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

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On the Fence422 viewsSome wireless carriers mount their antennas on the outside of water tank sites atop hilltops.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site421 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 Club421 views
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Sort-of Camo on Face of Shopping Center Tower421 viewsA less-than-inspired design in a shopping center in Chino, CA. Not impressive, and barely camo.
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421 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Sprint Omni Site420 viewsSprint's underground equipment vault
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles420 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 Topper419 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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19. Now You See the Cables...Now You Don't419 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 Frame419 viewsYup, it's clearly rotated 90 degrees from before. Oh well.
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Ketchikan Me if you Kan419 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Sending out the word...to Interstate 10418 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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Church Bell Tower With External Antennas418 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 Site418 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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A Singular Pole for a Cingular Site418 viewsAmerican Tower leases this monopole to Cingular. It's located in Biggs, California (American Tower Site No. 82517).
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418 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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Cell Service, USN Style417 viewsThis is a photo of a cell site at the USN Amphibious Base in San Diego.
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23. An outside view fo the BTS Equipment Area417 views...with the sliding fense not installed on the track, yet.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site417 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site417 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Really, really flat vines on this pole!416 viewsA Spectrasite site in Montebello, CA.
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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ416 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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Church Bell Tower Mount416 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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AVEA (A & A) cell site416 viewsMasterful way of ventilating the equipment building
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California416 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - Overview415 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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High Power - Higher Education415 viewsSprint has this site at the Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California.
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7. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels415 viewsThis is a close-up of the rear of the bell tower modified to enclose the antennas.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California415 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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415 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof414 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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Grand Canyon Valle Airport413 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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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon413 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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413 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles413 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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area412 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!411 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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Spectrasite in Paramount, California411 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking north).
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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County411 views
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California411 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 Art411 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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Tarzana, California410 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California410 viewsClose up of the of the business end of the building.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site410 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Verizon Camo Church Site 409 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California409 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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409 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Oil's Well that Emits Well408 viewsOld oil wells can make good cell sites, even when a building has been built around the base!
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Store that Signal!408 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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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)408 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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408 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Multi Carriers on Multi Power Towers407 viewsThese antennas sites are located on SCE power transmission towers in Irvine, California.
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Cell Call Box (Version 2)407 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 Angeles407 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 Angeles407 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 array406 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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Power transmission pole - L.A. Dept. of Water & Power406 viewsThis power transmission pole, located in Tarzana, California, supports a cell site.
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Color can make all the difference406 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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This signal ISN'T watered down405 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.
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A Tank of Signal405 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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Field of Signals404 viewsCingular's light standard site in the Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
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The Golden Signal404 views...from this water tank site in Chico, California belongs to T-Mobile.
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Manny, Moe and Jack404 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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Verizon Camo Church Site 404 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles404 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 cell site403 viewsYACS: Yet another co-location cell site.
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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect403 views
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Great Scott! (Even more)403 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Sutter County Lattice Tower403 viewsOff of CA SR99 at Howsley Road in Sutter County, you'll find this lattice tower.
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T-Mobile Camo Site 403 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles403 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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Salzburg, Austria cell site402 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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A cell site on a power transmission monopole402 viewsIn Thousand Oaks, California. Note that the BTS equipment is underground.
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Cellular Billboard Sign402 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California402 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Time to Shippee Out the Signal401 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, California401 views
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California401 views
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8 foot antenna on building401 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Pumping more then water...400 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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Monopole400 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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Restful Signal400 viewsSprint's antennas are on the motel sign just out of the frame on the right side. It's BTS equipment is located in the bricked area to the left center of this photo. Notice the power panel, transfer switch, etc. on the left side of the enclosure. From the street side, this enclosure is very well designed to blend in with the buidling.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles400 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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Smokestack BTS equipment399 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles399 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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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California398 views
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Santa Fe Country Club398 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Cricket in Santa Fe397 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Das Mock-up in Palos Verdes Estates, California397 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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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art397 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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Simple, single carrier wireless site395 viewsSimple monopole with a single carrier
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Two on a Stick395 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 Angeles395 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 Angeles395 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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Cable TV Headend Cell Site394 viewsOne of Comcast's cable television headend towers in the Philadelphia area supports cell panel antennas.
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Power Transmission Tower Site394 viewsNextel's site not only provides local cell coverage along a highly traveled (and very dangerous) state highway, it also serves as a repeater site to relay MTSO connections to a site yet further away. If you didn't understand that, give me a call and I'll explain! :-) Between Victorville and Littlerock, California.
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Restful Signal394 viewsHere's a non-camo three sector Sprint site located on a motel sign post in Azusa, California.
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Lattice Tower in Sutter County394 viewsOff of California State Route 70 at Nicolaus Road you'll find this lattice tower site.
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Catch a Dream With This Site394 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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A Tank of Signal394 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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Self-supporting cell tower - Mass Turnpike393 viewsThis co-location site is in Newton, MA along the turnpike.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles393 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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Radio Plaza in Santa Fe, NM392 viewsThis is an updated photo of the Radio Plaza site, overlooing the historic central plaza in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
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