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Cricket in Santa Fe626 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Tarzana, California626 viewsClark Avenue
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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign625 viewsAt California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are in the radome atop the parking lot lights (seen in this background right of this photo), and the BTS equipment is behind the monument entry sign.
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Sprint's San Dimas Water Tank - Entry Port625 viewsLooking up to the entry port of Sprint's water tank in San Dimas, California
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm625 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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AT&T's Upgraded Tree at Camp Pendleton Rest Stop625 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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The Herd at the 2007 Rose Bowl624 viewsNextel, Sprint, and AT&T "cover" the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California623 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
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Church Site622 viewsThis church site in San Diego is interesting because the of the add-on to the church (on the left side) to house AT&T's base station equipment. The antennas are located in the steeple.
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Proud Waves From Sprint (2 of 3)621 viewsSprint's installation at the Scottsdale Ranch Community Center features two flagpoles in a nicely landscaped area adjacent to a lake.
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DAS Outboard on Power Meter621 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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Power transmission pole - Underground equipment shelter620 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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Monopole620 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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BTS Equipment Enclosure620 viewsSprint's BTS equipment is located in this CMU walled enclosure at the Hope Church site in Vista, California.
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Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California620 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
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Monopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus619 viewsMonopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus
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Elevated Water Tank Cell Site618 viewsArtwork adorns this 4-level multi-carrier water tank site near Philadelphia.
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Wood You Please Support These Antennas?618 viewsUbiquitel uses wood panels to replace antennas not installed on the two-antenna mounts atop this PG&E power tower in Oakhurst, California. This site is at 2765 Powerline Road.
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Wireless, with Cables617 viewsThis multicarrier site is at the upper station of the Mt. Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska.
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Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey617 viewsWater tank site or giant doorknob in Maryland.
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm616 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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A parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.616 viewsMulti-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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8 foot antenna on building615 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Faux church steeple - Nearly complete614 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site is nearly complete. Final matching will occur on site. The RF-transparent louvers are to be installed after this photo, but before delivery to the job site. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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Faux church steeple - Louvers detail613 viewsThe faux church steeple will be completed with louvers. This photograph is a close-up of the louver detail. These louvers are transparent to radio frequency signals. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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Multi-carrier cell site and TVRO downlink612 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design612 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Equipment Cabinets, GPS and LMU antennas610 viewsCingular's equipment cabinets are mounted in the hardscape area between the curb and sidewalk.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)610 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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Spectrasite co-location site609 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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Hope (and signal) Sprints Eternal609 viewsAnother view of the camo antennas at Sprint's Hope Church site in Vista California.
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Major Macrocell Site (multiple carriers)608 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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Blessed Be This Cell Site607 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design607 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Microcell - Two Sectors606 viewsHigh gain (directional) antennas facing up/down the highway.
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Faux church steeple - Looking inside606 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site has plenty of room inside for antenna installation. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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Oh thank heavens for RF from 7-11605 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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Two Cacti Site - Eagle Mountain Golf Course and Inn605 viewsSprint's site, designed by Larson-USA, is an outstanding deployment.
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Sleep Wirelessly in San Pablo, California605 viewsMetroPCS site inside the legs of a Holiday Inn Express sign. For more views of this site, visit http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/spoca?_requestid=302192.
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CoLo Site - Escondido, California605 viewsMesa Rock Road north of Deer Creek Road, Escondido, California.
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Cell Site Generator Plug and Breaker/Switch-over Panel603 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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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California603 views
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site602 viewsA good detail shot of Sprint's antennas located in a faux elevator penthouse.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node602 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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Yahoo! What a site!601 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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Great Scott!601 viewsYet another view of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona. Notice the LMU antenna mounted at the top.
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601 viewsClose up of the Fountain Hills three sector site atop a traffic and light standard.
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Los Angeles Cathedrial601 viewsA surface mount antenna site at the Los Angeles Cathedral.
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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times599 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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Das da ticket!599 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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599 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Lots of signal!597 viewsThis is a co-location site located south of Worcester, MA.
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Cell site and Microwave Relay597 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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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California597 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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Camo Site in Shopping Center595 viewsThe camo site is located in the clocktower of this shopping center.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design595 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design595 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles595 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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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign594 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 8593 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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Palms guarding cell site - circa 2001592 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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Co-location cell site591 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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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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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)591 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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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site590 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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Co-location cell site - sectorized and omnidirectional589 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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Take me to the Opera!589 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, California589 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Faux 'faux chimney' - A Different Angle588 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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Outback with the Signal588 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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Penthouse external mounted site587 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design587 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Church bell tower586 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 Light586 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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Got Desert?585 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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Rover's Roof584 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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I'll take fries with that signal584 viewsMcDonalds sort-of-camo site in San Diego County
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design584 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Steel in the Air583 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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583 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design583 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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God Bless This Cell Site582 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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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node582 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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582 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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582 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Close-up of GPS Antenna and LMU Antenna581 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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External co-location monopole579 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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Sprint Conducts a Drive Test578 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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CellSign Updated578 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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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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Looking at Eagles577 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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A Tank of Signal577 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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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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Santa Fe Opera576 viewsSingle carrier on a driveway light at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Note the BTS enclosure.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area576 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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576 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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575 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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574 viewsA Verizon MTSO in Stockton, California.
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Who left the door open?574 viewsA mono-obelisk in Irvine, California
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design574 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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RF on the Roof571 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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Sprint microcell - Single Sector569 viewsA Sprint single sector microcell site on Mullholland Road in Los Angeles.
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A Tower That Helps Birds!568 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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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California567 viewsNextG Networks DAS light standard site in Norwalk, California.
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567 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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567 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node566 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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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node566 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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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington566 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof564 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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Columns of Signal564 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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Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington564 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington
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Building side mount omni site563 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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The Golden Signal562 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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562 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Close-up of Cell Antennas and GPS Antenna on Traffic Signal/Light Standard561 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design560 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art560 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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Verizon MTSO Orange County559 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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Lighting the Lot559 viewsSprint's interesting little Mono-Parking-Lot-Light-Site in San Fernando, California
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A Crown Castle Site in Mesa, Arizona558 viewsBig iron in Mesa. A Crown Castle site on Broadway near Country Club.
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NextG DAS - Rancho Palos Verdes, California558 views
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Semi-Camo Chimney Site557 viewsCulver City, California faux chimney pop-up
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