway and South Virginia Street (CID 6195x). This site provides 1900Mhz coverage at stores around the shopping center. Due to the limited coverage of the site, it will not be included in the “number of known cell sites” totals or on the maps at this time.
 
Oct 9, 2006

bullet New Verizon cell site active at Pyramid Way and Queens Way in Sparks. The new site is co-located on a church tower with Cricket.
 
Oct 6, 2006

bullet New Verizon cell site approved for construction on Chalk Ridge Court in Somersett development in west Reno.
 
bullet New T-Mobile cell site approved for construction near Speedway Market at Peckham Lane and Neil Road.
 
Sept 28, 2006

bullet New Verizon cell site under construction at Pyramid Way and Queens Way in Sparks. The new site is co-located on a church tower with Cricket.
 
Sept 26, 2006

bullet New Verizon cell site now active at Aircenter Circle near Longley Lane and Mira Loma Drive. The new site is co-located on an existing pole with Cingular and Cricket.
 
Sept 16, 2006

bullet Thanks to a spotter, a new Cricket cell site has been discovered on Grove Street, between Kietzke and Harvard. The spotter indicates the site went up around the beginning of this year. The antennas are on a guyed pole.
 
Sept 13, 2006
  • Updated links to Sprint PCS and Nextel’s Published Coverage Maps to new website showing zoomable street level coverage maps.
     
Sep 9, 2006

bullet New Sprint cell site active behind Wal-Mart at South Virginia Street and Damonte Ranch Parkway. The site looks to be temporary, with the antennas mounted on a guyed pole, The site is next to a permanent monopole currently occupied by Cricket and Clearwire.
 
Sep 3, 2006

bullet New Cingular cell site approved for construction – flagpole next to Sportsman’s Warehouse at Kietzke and Moana Lane.
 
Aug 17, 2006
  • Added Premium Content that let’s website contributors download Google Earth KML files showing cell site locations for all the wireless carrier’s in the Reno/Tahoe area.
Aug 4, 2006

bullet Discovered 4 new Nextel cell sites along I-80 corridor between CA/NV border and Hirschdale, filling in former coverage gap.
 
Aug 3, 2006

bullet Nextel co-located on Chalk Ridge Ct. in Somersett development in west Reno.
 
Aug 1, 2006

bullet Changed link to Cingular’s new interactive, street-level coverage map.
 
bullet Added map point for newly discovered Cingular cell site in east Dayton near Pinenut and N. Rainbow Dr. (thanks to R. Silver)
 
Jul 25, 2006

bullet Cricket and T-Mobile cell sites now active on Chalk Ridge Court in Somersett development in west Reno. T-Mobile CID 4338x.
 
Jul 23, 2006

bullet 3 carriers approved to co-locate on existing monopoles providing coverage to the Somersett development in west Reno: Cricket, T-Mobile and Clearwire Wireless Broadband. Sprint PCS already provides coverage from the site located Chalk Ridge Court.
 
bullet Cricket approved to co-locate on a monopole with Cingular on North Edison Drive, next to the Truckee River.
 
bullet Verizon approved to co-locate on a monopole with Cingular and Cricket on Aircenter Circle near Longley Lane and Mira Loma Drive.
 
Jul 3, 2006

bullet 2 new Cingular cell sites discovered covering the I-80 corridor between Reno and Truckee: One is located near the CHP truck inspection station, approximately 1 mile east of the Prosser Village Road/Truckee interchange near Truckee (CID 1254x). The other is located approximately 1.5 miles SSW of Floriston (CID 1255x). Calls on Cingular still drop between Floriston and Farad, however initiating a call is possible courtesy of roaming on a T-Mobile cell site in Floriston.
 
bullet 2 new Verizon cell sites discovered in the Truckee area: One is located east of Glenshire along I-80 – approximately 1.25 miles ESE of the Boca interchange. This site is on a lattice tower co-located with T-Mobile, Sprint and Cingular. The other new site is next to the Northstar Ski Resort administration building, co-located on a monopole with T-Mobile.
 
Jun 13, 2006

bullet New Nextel cell site approved for construction at 910 Robb Drive, at the Winner’s Corner convenience store.
 
May 12, 2006

bullet Two side-by-side monopoles under construction above Somersett subdivision, near Sprint’s temporary cell site on Chalk Ridge Ct. At this time known carrier’s that will co-locate at the site include a permanent Sprint cell site, and Clearwire Wireless Broadband.
 
Apr 23, 2006

bullet New Nextel cell site active at 3105 Plumas Street at an office complex near Brinkby Avenue.
 
bullet New Nextel cell site active behind Scolari’s supermarket on South Virginia and Hwy 395 freeway – co-located on a monopole with Sprint, Cricket, and Clearwire Wireless Broadband.
 
bullet New Sprint cell site active near Longley Lane and Aircenter Circle – co-located on a monopole with  Nextel.
 
Apr 20, 2006
  • Sprint Nextel to acquire Ubiquitel – the local affiliate for Sprint PCS. News Release
     
Apr 11, 2006

bullet New T-Mobile cell site active in northwest Reno near Kings Row and Wyoming Ave. The antennas are disguised inside a church steeple at 2207 Kings Row. CID 817x
 
Feb 27, 2006

bullet New Cingular cell site permit approved at 1750 Mountain St. in Carson City according to Reno Gazette-Journal
 
bullet New Nextel cell site approved for construction at 3105 Plumas Street at an office complex near Brinkby Avenue.
 
Feb 14, 2006

bullet New Nextel cell site under construction behind Scolari’s supermarket on South Virginia and Hwy 395 freeway. This site is co-located on a monopole with Sprint PCS and Clearwire.
 
Feb 6, 2006
Jan 18, 2006

bullet New T-Mobile cell site approved for construction near Kings Row and Wyoming Ave. in Reno in a church steeple.
 
Jan 9, 2006

bullet Confirmed new Cingular cell site co-located on monopole approx.1 mile east of Spooner Summit along Highway 50. CID 378x. This location provides good coverage from Spooner Summit east to Carson City for Nextel and Verizon as well. Updated Dec. 13 and 15th updates with CID info.
 
bullet Discovered new Cingular GSM cell site on tower at Spooner Summit. CID 336x.
 
bullet 2 new Cingular cell sites in Carson Valley, south of Carson City – locations unknown. CID 1358x and 6101x.
 
Jan 4, 2006

bullet New T-Mobile cell site active in Spanish Springs near the water towers at Pyramid Lake Hwy and Golden View Drive. CID 1315x.