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james_s:
I've been hearing about the 3G mobile phone network being retired in 2022 and that got me wondering what that means as far as potentially interesting hardware hitting the surplus market. Older network shutdowns resulted in a glut of affordable Rubidium oscillators, high quality OCXOs, GPSDOs and other bits and pieces on the surplus market. Does anyone here know what sorts of equipment are used in 3G installations?
eti:

--- Quote from: james_s on December 27, 2021, 10:57:32 pm ---I've been hearing about the 3G mobile phone network being retired in 2022 and that got me wondering what that means as far as potentially interesting hardware hitting the surplus market. Older network shutdowns resulted in a glut of affordable Rubidium oscillators, high quality OCXOs, GPSDOs and other bits and pieces on the surplus market. Does anyone here know what sorts of equipment are used in 3G installations?

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In which country? America is not the world.
james_s:

--- Quote from: eti on December 27, 2021, 10:59:34 pm ---In which country? America is not the world.

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You answered your own question, so I might ask, why did you even ask? Were you just wanting an excuse to be a jackass? See that little flag under my name? That is there to tell you which country I'm referring to, unless I specify another. Also does it even matter? Is 3G equipment in one part of the world significantly different than 3G equipment in another part of the world?
SiliconWizard:
There's probably a bunch of this kind of reference clock generators:
https://www.valiantcom.com/time-frequency/time-frequency.html
And of course RF amplifiers.
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: eti on December 27, 2021, 11:08:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: james_s on December 27, 2021, 11:02:16 pm ---
--- Quote from: eti on December 27, 2021, 10:59:34 pm ---In which country? America is not the world.

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You answered your own question, so I might ask, why did you even ask? Were you just wanting an excuse to be a jackass? See that little flag under my name? That is there to tell you which country I'm referring to, unless I specify another. Also does it even matter? Is 3G equipment in one part of the world significantly different than 3G equipment in another part of the world?

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I like your logic: *assume* someone is being a wise-guy, so get in there first and be one to them (when they were not, in fact, being one) - to set an example of why others shouldn't be one. Genius.  ;D

All you needed to say was "America" without all the snotty tone, which isn't too difficult. Americans often (VERY VERY VERY often) assume they're the pivor around which the earth rotates. Since this is a common thing, I was trying to see if you meant America, or in general.

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Oh give it a rest. To me, an Englishman, your comment read as snide. You could have just said "In which countries?", adding the rest about America read as a dig whether you intended that or not.
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