 Most viewed - Wireless Sites
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site510 viewsA good detail shot of Sprint's antennas located in a faux elevator penthouse.
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Looking at Eagles510 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign509 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.
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It Radiates Near Radiation508 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).
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California507 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.
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Semi-camo tower506 viewsThe Santa Monica Mountains frame this cell site, located along Interstate 405 near the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
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Tarzana, California504 viewsClark Avenue
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site501 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.
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AT&T's Upgraded Tree at Camp Pendleton Rest Stop501 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.
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Monopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus500 viewsMonopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus
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Faux 'faux chimney' - A Different Angle499 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.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node499 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.
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Cell site crowning a power transmission tower497 viewsThis cell site, in Walnut Creek, California, is atop a PG&E power transmission tower.
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007497 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - CLOSE UP496 viewsThis is a close-up of a cell site atop a hill above a major Interstate Highway. The antennas are mounted at ground level.
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Super Signal From Super 8496 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.
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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington496 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport. Note the airport rotating aerodrome beacon on top of the tank.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof495 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.
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A parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.493 viewsMulti-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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A Dam Tall Tower492 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.
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Outback with the Signal492 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.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design489 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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What's Red and Whilte and Radiates All Over488 views...it's this T-Mobile lattice tower in Gridley, California.
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Columns of Signal488 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.
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488 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Generator Socket487 viewsThis is a standby power generator socket to provide power to the cell site during local commercial power failures
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Equipment Cabinets, GPS and LMU antennas487 viewsCingular's equipment cabinets are mounted in the hardscape area between the curb and sidewalk.
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Major Macrocell Site (multiple carriers)486 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.
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Cell site on power transmission pole484 viewsThis site in located in British Columbia, Canada.
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Palms guarding cell site - circa 2001482 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.
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Microcell - Two Sectors482 viewsHigh gain (directional) antennas facing up/down the highway.
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Monopole482 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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Lots of signal!481 viewsThis is a co-location site located south of Worcester, MA.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design481 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Cell Site Generator Plug and Breaker/Switch-over Panel480 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.
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Looking at Eagles480 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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480 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times479 viewsThis furniture store sign supports T-Mobile's sectorized antennas. National City, California (south of San Diego). The furniture store is out of business.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area479 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Got Desert?478 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.
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Cricket in Santa Fe477 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Multi-carrier cell site and TVRO downlink476 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!
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The Herd at the 2007 Rose Bowl476 viewsNextel, Sprint, and AT&T "cover" the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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DAS Outboard on Power Meter476 viewsOnce more, Cingular (now AT&T) employs the cabinet-on-a-cabinet technique of placing its DAS note, here in Rolling Hills Estates, California.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design475 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Blessed Be This Cell Site474 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!
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Das da ticket!473 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.
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Spectrasite co-location site471 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).
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Co-location cell site471 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.
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Power transmission pole - Underground equipment shelter471 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.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design471 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Close-up of Cell Antennas and GPS Antenna on Traffic Signal/Light Standard469 viewsThis is a close-up of the antennas mounted on the traffic signal. Note the two coax cables into the bottom of each panel antenna. One is for transmitting and the other is for receiving.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California469 views
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Rocket South of Santa Fe on I-25468 viewsOne of the worst located sites I have ever run across.
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A Tower That Helps Birds!467 viewsThis is American Tower's "Taos Center" tower site in, ah, Taos (New Mexico). It's most unique feature is the federally protected bird's nest on the tower. Here's the sign warning against climbing without permission.
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467 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design467 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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466 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey465 viewsWater tank site or giant doorknob in Maryland.
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Close-up of GPS Antenna and LMU Antenna464 viewsCingular's GPS antenna (left) and the LMU antenna are mounted at about the 5 foot level adjacent to the sidewalk. It's amazing that they're still there. Hope no pedestrians walk into the bracket at night.
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Rover's Roof464 viewsOn the roof of the drive test 'rover' is a GPS antenna (the square antenna in the center of the roof), plus two PCS omnidirectional antennas for signal measurement and communications purposes.
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464 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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8 foot antenna on building462 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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462 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art462 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design461 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Sprint Conducts a Drive Test460 viewsWhen a wireless carrier selects a candidate cell site it will usually conduct a 'drive test' to determine actual coverage. The drive test consists of elevating an antenna to a predetermined height. Inside the truck is a portable PCS transmitter powering the antenna. In a separate vehicle (call it a 'rover') the carrier will drive the streets around the test site out to a predetermined distance from the site. The received signal level and GPS location information are stored in a portable computer inside the rover.
After the test is concluded, the received signal strength and location information are plotted on a street map. That map then serves to guide the RF engineer to select a final candidate site, and to design the antenna system to cover the desired area without causing unreasonable interference to other cell sites on the same network.
Attached to the left of the antenna (and blowing in the breeze) is a measuring tape used to determine the height of the antenna.
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460 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Microcell Bolted on Parking Lot Light458 viewsSpotted in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, this microcell site is bolted to the top of an existing parking lot light standard. Notice the equipment mounted in the grass area (hey, guy, open that car door slowly or you might hit something).
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Nextel's Interesting Lattice Tower458 viewsA Nextel site using an interesting lattice tower to support its antennas and microwave antennas.
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The Golden Signal458 viewsHere's a close-up of one of T-Mobile's sector antennas and tower-mounted amplifiers at its Chico, California water tank site.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles457 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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Church bell tower455 viewsThis is a non-camo site atop (well, just below) the bells of a church. Notice the shadowing of the antenna cables on the right side front of the tower.
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Yahoo! What a site!454 viewsThis omnidirection site is in Santa Monica, California. The GPS antenna is the right (north) of the antennas on the roof.
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Take me to the Opera!454 viewsThe BTS cabinets for the multi-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design454 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Oh thank heavens for RF from 7-11453 viewsHere's an example of a microcell designed to illuminate a road segment for adding spot capacity. Notice that the apartment (right of the antenna) is just off the main lobe beam.
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Parking lot cell site453 viewsHere's another, wider view of a cell site mounted on a parking lot light standard in San Francisco.
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Building side mount omni site452 viewsNotice that the omnidirectional antennas are mounted on the side of the building near the corner. Even more interesting is that the GPS antenna (used for network timing) is mounted in such a way as to be shielded from about 120 degrees of sky (this site faces northwest).
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CoLo Site - Escondido, California452 viewsMesa Rock Road north of Deer Creek Road, Escondido, California.
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I'll take fries with that signal452 viewsMcDonalds sort-of-camo site in San Diego County
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Two on a Stick451 viewsHere's a close-up of the dual antennas on this wood pole in Santa Monica, California. Sprint is on the bottom; Cingular is that mass at the top. By the way, the palm is not a camouflage element of Cingular's antennas.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node451 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.
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450 viewsClose up of the Fountain Hills three sector site atop a traffic and light standard.
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CellSign Updated450 viewsThis AT&T wireless site has been modified since the last time we photographed it. Search for "Pico" to find the original site configuration. Originally, this was a single band site; now this is a dual band site. The boxes adjacent to the amplifiers are called "tower mounted amplifiers" (TMAs).
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449 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Great Scott!448 viewsYet another view of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona. Notice the LMU antenna mounted at the top.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)448 viewsThis is a so-so camo rooftop site in the San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles. It uses open-back pop-ups on the building to mostly hide the antennas.
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Co-location external generator sockets447 viewsWhen the commercial power fails, many carriers rely on portable power generators to keep cell sites operating. Here are two generator sockets at a co-lo site (Verizon and AT&TWS [now Cingular]).
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Sprint Conducts a Drive Test447 viewsThe tech mounts the omnidirectional antenna to the telescoping mast. Once the antenna is mounted, he'll connect the coax that runs back to the portable PCS transmitter sitting inside the van. Then the tech will elevate the antenna to the desired height, and set the proper output power of the transmitter. With all this done, another tech will drive the streets in the area recording signal strength, latitude, and longitude for later mapping.
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Cell site and Microwave Relay447 viewsThis site is not a mobile telephone switching office (MTSO). Rather, its an aggregation point for microwave backhaul from other wireless sites. Verizon and Nextel are co-located here.
Why red and white? This site is located adjacent to the Ontario, California airport.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node447 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.
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Santa Fe Opera447 viewsSingle carrier on a driveway light at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Note the BTS enclosure.
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447 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Co-location cell site - sectorized and omnidirectional446 viewsA single monopole tower can support one or more sectorized carriers. The lower carrier does not use diversity reception (two receive antennas spaced so as to better receive lower power mobile handsets). The upper carrier does use diversity. Usually, in diversity configurations, the two receive antennas are on the outsides of the sector, and the transmit antenna is located inside, adjacent to one of the receive antennas.
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RF on the Roof445 viewsThis commercial building in Tarzana, California shows how to poorly plan a roof by sticking almost anything (antenna wise) on the roof. A very poor (or good, depending on your view) example of how not to plan a rooftop.
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Two on a Stick445 viewsCingular and Sprint share this wood light pole in Santa Monica, California. Cingular's antennas, pictured here, are on the top. Sprint's antennas are on an arm below the bottom of the photograph. Both carriers use completely underground BTS equipment enclosures and flush-to-grade vent systems.
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Penthouse external mounted site444 viewsThis is a plain, externally mounted cell site on a commercial office building. Note the GPS (timing) antenna well above the roof line, which might have been mounted at the roof level to minimize its visibility from ground level without impairing its function.
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444 viewsA Verizon MTSO in Stockton, California.
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Semi-Camo Chimney Site444 viewsCulver City, California faux chimney pop-up
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Lots of BTS Equipment in the Sidewalk Area443 viewsHere's a close-up photo of the AT&T Wireless BTS in the public right-of-way (sidewalk). Notice how tall the equipment stack is (about 6').
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node443 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.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design443 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Galt High School Doesn't Lack for Signal442 viewsThree out of four light standards at the Galt (California) High School Warrior Stadium are cell sites. Well, that still leaves 25% growth potential!
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Elevated Water Tank Cell Site442 viewsArtwork adorns this 4-level multi-carrier water tank site near Philadelphia.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design442 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington439 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington
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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California438 viewsNextG Networks DAS light standard site in Norwalk, California.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof437 viewsThe cable wiring for this site leaves something to be desired. Notice how the cables are attached to wood blocks.
PMBS>Cingular>T-Mobile at The Grand Long Beach Event Center, 4101 East Willow St.
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Mono-Vent Stack437 viewsA mono-vent hiding T-Mobile's antennas on a 1920s building.
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Sprint microcell - Single Sector436 viewsA Sprint single sector microcell site on Mullholland Road in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles Cathedrial435 viewsA surface mount antenna site at the Los Angeles Cathedral.
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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington435 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport.
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Sprint's Drive Test Rover434 viewsThis is a Sprint vehicle used to receive the test signal emitted from the temporary transmitter van. This van drives a predetermined area collecting signal strength data for later mapping.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site434 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!
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California434 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design434 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Old Power Tower = New Cell Tower433 viewsThe power utility removed its wires from this old transmission tower, but still uses it to support a cell site.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof431 viewsPBMS built this site. Cingular took it over. It's likely now a T-Mobile site. Long Beach, California, on top of the parking lot for The Grand Long Beach Event Center, 4101 East Willow St.
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Central Sedona Arizona431 viewsLocated at Fire Station 4 in Sedona, Arizona, this multicarrier site has an attractive backdrop.
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Mono-Vent Stack431 viewsA mono-vent hiding T-Mobile's antennas on a 1920s building.
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2015 Rose Bowl Herd431 viewsThe 2015 COW/COLT herd at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design431 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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God Bless This Cell Site430 viewsLocated east of I-17 in Black Rock City, Arizona, this multicarrier site has an odd shaped antenna mounted directly to the tower. A message, perhaps?
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Multi-carrier Omnis and Panels429 viewsOn the west side of Interstate 5 in San Diego County, California.
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Tip-to-Tip 2 of 2429 viewsHere are four antennas mounted in a "tip-to-tip" configuration. Notice the faux antenna cover used to blend each of the two vertical antennas on the right side of the pole. Also clearly seen are the antenna downtilt mounts, and pole-mounted pre-amplifiers.
This site is located in San Francisco and shines signal on US101. The equipment cabinets for this site are seen in an adjacent photo in this gallery.
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A Real Education429 viewsThis Cingular site is located on the grounds of Fountain Valley (California) High School.
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NextG DAS - Rancho Palos Verdes, California428 views
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External co-location monopole427 viewsOne way a co-location wireless site is created is by externally-mounting the cables and antennas to an existing monopole. This example shows what can happen when the added cables are not covered or otherwise specified to minimize visual impact.
The carriers at this site are Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless (now Cingular Wireless).
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