Dr. Jonathan L. Kramer's Cell Tower Photo Gallery

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Blessed Be This Cell Site440 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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Santa Fe Country Club440 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Sprint Omni Site440 viewsSprint's underground equipment vault
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440 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Santa Fe Country Club439 views
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Sort-of Camo on Face of Shopping Center Tower439 viewsA less-than-inspired design in a shopping center in Chino, CA. Not impressive, and barely camo.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles438 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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Building Topper437 viewsIn Inglewood, California, this multi-sector site could have been placed BEHIND camouflage panels instead of in front! Two sectors are visible...way too visible. Carrier(s) unknown.
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437 viewsThis co-lo water tank site in Olivehurst, California is shared by T-Mobile, Nextel, and Cingular. The terminated ASR for this site is 1031366 (terminated because it qualifies for delisting under the FCC's 6 meter rule).
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site437 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Church Bell Tower With External Antennas436 viewsThis church bell tower sports multiple panel antennas on the face of the structure, rather then flush or camouflaged inside the tower. Too bad. Certainly not a high quality installation. Spotted in South-Central Los Angeles.
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Power Transmission Tower Site436 viewsNextel's BTS equipment shelter is constructed between the legs of this SCE power transmission tower. Highway 18 between Victorville and Littlerock, California.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California436 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Parking the Signal435 viewsParking spaces make good sites for BTS cabinets, GPS, and LMU equipment! And parking lot walls are great for mounting panel antennas, especially when the parking lot faces a major freeway. This site is near LAX airport in Los Angeles along the San Diego Freeway at Century Boulevard.
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A Singular Pole for a Cingular Site435 viewsAmerican Tower leases this monopole to Cingular. It's located in Biggs, California (American Tower Site No. 82517).
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19. Now You See the Cables...Now You Don't435 viewsAnd the cables in the BTS area are also safely tucked away under the cover of the tray.
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22. Another View of the New Generator Wood Frame435 viewsYup, it's clearly rotated 90 degrees from before. Oh well.
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23. An outside view fo the BTS Equipment Area435 views...with the sliding fense not installed on the track, yet.
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Sending out the word...to Interstate 10434 viewsYet another church along a freeway that (likely) enjoys income in the thousands-of-dollars-per-month range. This is a Nextel site near San Bernardino, California.

The interesting and unusual element of this site is the placement of the antennas following the rise of the roofline. In a typical configuration, the two outside antennas are used for reception, and the center antenna is used to transmit, and they're all on the same horizontal plane.
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Hitting the signal out of the park434 viewsSprint's three-sector site is split between one sector on an existing light standard, and two sectors on a pole it installed.
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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ433 viewsClose-up of the Cricket Wireless site on top of 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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7. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels433 viewsThis is a close-up of the rear of the bell tower modified to enclose the antennas.
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon433 viewsThis is a monster of a visible site. It stands 150 feet tall and is located on the I25 Frontage Road east of County Road 57 south of Santa Fe, NM. There is another photo in this gallery showing just how awful this site is from afar.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California433 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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High Power - Higher Education432 viewsSprint has this site at the Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California.
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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County432 views
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Cell Service, USN Style431 viewsThis is a photo of a cell site at the USN Amphibious Base in San Diego.
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AVEA (A & A) cell site431 viewsMasterful way of ventilating the equipment building
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Spectrasite in Paramount, California430 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking north).
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Grand Canyon Valle Airport430 viewsAT&T's site at the Grand Canyon Valle Airport in Valle, Arizona is interesting for several reasons. First, the tower also supports and aircraft landing beacon; second, it supports the wind sock. Yes, that's a tower climber working on the site.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area430 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site430 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site430 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art430 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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Really, really flat vines on this pole!429 viewsA Spectrasite site in Montebello, CA.
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Tarzana, California429 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California429 viewsClose up of the of the business end of the building.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)429 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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429 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - Overview428 viewsThis is a pull-back photo of a cell site atop a hill above a major Interstate Highway. The antennas are mounted at ground level.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California428 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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428 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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428 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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428 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles428 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 Tower Mount427 viewsThe sector panels are mounted to the face of the bell tower. The overall quality of the site is, at best, fair. Exposed and disconnected cables detract from the site, as do the visible preamplifiers inside the bell tower. Carrier (as yet) unknown.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof427 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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Store that Signal!427 viewsPublic Storage locations are popular cell site locations. The carrier will often locate its equipment in a top floor or building end unit and place its antennas on the roof or an adjacent mono-whatever.

This PS location, in Rowland Heights, California sports externally mounted antennas.
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Oil's Well that Emits Well426 viewsOld oil wells can make good cell sites, even when a building has been built around the base!
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A Tank of Signal426 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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Verizon Camo Church Site 426 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles426 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles426 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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Multi carrier array425 viewsThis is a co-location site with an omni-direction carrier (the antennas up/down from the platform) and a sectorized (panel) antenna configuration. Spotted in Irvine, California.
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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!425 viewsThis sprint site isn't for roadway coverage. One sector (the one facing right in this photo) faces a group of homes. The sector facing left in the photo points DIRECTLY INTO A HILLSIDE! Very strange! See the accompanying photo for more details about the aiming of the left-hand sector.
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Manny, Moe and Jack425 viewsThese three lattice towers stand just off of US285 in Nambe, New Mexico. This site is a few miles north of the Santa Fe Opera House.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California425 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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T-Mobile Camo Site 424 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Das Mock-up in Palos Verdes Estates, California424 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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A cell site on a power transmission monopole423 viewsIn Thousand Oaks, California. Note that the BTS equipment is underground.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California423 views
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Cell Call Box (Version 2)423 viewsHere is the current version of this cellular call box, located on Pacific Coast Highway in southern Ventura County, California. A photograph of the original design is also here at this site. Search on "Cell Call Box" to find it.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles423 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles423 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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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect422 views
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Multi Carriers on Multi Power Towers422 viewsThese antennas sites are located on SCE power transmission towers in Irvine, California.
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The Golden Signal421 views...from this water tank site in Chico, California belongs to T-Mobile.
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Verizon Camo Church Site 421 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Cellular Billboard Sign420 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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Restful Signal420 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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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California420 views
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Sutter County Lattice Tower419 viewsOff of CA SR99 at Howsley Road in Sutter County, you'll find this lattice tower.
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Time to Shippee Out the Signal419 views...from this Spectrasite lattice tower on Shippee Road in Oroville, California. Nextel is the tower occupant. The tower ASR is 1239078.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California419 views
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles419 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 site418 viewsSimple monopole with a single carrier
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Power transmission pole - L.A. Dept. of Water & Power418 viewsThis power transmission pole, located in Tarzana, California, supports a cell site.
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Field of Signals418 viewsCingular's light standard site in the Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California418 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art418 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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Co-location cell site417 viewsYACS: Yet another co-location cell site.
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This signal ISN'T watered down417 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.
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Great Scott! (Even more)417 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Cricket in Santa Fe417 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Santa Fe Country Club417 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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8 foot antenna on building417 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Salzburg, Austria cell site416 viewsThis is a cell site on the roof of a bank in Salzburg, Austria. I snapped this photo from my hotel room across the street after having lectured on cell sites at the Center for International Legal Studies.
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Pumping more then water...416 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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CornucopiaMicrowave Horn in Las Vegas, New Mexico416 viewsThis is a 'cornucopia' (high performance) microwave antenna at the CenturyLink Central Office in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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Smokestack BTS equipment415 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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Color can make all the difference415 viewsThis non-camo site is tastefully painted to blend in with the underlying structure. Better than most, not a good as some.
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Monopole415 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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Restful Signal415 viewsHere's a non-camo three sector Sprint site located on a motel sign post in Azusa, California.
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Two on a Stick414 viewsCingular and Sprint share this wood light pole in Santa Monica, California. Cingular is on the top, and Sprint is on the arm. Both carriers use completely underground BTS equipment enclosures and flush-to-grade vent systems.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles414 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles414 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles414 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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Catch a Dream With This Site412 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles412 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 County411 viewsOff of California State Route 70 at Nicolaus Road you'll find this lattice tower site.
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Radio Plaza in Santa Fe, NM411 viewsThis is an updated photo of the Radio Plaza site, overlooing the historic central plaza in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
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A Tank of Signal410 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles410 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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