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

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Most viewed - Wireless Sites
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles431 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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Rooftop macrocell430 viewsYet another rooftop macrocell site. Santa Monica, California.
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Drive Test Rover Ready To Run430 viewsInside the cab of the drive test 'rover' is a portable computer connected to the output of the PCS signal strength receiver and the GPS receiver. The computer records the data for later mapping. The clipboard holds the predetermined route that the driver of the rover will cover during the test.
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Tarzana, California428 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Parking lot cell site427 viewsThe cell antennas are mounted on the light standard on the roof of a public parking lot in San Francisco.
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The Tower Company Tower427 viewsSounds circular, eh? Located in Chico, California.
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Which Way is the Wind Blowing?426 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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T-Mobile Camo Site 426 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Tarzana, California426 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Microcell - Two Sectors425 viewsTwo sectors facing up/down the highway. That's the San Fernando Valley in the background (on a VERY clear day!).
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Wait 'Till We Get Our Haines Signal On You!425 viewsMulticarrier site above Haines, Alaska
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Tower Towers Over the Santa Fe Plaza425 viewsThis tower stands just south of the Plaza in historic Santa Fe. It's clearly visible from much of the Plaza area. So sad
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Powering Up Santa Fe425 viewsT-Mobile occupies the top of this power transmission pole near the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Tall Tower to Save Birds425 viewsAmerican Tower's Taos Central site in Taos, NM has a federally-protected bird's nest on one of the platforms. The the photos here. Search on Taos.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles425 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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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon424 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 close-up.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)424 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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Santa Fe Country Club423 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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422 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Omnidirectional to Sectorized421 viewsThese poles formerly supported omnidirectional cell antennas. The carrier increased capacity by replacing the omni antennas with sectorized panel antennas.
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Hitting the signal out of the park421 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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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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On the Fence421 viewsSome wireless carriers mount their antennas on the outside of water tank sites atop hilltops.
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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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Santa Fe Country Club420 views
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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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Parking the Signal419 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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Sprint Omni Site419 viewsSprint's underground equipment vault
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A Singular Pole for a Cingular Site417 viewsAmerican Tower leases this monopole to Cingular. It's located in Biggs, California (American Tower Site No. 82517).
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Ketchikan Me if you Kan417 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site417 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Church Bell Tower With External Antennas416 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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Building Topper416 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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Sending out the word...to Interstate 10415 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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Really, really flat vines on this pole!415 viewsA Spectrasite site in Montebello, CA.
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Power Transmission Tower Site415 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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Church Bell Tower Mount415 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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415 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 Style415 viewsThis is a photo of a cell site at the USN Amphibious Base in San Diego.
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AVEA (A & A) cell site415 viewsMasterful way of ventilating the equipment building
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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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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - Overview413 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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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ413 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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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site413 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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413 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof412 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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High Power - Higher Education412 viewsSprint has this site at the Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California412 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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412 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Grand Canyon Valle Airport411 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 Horizon410 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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area410 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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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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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!409 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, California409 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking north).
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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County409 views
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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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles409 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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Verizon Camo Church Site 408 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Tarzana, California408 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site408 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art408 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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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)407 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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407 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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407 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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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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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California406 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Power transmission pole - L.A. Dept. of Water & Power405 viewsThis power transmission pole, located in Tarzana, California, supports a cell site.
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Oil's Well that Emits Well405 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!405 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles405 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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Color can make all the difference404 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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Multi Carriers on Multi Power Towers404 viewsThese antennas sites are located on SCE power transmission towers in Irvine, California.
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Cell Call Box (Version 2)404 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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This signal ISN'T watered down403 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.
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Verizon Camo Church Site 403 viewsAt St. Margaret's 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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A cell site on a power transmission monopole402 viewsIn Thousand Oaks, California. Note that the BTS equipment is underground.
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Multi carrier array402 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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Field of Signals402 viewsCingular's light standard site in the Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
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The Golden Signal402 views...from this water tank site in Chico, California belongs to T-Mobile.
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Manny, Moe and Jack402 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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A Tank of Signal402 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 Angeles402 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 site401 viewsYACS: Yet another co-location cell site.
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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect401 views
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California401 views
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T-Mobile Camo Site 401 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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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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Sutter County Lattice Tower400 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 Signal400 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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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California400 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Salzburg, Austria cell site399 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...399 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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Great Scott! (Even more)399 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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8 foot antenna on building399 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Cellular Billboard Sign398 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California398 views
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles398 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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Monopole397 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles397 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 equipment396 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California396 views
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Cricket in Santa Fe396 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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