 Most viewed
|
Two Greek Cows555 views...on the road between Athens and the Athens Airport. Shot through the window of a moving taxi.
|
|
Nextel Camo Site554 viewsThis Nextel camo site is located in Sunnyvale, California. Not seen in this photo is a flat panel (diamond) microwave antenna that is roof mounted.
|
|
Yerba Buena Island Site Serving the Oakland Bay Bridge554 viewsFrom July, 2001: This multicarrier site is pumping RF along the upper and lower spans of the Oakland Bay Bridge. Located on Yerba Buena Island (on the south side of the spans), this is an interesting configuration, employing "tip-to-tip" construction.
June 2008: This site no long exists. It has been removed to make way for construction of the new Bay Bridge connection to Yerba Buena Island. -jlk
|
|
Cell on Taxi ("CAT"?) No... It just Turkcell554 views
|
|
AVEA (A & A) colo with Turk cell site554 viewsColo site: Avea and Turk
|
|
Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles554 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.
|
|
Faux church steeple - nearing completion553 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site is nearing completion. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
|
|
Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington553 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington. Notice the climbing space through the bottom platform.
|
|
Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm553 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
|
|
PCS at City Hall552 viewsThis Sprint site at the Redondo Beach, California City Hall also supports public safety radio antennas above and below the panels.
|
|
It's a Gas! (Overview)552 viewsCompare this photo, taken in May 2005, with the photo of the same site taken in June 2001. You'll see the replacement of the center antenna in each sector. Not nearly as clean as the original design. City of Los Angeles (Brentwood area).
|
|
Church Steeple Site in Long Beach, California552 viewsChurch Steeple Site
|
|
Rebar cage for underground transmitter building - From ramp551 viewsAnother shot of the rebar that forms the soon-to-be underground transmitter building. The roadway in the background goes to the antenna site, adjacent to a camouflaged water tank.
|
|
Flamingos Have Antennas!551 viewsI always focused on the tail feathers of Flamingos. Who knew that they had antennas, too!
|
|
Sprint's COW: Rose Bowl 2006550 viewsSprint's COW at the 2006 Rose Bowl Game.
|
|
Das da ticket!550 viewsAT&T uses a distributed antenna system (DAS) to light this site on Valley Circle in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles County). The DAS node, manufactured by Andrew Corporation, is the small box affixed to the larger power meter pedestal cabinet.
|
|
550 views
|
|
Surface mounted antennas sometimes just require matching paint549 viewsThis surface mount wireless site is less visible due to the use of matching paint on the antenna radomes. Less visible, but not a true camouflage site.
|
|
Faux church steeple - Looking inside549 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site has plenty of room inside for antenna installation. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
|
|
BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign549 viewsAt California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are in the radome atop the parking lot lights (seen in this background right of this photo), and the BTS equipment is behind the monument entry sign.
|
|
Cable Pulling Vault: Sprint's San Dimas Water Tank549 viewsThe cables from the BTS to the antennas pass through this pulling vault, then go up the legs of the tank to the antennas.
|
|
The Sweet Taste of Signal549 viewsCingular and an unidentified second carrier use this old silo in Loveland, Colorado. Photo by Steve Allen of Kramer.Firm, Inc.
|
|
Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California549 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
|
|
It's a Gas! (Overview)548 viewsCompare this photo, taken in June, 2001, with the photo of the same site taken in May 2005. You'll see the original antenna in the center of each sector. Much cleaner than the replacement design. City of Los Angeles (Brentwood area).
|
|
The Sweet Taste of Signal548 viewsCingular and an unidentified second carrier use this old sugar silo in Loveland, Colorado. Photo by Steve Allen of Kramer.Firm, Inc. Loveland Sugar Co.
|
|
548 views
|
|
Faux church steeple - Nearly complete546 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site is nearly complete. Final matching will occur on site. The RF-transparent louvers are to be installed after this photo, but before delivery to the job site. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
|
|
Painting on the Sky 5 of 6545 viewsBill's painting on the sky!
|
|
Faux 'faux chimney'545 viewsCingular's faux chimney on the rear of a real estate office is a better design than the front faux chimney, yet this chimney suffers from one of the same faults as the front: the panel antenna protrudes above the level of the faux chimney.
|
|
Sprint's San Dimas Water Tank - Entry Port544 viewsLooking up to the entry port of Sprint's water tank in San Dimas, California
|
|
Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm544 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
|
|
Two Cacti Site - Eagle Mountain Golf Course and Inn542 viewsSprint's site, designed by Larson-USA, is an outstanding deployment.
|
|
542 views
|
|
Looking at the entry area.541 viewsHere's a good look at the entry area and the conduits extending from the transmitter building to what will be underground when the earth is pushed back around the building.
|
|
541 views
|
|
Central Sedona Arizona541 viewsThis multicarrier site is located at Fire Station 4 in Sedona, Arizona.
|
|
Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California540 viewsCo-location camo site (Sprint, Verizon, Nextel, Cingular) at St. Andrews by the Sea United Methodist Church, San Clemente.
This camo sector shines to the south. The antennas for this sector are located behind RF transparent panels just below the roof. One of the panels doesn't match, does it?
|
|
KMLT Panorama - Almost Done540 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
|
|
Church Site540 viewsThis church site in San Diego is interesting because the of the add-on to the church (on the left side) to house AT&T's base station equipment. The antennas are located in the steeple.
|
|
NextG DAS - Norwalk, California539 viewsCloseup of NextG Networks DAS light standard node in Norwalk, California. Note the cut-off box grated to the side of the Andrews ION fiber optic node.
|
|
Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California538 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
|
|
What time is it? Time to make a call!537 viewsSort-of camo site (antennas are on the corners of the clock tower). Thousand Oaks, CA.
|
|
Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building536 viewsThe external concrete forms and braces have been removed; the outside is treated for waterproofing; and the pre-cast holes to permit conduit/cable entry are now visible.
|
|
View of the transmitter site from near the antenna site536 viewsHere's an updated view of the KMLT transmitter area take from about 600 fee up the hill (very near the antenna site).
|
|
Wood You Please Support These Antennas?536 viewsUbiquitel uses wood panels to replace antennas not installed on the two-antenna mounts atop this PG&E power tower in Oakhurst, California. This site is at 2765 Powerline Road.
|
|
536 views
|
|
Use a Cell Phone: Go to Jail536 viewsSpotted in Las Vegas, New Mexico
|
|
Verizon 'Small Cell' (Really a DAS node)536 viewsStrapped on to a City of Los Angeles light standard. Cables are routed inside the pole to and through the top cap.
|
|
Faux church steeple - Louvers detail535 viewsThe faux church steeple will be completed with louvers. This photograph is a close-up of the louver detail. These louvers are transparent to radio frequency signals. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
|
|
KMLT Panorama - Almost Done535 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
|
|
The Sweet Taste of Signal535 viewsAnother view of the old Loveland Sugar Co. silo, now used as an antenna support for two carriers (Cingular plus an unidentified carrier).
|
|
Camo Site Overlooking LAX535 viewsThis apartment building sports mutiple carries in the faux parapet. This site, in El Segundo overlooks LAX. It appears to have 3 carriers co-located here.
|
|
Antenna arrays mounted on transmission towers534 viewsClose-up view of an antenna array mounted on a power transmission tower.
|
|
Hope (and signal) Sprints Eternal534 viewsAnother view of the camo antennas at Sprint's Hope Church site in Vista California.
|
|
533 views
|
|
533 views
|
|
Sleep Wirelessly in San Pablo, California532 viewsMetroPCS site inside the legs of a Holiday Inn Express sign. For more views of this site, visit http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/spoca?_requestid=302192.
|
|
Wireless, with Cables532 viewsThis multicarrier site is at the upper station of the Mt. Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska.
|
|
532 views
|
|
Semi-camo tower531 viewsThe Santa Monica Mountains frame this cell site, located along Interstate 405 near the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
|
|
Nextel Cow: Rose Bowl 2006531 viewsNextel's Cow at the 2006 Rose Bowl.
|
|
Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site530 viewsA good detail shot of Sprint's antennas located in a faux elevator penthouse.
|
|
Two on a Stick530 viewsSprint's BTS equipment is located in the large flush-to-grade vault. It's flush vents bracket the BTS vault.
|
|
530 views
|
|
It Radiates Near Radiation530 viewsThis is a monopole owned by American Tower located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. They work on things there that are better left unspoken (absent a suitable security clearance, that it).
|
|
Panoramic view of KMLT - 90% backfilled529 viewsThe entire 'back' portion of the transmitter building is now under dirt. Due to the new location of the trash bin, this panoramic photo is taken from a point to the north of the previous panoramic shots.
|
|
Camo Site in Shopping Center527 viewsThe camo site is located in the clocktower of this shopping center.
|
|
Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington527 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport. Note the airport rotating aerodrome beacon on top of the tank.
|
|
Monopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus526 viewsMonopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus
|
|
Cell site crowning a power transmission tower525 viewsThis cell site, in Walnut Creek, California, is atop a PG&E power transmission tower.
|
|
Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building525 viewsAnother view of the transmitter building and the waterproofing.
|
|
NextG Distributed Antenna System Node525 viewsNextG is a wireless carrier's carrier. They provide fiber links between the BTS and the antenna site using a technology referred to as Distributed Antenna System (DAS). This is a NextG DAS node located in Encinitas, California. The carrier supported by this node is Cricket Wireless. NextG's Cricket network in San Diego County is thought to be the largest deployment of DAS in the U.S.
|
|
Tarzana, California525 viewsClark Avenue
|
|
BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign524 viewsAt California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are in the radome atop the parking lot lights (not seen in this photo), and the BTS equipment is in the background behind the monument entry sign.
|
|
Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California523 viewsCo-location camo site (Sprint, Verizon, Nextel, Cingular) at St. Andrews by the Sea United Methodist Church, San Clemente.
This camo sector shines to the east. You can see the Cingular BTS. The antennas for this sector are located behind RF transparent panels just below the roof.
|
|
Looking at Eagles522 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
|
|
Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007522 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
|
|
AT&T's Upgraded Tree at Camp Pendleton Rest Stop522 viewsAT&T has just upgraded this monopine site to 4G and materially improved the camouflage. Much better than before. N/B I-5 at the rest stop.
|
|
32. Looking down on the Activated Site521 viewsHere's the bird's-eye view looking down at the BTS equipment mounted on the far pad.
|
|
Ground level wireless site on hilltop - CLOSE UP519 viewsThis is a close-up of a cell site atop a hill above a major Interstate Highway. The antennas are mounted at ground level.
|
|
Super Signal From Super 8519 viewsCingular built this camo site below a sign at the Super 8 Motel in Azusa, California. For some reason the radome cover is missing, exposing the three sector antennas to public view.
|
|
2. Routing the Antenna Cables up to the Roof519 viewsThe coaxial cables for the antennas, including the GPS antenna, are loosely placed against teh wall going up to the roof. As you'll see later, these cables will be secured in a cable tray. At this time the GPS antenna is not yet installed.
|
|
A Dam Tall Tower518 viewsThis tall tower, well, towers over Hoover Dam in Nevada and/or Arizona. I guess it depends in which state you live. This tower is on the Nevada side.
|
|
Park'n the Signal on the Roof517 viewsNotice how the coax ground wires are far from supported, attached, and protected at this site. This is a violation of the NEC 810.21(C) and (D) et seq.
|
|
What's Red and Whilte and Radiates All Over517 views...it's this T-Mobile lattice tower in Gridley, California.
|
|
Don't worry...the ladder will be removed before the concrete is poured.517 viewsWorkers preping the CEV for the concrete pour. The large holes are to connect to what will be intake and outflow air vents yet to be installed.
|
|
Yet another awful Mobilitie design517 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
|
|
Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site516 viewsIn West Los Angeles, Sprint's antennas are located in a faux elevator penthouse, and the base telecommunications station equipment is in the foreground on the left side.
|
|
515 views
|
|
Light Standard Under Construction514 viewsThe double arms of this light standard, and the radome containing the antennas above the arms are yet to be placed.
|
|
Cell site on power transmission pole513 viewsThis site in located in British Columbia, Canada.
|
|
1. Antennas to be Hidden in Clock Tower513 viewsThree of four sides of the exsting clock tower had walls partially removed to permit the installation of RF-transparent fiberglass panels. As you'll see later, once the antennas are installed behind the panels, the panels are painted and textured to match the rest of the structure, thus hiding the antenna locations.
|
|
Major Macrocell Site (multiple carriers)512 viewsThis is an example of a traditional multiple carrier macrocell site. Note the large microwave antennas facing to the right: They are used to provide high-reliability connection of this site to the MTSO some 25 miles away.
|
|
KMLT's Antenna Fence Under Construction512 viewsThe fence being constructed is to keep the hikers in the area away from the antenna site. At the time this photo was snapped KMLT was operating from its old (aux) transmitter site some miles away.
|
|
Equipment Cabinets, GPS and LMU antennas512 viewsCingular's equipment cabinets are mounted in the hardscape area between the curb and sidewalk.
|
|
Faux 'faux chimney' - A Different Angle512 viewsFrom this angle, Cingular's faux chimney on the front of a real estate office is a good design, but things aren't as they seem. See the view of this faux chimney from the other side to see why its inferior.
|
|
511 views
|
|
DAS Outboard on Power Meter511 viewsOnce more, Cingular (now AT&T) employs the cabinet-on-a-cabinet technique of placing its DAS note, here in Rolling Hills Estates, California.
|
|
Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art511 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.
|
|
About 75 percent of the building is buried510 viewsThe backfill is covering the building up to about the 75% level. Soon it will be completely buried, and the transmitter and related equipment will be moved in.
|
|
14. Installing the Telco Interface and Power Switching Cabinets510 viewsThe large cabinet on the right (with the open door) is to house the telco interface. A telco dataline is used to connect this cell site back to Verizon's mobile telephone switching office. The two smaller cabinets on the left, starting at the far left, are the power breaker panel, and the power generator transfer switch. The transfer switch senses loss of commercial power and automatically starts the generator (yet to be installed) and transfers power to the generator once stabilized. The reverse occurs when the commercial power is restored for a minimum period of time.
|
|
A parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.510 viewsMulti-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
|
|
Generator Socket509 viewsThis is a standby power generator socket to provide power to the cell site during local commercial power failures
|
|
Monopole509 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
|
|
509 views
|
|
509 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
|
|
Palms guarding cell site - circa 2001508 viewsHere's a photo of a PCS site I photographed sometime in 2001. Notice that its 'in the middle of nowhere.' Fast forward to the shot of the same site I took in October, 2004.
|
|
Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Roof on)508 viewsThis is an updated panoramic shot of the job site and antenna. The roof is now on the building. Photo taken on a weekend (no workers present).
|
|
A Well-Done Grilled FM Station508 viewsKMLT's transmitter housing present appearance as of May, 2006 is virtually invisible. Easy to miss. Exactly what was intended! Outstanding work by Chris Hicks, KMLT's CE, the City of Thousand Oaks Planning department, and the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency
|
|
Outback with the Signal507 viewsNextel's antennas are inside the lower portion of the sign. The GPS antenna is mounted to one of the legs of the sign. Norwalk, California, overlooking Interstate 5.
|
|
Lots of signal!506 viewsThis is a co-location site located south of Worcester, MA.
|
|
506 views
|
|
Multi-carrier cell site and TVRO downlink505 viewsThe multiple carrier tower isn't connected with the TVRO satellite antennas in front, but it makes for a nice picture. This site is located in northern San Antonio, Texas at a very large church facility. An interesting note: The antenna structure registration number shown on the site is, per the FCC's database, cancelled. Interesting!
|
|
The walls are up...505 viewsThe concrete calls are poured and are hardening. Next, in about 6 days, comes the roof pour and cure.
|
|
Microcell - Two Sectors505 viewsHigh gain (directional) antennas facing up/down the highway.
|
|
Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Waterproofing)505 viewsThis panoramic view shows the worksite, the antenna and tower, and the transmitter building with the waterproofing applied to the walls.
|
|
The Herd at the 2007 Rose Bowl504 viewsNextel, Sprint, and AT&T "cover" the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
|
|
504 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
|
|
Yet another awful Mobilitie design504 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
|
|
Cell Site Generator Plug and Breaker/Switch-over Panel502 viewsMany cell sites must operate 24/7, even in the event of a commercial power failure. Most carriers have standby power generators that can be driven to cell sites and plugged in to a generator plug such as the one shown to the right of the breaker/switch-over panel. This facility is owned by AT&T Wireless. It's in the western part of Los Angeles.
|
|
Das da ticket!502 viewsAT&T uses a distributed antenna system (DAS) to light this site on Valley Circle in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles County). The DAS node, manufactured by Andrew Corporation, is the small box affixed to the larger power meter pedestal cabinet.
|
|
Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area502 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
|
|
A Sign of the T-Mobile Times501 viewsThis furniture store sign supports T-Mobile's sectorized antennas. National City, California (south of San Diego). The furniture store is out of business.
|
|
Columns of Signal501 viewsThe columns at the top are built with RF transparent materials. The antennas are located inside the columns of this church. The base station equipment is located at teh lower right site. This church is located in San Juan Capistrano, California.
|
|
Spectrasite co-location site500 viewsThis Spectrasite cell/microwave site is located in Carson, California. The tower is registered to what is now Verizon Wireless. Note how the microwave antennas are identified by code to permit identification of specific microwave antennas from ground level. It's located in an "Enterprise" zone (sorry...inside joke).
|
|
Got Desert?500 viewsThis little Verizon 3-sector site sites atop a wood pole in Victorville, California. The BTS equipment is in the fenced area to the left, and the telco and power panels are to the right.
|
|
500 views
|
|
Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Zoom shot)499 viewsThis close-up panoramic shot shows the transmitter site as seen (well, actually, not seen) from near the antenna site.
|
|
Gimme a Transmitter with Mustard!498 viewsAnother view of the at-grade grill over the transmitter room at KMLT. May 2006
|
|
Cricket in Santa Fe498 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
|
|
497 views
|
|
496 views
|
|
8 foot antenna on building496 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
|
|
Looking at the rear of the CEV.495 viewsA good shot of the base and read of the CEV dig hole.
|
|
Yet another awful Mobilitie design495 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
|
|
Looking at Eagles494 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
|
|
494 views
|
|
Rocket South of Santa Fe on I-25494 viewsOne of the worst located sites I have ever run across.
|
|
Yet another awful Mobilitie design494 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
|
|
493 views
|
|
Co-location cell site492 viewsThe lower array was added after the tower was constructed. How do we know? Many of the cables for that array are mounted on the outside of the pole on the righthand side.
|
|
Power transmission pole - Underground equipment shelter492 viewsThis cell site, on a power transmission pole, is connected to a controlled environment vault ("CEV"). The CEV is an underground room housing the equipment. The hatch for the CEV is the green box show below and to the left of the pole.
|
|
Blessed Be This Cell Site492 viewsAT&T's monopole at the Calvary Community Church in Phoenix sports not one; not two; but three crosses mounted at the corners of the radomes. Quite an interesting design!
|
|
KMLT's Antenna Fence Under Construction491 viewsAnother view of the antenna, and the fence being constructed is to keep the hikers away from the antenna site.
|
|
491 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
|
|
CEV ready for concrete pour490 viewsJust waiting on the transit mixer to show up.
|
|
NextG DAS - Encinitas, California490 views
|
|
490 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
|
|
KMLT's Roof is On489 viewsIn three weeks the roof will cure and dirt will be pushed to close in the hole.
|
|
Where's the Transmitter?489 viewsLooking down from near the antenna, the underground FM transmitter housing is nowhere to be seen! May 2006.
|
|
| 2931 files on 20 page(s) |
 |
|
|
|
6 | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Home
Login
Reprint Permissions
Album list
Last uploads
Last comments
Top rated
My Favorites
Search
