Dr. Jonathan Kramer's Cell Tower Photo Gallery

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Most viewed - Wireless Sites
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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect356 views
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Self-supporting cell tower - Mass Turnpike356 viewsThis co-location site is in Newton, MA along the turnpike.
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Pumping more then water...356 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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Power Transmission Tower Site356 viewsNextel's site not only provides local cell coverage along a highly traveled (and very dangerous) state highway, it also serves as a repeater site to relay MTSO connections to a site yet further away. If you didn't understand that, give me a call and I'll explain! :-) Between Victorville and Littlerock, California.
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A Tank of Signal356 viewsT-Mobile's water tank cell site, which doubles as a residential community sales sign. San Diego, California. Built in 2002, you can read about this site here: http://tinyurl.com/TMO-Tank
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Smokestack BTS equipment355 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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Great Scott! (Even more)355 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Cable TV Headend Cell Site354 viewsOne of Comcast's cable television headend towers in the Philadelphia area supports cell panel antennas.
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Restful Signal354 viewsSprint's antennas are on the motel sign just out of the frame on the right side. It's BTS equipment is located in the bricked area to the left center of this photo. Notice the power panel, transfer switch, etc. on the left side of the enclosure. From the street side, this enclosure is very well designed to blend in with the buidling.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles354 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Lattice Tower in Sutter County353 viewsOff of California State Route 70 at Nicolaus Road you'll find this lattice tower site.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California353 views
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Catch a Dream With This Site353 viewsLocated ajacent to the "Dreamcatcher Cinema" in Espanola, NM, this uni-pole-ish, mon-pole-ish site is owned by TowerCo.
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8 foot antenna on building353 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art353 viewsThis public art cell site was designed by Ron Pekar and Sandy McDaniel; brought to life by Esteban John DuPont's CellTech Wireless, sponsored by Crown Castle, and authorized by the City of San Diego. This is a wonderful result for a great collaboration. Located at CA905 and Beyer Blvd in San Diego.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles353 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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After the COW...351 viewsBefore and during the construction of this Nextel site on US Government property, the firm used a COW to provide service along I-405 in West Los Angeles. A photo of that particular COW may be viewed in the non-camo section of this gallery.
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Building top multi-sector cell site351 viewsPlain vanilla. No "touch of gold" here.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California351 viewsPano of the front of the building.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California351 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Restful Signal350 viewsHere's a non-camo three sector Sprint site located on a motel sign post in Azusa, California.
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A Tank of Signal350 viewsT-Mobile's water tank cell site, which doubles as a residential community sales sign. San Diego, California. Built in 2002, you can read about this site here: http://tinyurl.com/TMO-Tank
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California349 views
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Updated to Digital...348 viewsThis overview shot shows the antennas (cells and GPS) on a traffic signal, and the BTS equipment in the sidewalk area to the left of the traffic signal. Compare this photo to the photograph in this gallery from a few years ago when this was an analog site.
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Los Alamos, New Mexico348 viewsThis is a monopole owned by Alltel, and is located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This tower is fairly close to the airport, so that's why you see an aircraft warning light on the top.
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Radio Plaza in Santa Fe, NM348 viewsThis is an updated photo of the Radio Plaza site, overlooing the historic central plaza in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
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Cricket in Santa Fe348 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art348 viewsThis public art cell site was designed by Ron Pekar and Sandy McDaniel; brought to life by Esteban DuPont's CellTech Wireless, sponsored by Crown Castle, and authorized by the City of San Diego. This is a wonderful result for a great collaboration. Located at CA905 and Beyer Blvd in San Diego.
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Two monopoles - Co-location site.346 viewsThese towers are located near Worcester, MA.
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Now you See it, and Now you Do346 viewsThis non-camo/camo site is located near a major freeway and arterial roadway.
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Lots of BTS Equipment in the Sidewalk Area346 viewsThis AT&T Wireless base station is located in the right-of-way. The smaller pedestal to the left of the BTS houses the power company meter.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles346 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Simple, single carrier wireless site345 viewsSimple monopole with a single carrier
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Great Scott!345 viewsYet another view of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles345 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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AT&T Wireless (Cingular) Omni Site344 viewsAT&T Wireless built this dual band cellular/PCS site in West Los Angeles adjacent to a large regional mall and a busy intersection. This photo shows a second set of omnidirection antennas immediately adjacent to the public parking space.
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Power Transmission Tower Site343 viewsPECO transmission tower cell site in Philadelphia.
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CornucopiaMicrowave Horn in Las Vegas, New Mexico342 viewsThis is a 'cornucopia' (high performance) microwave antenna at the CenturyLink Central Office in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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Verizon Camo Church Site 342 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles342 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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The Golden Signal341 viewsOne of T-Mobile's sector antennas at its Chico, California water tank site. Photo taken just before sunset.
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Santa Fe High School Light Standard341 viewsLight Standard site at Santa Fe High School (New Mexico)
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Santa Fe High School Light Standard341 viewsLight Standard site at Santa Fe High School (New Mexico)
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Das Mock-up in Palos Verdes Estates, California341 viewsAn incomplete mock up showing the proposed DAS equipment and antennas but none of what will be visible cables interconnecting them.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles340 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Power Transmission Tower Site339 viewsPECO transmission tower cell site in Philadelphia.
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Sprint Omni Site339 viewsTwo on an Arm legacy Sprint site in Los Angeles
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California339 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Close-up of transmission tower wireless installation, Irvine, CA338 viewsUtilizing the powerline ROW, this wireless site makes use of a power transmission tower.
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Santa Fe Big Steel Lattice Tower338 viewsSanta Fe, New Mexico
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Sprint Omni Site338 viewsTwo baby-vents for Sprint's equipment vault.
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AT&T Wireless (Cingular) Omni Site337 viewsAT&T Wireless built this dual band cellular/PCS site in West Los Angeles adjacent to a large regional mall and a busy intersection.
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Multi-carrier Monopole Site337 viewsMulti-carrier Monopole Site in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California337 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Cell-on-a-roof336 viewsThree sector cell site on a commercial building rooftop.
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Big Steel over Las Vegas (New Mexico, that is)336 viewsThis multi-carrier tower serves much of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site336 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Spectrasite in Paramount, California335 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking west).
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Time to Shippee Out the Signal335 views...from this Spectrasite lattice tower on Shippee Road in Oroville, California. Nextel is on the tower. The tower ASR is 1239078. I like the way the tower reflects in the water.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California335 viewsLooking up the (camo) skirt of the site.
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NextG (Crown Castle) Dual DAS in Redondo Beach, CA335 viewsThis is an example of why the assertion that 'DAS and done' is not always true. This site was originally permitted as a single DAS site, but another carrier wanted to be at the same site, so a larger cabinet holding two DAS nodes was installed, as was a second antenna.
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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ334 viewsCricket didn't do much to camo its site atop the Holiday Inn on Country Club in Mesa, Arizona. From a different view along the street the panel antennas are plainly visible. Not recommended.
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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County334 views
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California334 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site334 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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The signal is Smok'n from this site!333 viewsThis is a cell site constructed on an old mill brick smokestack. Located in Westborough, MA.
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2,500 Years Apart333 viewsThe Acropolis above Athens has been standing for 2,500 years. The cell antennas on the rooftops, not so long.
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art333 viewsThis public art cell site was designed by Ron Pekar and Sandy McDaniel; brought to life by Esteban DuPont's CellTech Wireless, sponsored by Crown Castle, and authorized by the City of San Diego. This is a wonderful result for a great collaboration. Located at CA905 and Beyer Blvd in San Diego.
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Multi-carrier Cell Site Cleverly Disguised As An Upscale Hotel331 viewsLooking northeast. Close-up of cells on the southwest wall. Notice the loose cables.
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Sprint Omni Site331 viewsTwo on an Arm legacy Sprint site in Los Angeles
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SFO Airport - Terminal 2/Admin Building330 viewsCan you spot the single panel? There's a matching panel just off the photo to the right.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California330 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area329 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California327 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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8 foot antenna on building326 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California326 viewsT-Mobile BTS.
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Multi-carrier Cell Site Cleverly Disguised As An Upscale Hotel325 viewsLooking southwest. Cells on the northwest wall.
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AT&T Wireless (Cingular) Omni Site324 viewsAT&T Wireless built this dual band cellular/PCS site in West Los Angeles adjacent to a large regional mall and a busy intersection. This photo shows a second set of omnidirection antennas immediately adjacent to the public parking space.
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One of T-Mobile's sector antennas at its Chico, California water tank site. Photo taken just before sunset.324 viewsAnother view of two sectors of T-Mobile's antennas at its Chico, California water tank site. Photo taken just before sunset.
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324 viewsThis is a very, very tall self-supporting lattice tower site, owned by American Tower, in Espanola, New Mexico.
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Antalya Province324 views
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California324 viewsT-Mobile BTS.
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Multi-carrier Cell Site Cleverly Disguised As An Upscale Hotel323 viewsLooking northeast. Cells on the roof (camo) and on the southwest wall.
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One Well-Placed PG&E Transmission Tower322 viewsPG&E sure scored locating this tower near the I280 freeway adjacent to Redwood City, California. Lots of carriers (4), lots of income.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California322 viewsLooking up the (camo) skirt of the site.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California322 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California322 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Guyed Tower in Cantua Creek, California321 viewsA big tower in a small town. It's guyed.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California321 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California321 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site321 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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SFO Airport - Superbay Hanger318 viewsThe cell antennas are mounted on the roof of the Superbay hanger in the top center of the photograph.
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