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

Copyright 2000-2026 Dr. Jonathan Kramer


Most viewed - Wireless Sites
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Wait 'Till We Get Our Haines Signal On You!455 viewsMulticarrier site above Haines, Alaska
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles455 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 Sectors454 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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A New Sign of the Times454 viewsYes, this cell site is sandwiched between two outdoor advertising signs. Yes, two of the three sectors shine THROUGH the signs (with metal rails just in front of the panel antennas).
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Which Way is the Wind Blowing?454 viewsAT&T's site at the Grand Canyon Valle Airport in Valle, Arizona is interesting for several reasons. First, the tower also supports and aircraft landing beacon; second, it supports the wind sock. Yes, that's a tower climber working on the site.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area454 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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A Pair of Monopoles in Gorman, California454 viewsAt the northern end of Los Angeles County along I-5.
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The Tower Company Tower453 viewsSounds circular, eh? Located in Chico, California.
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Drive Test Rover Ready To Run452 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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On the Fence452 viewsSome wireless carriers mount their antennas on the outside of water tank sites atop hilltops.
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Ketchikan Me if you Kan452 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Powering Up Santa Fe452 viewsT-Mobile occupies the top of this power transmission pole near the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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T-Mobile Camo Site 452 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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452 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Tarzana, California451 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon450 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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Tarzana, California449 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)449 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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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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Parking lot cell site448 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 Sectorized448 viewsThese poles formerly supported omnidirectional cell antennas. The carrier increased capacity by replacing the omni antennas with sectorized panel antennas.
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Church Bell Tower With External Antennas448 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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Sprint Omni Site448 viewsSprint's underground equipment vault
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Rooftop macrocell447 viewsYet another rooftop macrocell site. Santa Monica, California.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site447 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 Club447 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles447 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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446 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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Santa Fe Country Club446 views
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446 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Sort-of Camo on Face of Shopping Center Tower445 viewsA less-than-inspired design in a shopping center in Chino, CA. Not impressive, and barely camo.
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Spectrasite in Paramount, California444 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking north).
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Building Topper444 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, California444 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site444 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Parking the Signal443 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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Power Transmission Tower Site443 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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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - Overview440 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 10440 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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A Singular Pole for a Cingular Site440 viewsAmerican Tower leases this monopole to Cingular. It's located in Biggs, California (American Tower Site No. 82517).
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon440 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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Hitting the signal out of the park439 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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High Power - Higher Education439 viewsSprint has this site at the Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California.
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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County439 views
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area439 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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AVEA (A & A) cell site439 viewsMasterful way of ventilating the equipment building
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Grand Canyon Valle Airport438 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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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California438 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 Art438 viewsThis public art cell site was designed by Ron Pekar and Sandy McDaniel; brought to life by Esteban John DuPont's CellTech Wireless, sponsored by Crown Castle, and authorized by the City of San Diego. This is a wonderful result for a great collaboration. Located at CA905 and Beyer Blvd in San Diego.
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Really, really flat vines on this pole!437 viewsA Spectrasite site in Montebello, CA.
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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ437 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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Tarzana, California437 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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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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437 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Cell Service, USN Style436 viewsThis is a photo of a cell site at the USN Amphibious Base in San Diego.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California436 viewsClose up of the of the business end of the building.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California436 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)436 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 site436 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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436 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles436 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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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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Church Bell Tower Mount435 viewsThe sector panels are mounted to the face of the bell tower. The overall quality of the site is, at best, fair. Exposed and disconnected cables detract from the site, as do the visible preamplifiers inside the bell tower. Carrier (as yet) unknown.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof435 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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The Golden Signal435 views...from this water tank site in Chico, California belongs to T-Mobile.
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Oil's Well that Emits Well434 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!434 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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Manny, Moe and Jack434 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 Signal434 viewsT-Mobile's water tank cell site, which doubles as a residential community sales sign. San Diego, California. Built in 2002, you can read about this site here: http://tinyurl.com/TMO-Tank
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Verizon Camo Church Site 434 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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434 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Das Mock-up in Palos Verdes Estates, California433 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, California433 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Multi carrier array432 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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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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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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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!431 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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T-Mobile Camo Site 431 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art431 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 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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Cell Call Box (Version 2)430 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 Angeles430 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 Sign429 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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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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Time to Shippee Out the Signal429 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, California429 views
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Simple, single carrier wireless site428 viewsSimple monopole with a single carrier
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Multi Carriers on Multi Power Towers428 viewsThese antennas sites are located on SCE power transmission towers in Irvine, California.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California428 views
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Cricket in Santa Fe428 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Verizon Camo Church Site 428 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles428 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Smokestack BTS equipment427 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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Pumping more then water...427 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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Great Scott! (Even more)427 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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CornucopiaMicrowave Horn in Las Vegas, New Mexico427 viewsThis is a 'cornucopia' (high performance) microwave antenna at the CenturyLink Central Office in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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Santa Fe Country Club427 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect426 views
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8 foot antenna on building426 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, California426 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 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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This signal ISN'T watered down425 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.
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Sutter County Lattice Tower425 viewsOff of CA SR99 at Howsley Road in Sutter County, you'll find this lattice tower.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California425 views
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