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598 viewsClose up of the Fountain Hills three sector site atop a traffic and light standard.
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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times597 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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8. Installation of the Cable Tray to the Roof597 viewsThe techs are installing the cable tray. Once installed, the coaxial cables will be lashed to the ladder arms to provide for support, and to prevent excessive bending of the coaxial cables.
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Los Angeles Cathedrial597 viewsA surface mount antenna site at the Los Angeles Cathedral.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node596 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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594 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Camo Site in Shopping Center593 viewsThe camo site is located in the clocktower of this shopping center.
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California593 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design593 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Lots of signal!592 viewsThis is a co-location site located south of Worcester, MA.
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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign592 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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Super Signal From Super 8592 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design592 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Cell site and Microwave Relay591 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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Looking at Eagles591 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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Das da ticket!591 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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Palms guarding cell site - circa 2001589 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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12. Close-up of GPS antenna and top of Cable Tray589 viewsAs noted before, the cables are carefully pulled on to the roof so as to prevent kinks. The GPS antenna provides system synchronization time signals. This location is inferior as it can been seen from the ground. A better location would have been on the roof away from the edge so as to hide this element.
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16. Clock Tower Painting Underway588 viewsYet another view of the re-painted clock tower.
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Co-location cell site587 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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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site587 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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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)587 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles587 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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9. More Cable Tray Installation586 viewsHere's a further view of the cable tray as it transitions from the hallway leading from the side of the building over and down to the BTS equpment housing area.
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Outback with the Signal586 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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Church bell tower585 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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Microcell Bolted on Parking Lot Light585 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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10. Securing the Coaxial Cables in the Tray585 viewsA tech secures the cables to the tray. Notice that the cable tray extends out a bit from the edge of the wall. This will connect with the vertical portion of the tray heading to the roof.
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Take me to the Opera!585 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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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California584 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Penthouse external mounted site583 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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Faux 'faux chimney' - A Different Angle583 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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25. It's Raining, It's Pouring (Concrete)583 viewsHere's the new re-poured pad. It's just been poured. There'll be a cure period to let it harden before moving the equipment into the area.
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Co-location cell site - sectorized and omnidirectional582 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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Rover's Roof582 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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4. BTS Pad and Cable Termination582 viewsThe raised concrete pad is to support the BTS equipment. The cables that dead-end in the wall-mounted tray will connect the roof antennas to the BTS.
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I'll take fries with that signal582 viewsMcDonalds sort-of-camo site in San Diego County
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design582 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Panoramic view of KMLT after a rain...580 views...well, really, a significant Southern California storm on December 29, 2004.
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Got Desert?580 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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580 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design580 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design580 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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15. Clock Tower Painting Underway579 viewsThe panels are fully installed and are being painted and textured to match the building.
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Steel in the Air579 viewsThis AT&T wireless site is located on Highway 64, about 12 miles south of Valle, Arizona. It's mounted on a steel power transmission pole. Note the flat panel back-haul antenna located below the panels.
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God Bless This Cell Site579 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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579 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Close-up of GPS Antenna and LMU Antenna578 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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578 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Lots of BTS Equipment in the Sidewalk Area577 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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11. Cables are now in the Cable Tray577 viewsWe're getting closer! Notice that the cables make a gentle (less than 90 degree) bend at the bottom of the ladder where it connects to the tray in the hallway. Bending cables too much can kink them. Kinking can cause excessive signal transmission losses. Not a good thing! Also notice that the GPS antenna is now installed--quite visibly--at the top of the cable tray on the roof. More in the next photograph...
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node577 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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2015 Rose Bowl Herd577 viewsThe 2015 COW/COLT herd at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA.
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Old Power Tower = New Cell Tower576 viewsThe power utility removed its wires from this old transmission tower, but still uses it to support a cell site.
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Looking at Eagles576 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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6. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels576 viewsYet another view of the bell tower being modified to enclose the antennas.
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External co-location monopole575 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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CellSign Updated575 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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area575 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Santa Fe Opera574 viewsSingle carrier on a driveway light at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Note the BTS enclosure.
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A Tank of Signal574 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design573 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Sprint Conducts a Drive Test572 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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572 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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572 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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17. Clock Tower Painting Underway571 viewsA rear view of the re-painted clock tower.
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570 viewsA Verizon MTSO in Stockton, California.
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Who left the door open?570 viewsA mono-obelisk in Irvine, California
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RF on the Roof569 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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Nearly time for the 'crete!567 viewsWorkers preparing the CEV for the concrete pour.
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Sprint microcell - Single Sector566 viewsA Sprint single sector microcell site on Mullholland Road in Los Angeles.
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A Tower That Helps Birds!565 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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565 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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26. Anyone for a Tumble?564 viewsThe concrete mixer has done its job and is ready to go home, again!
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node564 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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564 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Columns of Signal563 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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Park'n the Signal on the Roof562 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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Building side mount omni site561 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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21. Huh? What Happended to the Concrete Pad?561 viewsIn a surprising twist, the concrete pad has been hammered out and new frames and conduits installed. What gives? According to the work crews, it seems that the generator pad was installed 90 degrees off. Go back in the gallery and look and you'll see what I'm talking about. Because of the little error, weeks were apparently lost in site activation...not to mention $$$ (which I didn't, okay?).
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node561 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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Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington561 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington
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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington561 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport.
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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California561 viewsNextG Networks DAS light standard site in Norwalk, California.
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Close-up of Cell Antennas and GPS Antenna on Traffic Signal/Light Standard559 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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20. The Scaffolding is Down559 viewsHere's a good shot of the clock tower with the scaffolding removed. Nice pic at sunset, eh?
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The Golden Signal558 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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NextG DAS - Rancho Palos Verdes, California558 views
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558 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design558 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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18. Now You See the Cables...Now You Don't557 viewsThe cables are now safely tucked away under the cover of the tray, now installed.
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Lighting the Lot556 viewsSprint's interesting little Mono-Parking-Lot-Light-Site in San Fernando, California
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A Crown Castle Site in Mesa, Arizona554 viewsBig iron in Mesa. A Crown Castle site on Broadway near Country Club.
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Verizon MTSO Orange County554 viewsThis VZW MTSO (mobile telephone switching office) is in Santa Ana, California. The height of the tower is 60.7 meters AGL.
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CoLo Site - Escondido, California553 viewsMesa Rock Road north of Deer Creek Road, Escondido, California.
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Righty Tighty Lefty Loosy553 viewsIt's either a water tank or a big door knob. Oh yes, it has antennas on it.
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13. Securing the Cables and Painting552 viewsThings are moving forward downstairs, too!
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Semi-Camo Chimney Site552 viewsCulver City, California faux chimney pop-up
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art552 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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Sprint Conducts a Drive Test551 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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Nextel's Interesting Lattice Tower550 viewsA Nextel site using an interesting lattice tower to support its antennas and microwave antennas.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design550 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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A Real Education549 viewsThis Cingular site is located on the grounds of Fountain Valley (California) High School.
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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California549 viewsNextG Networks DAS light standard site in Norwalk, California.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles549 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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Co-location external generator sockets548 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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area548 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Two on a Stick547 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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Tower Towers Over the Santa Fe Plaza546 viewsTowering over the historic Santa Fe Plaza (and just about everything else in the area), this awful pole is about as out of place as a tower can be. So sad. Thanks to Alltel for contributing to the spoiling of the historic Santa Fe Plaza area.
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Camo Water Tank546 viewsCamo Water Tank in San Dimas, CA
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546 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Panoramic view of the KMLT transmitter building545 viewsThe roof is on. Less than a month to go before the hole is closed and the building is buried.
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5. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels545 viewsHere's a close-up of the bell tower being modified to enclose the antennas. The cut-outs on the front and left side of the tower are the RF transparent panels.
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Power on the Tower545 viewsAn AT&T site on a SCE transmission tower in Thousand Oaks, California.
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Mono-Vent Stack544 viewsA mono-vent hiding T-Mobile's antennas on a 1920s building.
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544 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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SFO Airport - Terminal 2/Admin Building543 viewsYup. There's the panel antenna.
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Lolipop Antenna Mount543 viewsA Lolipop antenna mount is a panel on top of a short pole. Here is on installed by Cricket Wireless in the San Diego, California market. Notice how the coaxial cables are protected within a metal tube.
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Co-location cell site542 viewsYACS: Yet another co-location site. Note the various microwave antennas on the monopole. Microwave antennas are used for backhaul to the MTSO, and save monthly recurring line lease costs (at the cost of increased visual load at the site).
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Microcell - Two sectors542 viewsA two sector microcell on an Edison pole. Note the old (now abandoned) Metricom packet relay transceiver just below the cobra light head. Metricom is no more, but the equipment lives on.
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Mono-Vent Stack542 viewsA mono-vent hiding T-Mobile's antennas on a 1920s building.
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