Inside a Modern Cell Site — Walk-In Cabinet (WIC) Tour

Tour of a modern cell site in a factory-built walk-in cabinet (WIC). Fiber and -48V DC up the monopole — coax is gone. Rectifiers, batteries, site router, baseband units, FirstNet, grounding, ice bridge. Do not enter a live site unless you are authorized. Sites are alarmed. Chapters: 00:00 Monopole, grounds, halo 01:30 Ice bridge, DC trunks, fiber trunks 02:30 Strike/surge boxes and WIC exterior 04:30 Inside: power plant / rectifiers 06:40 Batteries and DC breakers 08:20 Site router, fiber, baseband (700 / FirstNet / 850 / 1900) 10:40 HVAC / cabinet cooling Older shelter-style site:    • Cell site walkthrough   Narrated “how cell towers work”:    • Cell Towers, how they work.   Discord: discord.gg/CENQRw5CeQ