Category: CARRIERS

A new Sprint/Nextel cell site in Virginia City was confirmed last weekend. The antennas are disguised in a gray monopole/flag pole on the south end of the city near Gold Hill.

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Original post 8/2/07 – Updated 9/3/07

I just noticed a recently installed Sprint cell site above McCarran & Skyline in west Reno. This cell site fills a previous dead zone along the busy McCarran Blvd. corridor between Cashill Blvd. and Manzanita Lane.

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Thanks to a contributor for the pictures.

Verizon has recently tuned on a new cell site in Incline Village on Wilson Way – off Golfers Pass Road and Hwy 431. The monopine is located next to the Mountain Golf Course Club House.

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Thanks to Robert Rappaport, SierraTech, Incline Village, NV for the information and pictures.

It was recently confirmed that Edge Wireless, an AT&T affiliate, has co-located a cell-site near the intersection of Hwy 395 and Highway 70 north of Reno. This intersection is also referred to as Hallelujah Junction. Earlier this year antennas were co-located on an existing monopole that provides Verizon coverage in the area. This new Edge Wireless cell site provides AT&T customers roaming coverage in a previous dead zone around the area.

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The AT&T cell site across from the Grand Sierra Resort has been moved once again. Earlier this year the site was moved a few hundred yards west to make room for a new Wal-Mart that will be constructed on the site. In the past few days a new pole has been placed atop a billboard on the property next to Hwy395, and additional antennas have been installed vertically on the pole.

In the picture you can see the temporary and permanent antenna structures. The top of the temporary antennas are even with the bottom of the billboard, and just to the left of it – barely “seeing” above the freeway structure. The new, permanent pole extends above the top of the billboard. With the added height and additional antennas, this site should also increase coverage inside Renown Medical Center’s new expansion.

(Photo taken with Treo650).

The new T-Mobile cell site on Sunshine Lane near East 2nd Street in Reno is now active. This site will enhance coverage inside Renown Medical Center, Grand Sierra Resort and freeway coverage around the I-80/Hwy 395 “Spaghetti Bowl”. CID 4336x.

Click here to view a map location of the new cell site

The new T-Mobile cell site in Sparks as mentioned on April 27 is now active. The white monopole / flagpole is located on the west side of the shopping center that includes the Raley’s supermarket at the southwest corner of McCarran and Pyramid. CID 4335x.

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I have just completed the “Dead Zone” pages that lists previously reported dead zone and drop-out areas. More importantly, anyone can now submit their own experiences with dead zones or drop-outs via our online form. See the Dead Zone link at the top of the page.

To prevent spam all submissions are moderated, but should appear on the web site within 24 hours.

Thank you for your participation. With the help of user reports, hopefully the wireless carriers will act quickly on this information and fill coverage holes where needed.

The at&t cell site just north of the Grand Sierra resort has been moved a few hundred yards to the west, next to the freeway. Wal-Mart plans to construct a new store on the property, and for the last few months the at&t cell site has been the only building left standing on the property.

New T-Mobile monopole cell site under construction near McCarran and Pyramid Way in Sparks, just west of Raley’s.

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