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

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Most viewed - Wireless Sites
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Wait 'Till We Get Our Haines Signal On You!458 viewsMulticarrier site above Haines, Alaska
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California458 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Which Way is the Wind Blowing?457 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 Pair of Monopoles in Gorman, California457 viewsAt the northern end of Los Angeles County along I-5.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area456 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles456 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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Microcell - Two Sectors455 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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The Tower Company Tower455 viewsSounds circular, eh? Located in Chico, California.
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On the Fence455 viewsSome wireless carriers mount their antennas on the outside of water tank sites atop hilltops.
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Ketchikan Me if you Kan455 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Drive Test Rover Ready To Run454 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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Powering Up Santa Fe454 viewsT-Mobile occupies the top of this power transmission pole near the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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454 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon453 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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T-Mobile Camo Site 453 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Tarzana, California452 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Tarzana, California452 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Sprint Omni Site451 viewsSprint's underground equipment vault
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles451 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 lot cell site450 viewsThe cell antennas are mounted on the light standard on the roof of a public parking lot in San Francisco.
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Omnidirectional to Sectorized450 viewsThese poles formerly supported omnidirectional cell antennas. The carrier increased capacity by replacing the omni antennas with sectorized panel antennas.
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Rooftop macrocell450 viewsYet another rooftop macrocell site. Santa Monica, California.
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Santa Fe Country Club450 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)450 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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Church Bell Tower With External Antennas449 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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Blessed Be This Cell Site449 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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449 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles449 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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Santa Fe Country Club448 views
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447 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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Sort-of Camo on Face of Shopping Center Tower447 viewsA less-than-inspired design in a shopping center in Chino, CA. Not impressive, and barely camo.
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Power Transmission Tower Site446 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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Building Topper446 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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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California446 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Spectrasite in Paramount, California445 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking north).
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Parking the Signal445 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 Site445 viewsAmerican Tower leases this monopole to Cingular. It's located in Biggs, California (American Tower Site No. 82517).
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site445 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon443 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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AVEA (A & A) cell site443 viewsMasterful way of ventilating the equipment building
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Hitting the signal out of the park442 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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Grand Canyon Valle Airport442 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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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - Overview441 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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Sending out the word...to Interstate 10441 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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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ441 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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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County441 views
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Tarzana, California441 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area440 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California440 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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440 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art440 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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Church Bell Tower Mount439 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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The Golden Signal439 views...from this water tank site in Chico, California belongs to T-Mobile.
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High Power - Higher Education439 viewsSprint has this site at the Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site439 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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439 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Oil's Well that Emits Well438 viewsOld oil wells can make good cell sites, even when a building has been built around the base!
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Really, really flat vines on this pole!438 viewsA Spectrasite site in Montebello, CA.
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Store that Signal!438 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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A Tank of Signal438 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 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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Park'n the Signal on the Roof437 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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Cell Service, USN Style437 viewsThis is a photo of a cell site at the USN Amphibious Base in San Diego.
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Manny, Moe and Jack437 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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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California437 viewsClose up of the of the business end of the building.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California437 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)437 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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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site437 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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437 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Multi carrier array436 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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Restful Signal435 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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Verizon Camo Church Site 435 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Das Mock-up in Palos Verdes Estates, California435 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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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California435 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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435 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles434 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 Angeles434 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 site433 viewsSimple monopole with a single carrier
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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!433 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles433 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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Cellular Billboard Sign432 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California432 views
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Cell Call Box (Version 2)432 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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T-Mobile Camo Site 432 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art432 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles432 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 to Shippee Out the Signal431 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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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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A cell site on a power transmission monopole430 viewsIn Thousand Oaks, California. Note that the BTS equipment is underground.
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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect430 views
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Multi Carriers on Multi Power Towers430 viewsThese antennas sites are located on SCE power transmission towers in Irvine, California.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California430 views
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Cricket in Santa Fe430 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Pumping more then water...429 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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Great Scott! (Even more)429 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Restful Signal429 viewsHere's a non-camo three sector Sprint site located on a motel sign post in Azusa, California.
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Santa Fe Country Club429 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Verizon Camo Church Site 429 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California428 views
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CornucopiaMicrowave Horn in Las Vegas, New Mexico428 viewsThis is a 'cornucopia' (high performance) microwave antenna at the CenturyLink Central Office in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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8 foot antenna on building428 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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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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Smokestack BTS equipment427 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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Sutter County Lattice Tower427 viewsOff of CA SR99 at Howsley Road in Sutter County, you'll find this lattice tower.
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This signal ISN'T watered down426 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.
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Salzburg, Austria cell site425 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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Power transmission pole - L.A. Dept. of Water & Power425 viewsThis power transmission pole, located in Tarzana, California, supports a cell site.
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