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

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Top rated - Wireless Sites
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Mono Cypress943 viewsCricket Wireless has constructed an attractive mono cypress in San Marcos, California. This is a close up of the BTS equipment. Note that a Sprint site enclosure is in the background.22222
(1 votes)
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An Insect Attracted to a Light985 viewsThe omnidirectional antenna of the Cricket Wireless DAS site (installed by NextG) on a light standard in Encinitas, California.22222
(1 votes)
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Awful AT&T Antennas817 viewsThis rather awful antenna site, from AT&T wireless, is located at 10239 1/2 Vassar in Canoga Park, California. The dual band antennas use tower mounted amplifiers to enhance weak signal reception.22222
(1 votes)
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm635 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.22222
(1 votes)
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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington524 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport.22222
(1 votes)
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Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington616 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington. Notice the climbing space through the bottom platform.22222
(1 votes)
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node541 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.22222
(1 votes)
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Steel in the Air520 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.22222
(1 votes)
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Two on a Stick481 viewsHere's a long view of this two-carrier site. If you look in the sidewalk area to the right of the pole you'll see Cingular's flush-to-grade equipment vault, and just to the left of it, Cingular's two flush-to-grade vents.22222
(1 votes)
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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times550 viewsThis furniture store sign supports T-Mobile's sectorized antennas. National City, California (south of San Diego). The furniture store is out of business.22222
(1 votes)
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Highland View Pentecostal Assembly - Los Angeles683 viewsOverview of the antenna camo boxes on the bell tower.22222
(1 votes)
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YA_P Site716 viewsYet another ____ pole site. This one in Newport Beach, California.22222
(1 votes)
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I'll Turn Left on a Green Sector...468 viewsFountain Hills area of greater Phoenix. A three sector site atop a traffic and light standard.22222
(1 votes)
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Eagle Mountain Cellular Cactus649 viewsEagle Mountain Inn, Arizona. Design by Larson-USA. It's an outstanding Sprint site.22222
(1 votes)
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Nextel Camo Site - Completed631 viewsElsewhere in this gallery you'll find a photo of this site while under construction. This photo shows the completed site.22222
(1 votes)
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Not much water, but lots of signal1678 viewsLocated in at a shopping center in Oxnard, California, the cell antennas are located below the faux water tank.3 comments22222
(8 votes)
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Two very different camo cell palm trees1383 viewsNotice the striking design differences between the two cell palms One uses a light round trunk; the other a darker square trunk with a diamond cross-hatch design. Also notice the difference in palm coverage. The Time Warner Palm Desert headend self-supporting tower can been seen in the background of the enlarged photograph.22222
(7 votes)
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Waving the Flag and the Signal1164 viewsThis camo flag is adjacent to a major freeway. Note that under federal law the flag must be illuminated at night (it's not). 22222
(9 votes)
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Close-up of GPS Antenna and LMU Antenna542 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.22222
(4 votes)
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Radome above light standard1153 viewsThis Sprint* site, in Thousand Oaks, California, is a low-impact micro cell designed to serve a small area of twisty streets.

*Thanks for clearing this up, Jimmy!
1 comments22222
(4 votes)
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Cell Call Box642 viewsWhere there's nothing else vertical, some carriers will build cell sites on call boxes. This call box (now replaced) was installed on the Pacific Coast Highway near Point Mugu, California. The base station equipment was located in the flush vault in the foreground.22222
(4 votes)
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(6 votes)
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Camouflaged Antenna, Exposed BTS Cabinets1188 viewsNotice the BTS cabinets of the two carriers installed on the roof of this shopping center adjacent to the tower camouflaging the antennas. This photo take from an adjacent commercial site parking lot. 22222
(3 votes)
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There's Hope For the Signal!740 viewsSprint's site at Hope Church in Vista California is built in the add-on column below the spire. If you look closely you can see how the add-on was constructed. The facade is RF transparent material.22222
(3 votes)
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(3 votes)
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Nextel Field Light Standard Radome Antenna Mount1107 viewsNextel's Santa Margarita Christian High School site (Rancho Rancho Santa Margarita, California) uses a field light standard to support the antennas, and the radome that covers those antennas.

The mountain in the background/right of the field light standard is Santiago Peak, the key radio site in Orange County, California.
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(3 votes)
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A Thoughtful Monopalm817 viewsThe business end of this two-carrier monopalm at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church school in Palm Desert, California. Notice that there are no antenna arms at top of the tree structure. Cool.

Thanks to Rienk Ayers of Chameleon Engineering for updating me regarding the site. Chameleon's tag line works: "the Best is Hard to Find."
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(3 votes)
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Illuminating the Way 1 of 2649 viewsThis 'lighthouse' supports an AT&T Wireless and Sprint co-lo site in Dana Point, California, just adjacent to the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Notice the antennas on the railing at the top.22222
(3 votes)
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Sprint microcell - Two Sectors836 viewsPole mounted Sprint microcell in Brentwood, California (Parkyns St.). The panel antennas should have been painted brown or green to afford some measure of camouflage. This site is near OJ's former home on Rockingham in Brentwood, California. It's a much nicer area than were he now lives in Nevada.2 comments22222
(3 votes)
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What time is it?1668 viewsIt's time to make a cell phone call. This is a multiple carrier cell site.22222
(10 votes)
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Sprint's Dual Light Standard Site861 viewsHigh above the US101 (Ventura Freeway) in Thousand Oaks sit these dual light standards. Two light standards provide three sectors of diversity coverage in this very high (RF) traffic area. The BTS equpment is located in the vault between the two light standards.22222
(4 votes)
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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.22222
(4 votes)
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This signal ISN'T watered down426 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.22222
(4 votes)
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Mono(blah)-Palm1021 viewsCrown Castle's mono-palm in Mesa, Arizona hosts two carriers. The anchor carrier is Sprint; the other is unknown. A fairly poor design, made worse by the addtion of the panels below the top.22222
(2 votes)
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CoLo Site - Escondido, California551 viewsMesa Rock Road north of Deer Creek Road, Escondido, California.22222
(2 votes)
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Almost a Flagpole Site2096 viewsThe panels are missing at this flagpole site in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles, California). This is a good close-up showing the antenna and cables. By the way, most sites don't use bungee cords to hold the flag pole rope. 22222
(2 votes)
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(2 votes)
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DAS Outboard on Power Meter573 viewsOnce more, Cingular (now AT&T) employs the cabinet-on-a-cabinet technique of placing its DAS note, here in Rolling Hills Estates, California.22222
(2 votes)
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2008 Rose Bowl Herd861 viewsCows need feeding. In the case of the 2008 Rose Bowl herd, Sprint and Nextel share the large AT&T data interface (bottom). AT&T Wireless gets its own interface above Sprint and Nextel.22222
(2 votes)
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995 viewsA high resolution detail show of Cingular's wireless adobe site from the west side service road. It's on a bluff above California Highway 62 southeast of Yucca Valley, California. It appears to be 'just another house on a hill' until you get up close and personal. The site is owned by InterConnect Towers LLC (FCC ASR 1050520).22222
(2 votes)
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Sprint's COW: Rose Bowl 2006611 viewsSprint's COW at the 2006 Rose Bowl Game.22222
(2 votes)
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556 views22222
(2 votes)
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Sort-of Flag Tank Site768 views...in Boulder City, Nevada.22222
(2 votes)
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Can You Fry Me Now?865 viewsThis site's antennas are painted to match the McDonalds barrel sign at the Barstow Station, Barstow California.22222
(2 votes)
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399 views22222
(2 votes)
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The Leaning Tower of Victorville485 viewsVerizon's 3-sector wood pole is ever-so-slowly leaning over. Victorville, California.22222
(2 votes)
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A "Sort-a-flaged" Site (Close-up)648 viewsIt's hard to hide in plain sight when the plain site is not well hidden. Thanks to Larry Thomas for identifying this as a Sprint site.22222
(2 votes)
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Sprint Tower697 viewsThis stand-alone cell site is located in Carlsbad, California very near the La Costa Resort. Very stylish!22222
(2 votes)
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When is a Flagpole Not a Flagpole?936 viewsWhen it's a cell site with a windsock! North Seattle Community College. Quite a nice design!1 comments22222
(2 votes)
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Rooftop macrocell903 viewsThis macrocell is located atop a hotel next to the San Diego Freeway in West Los Angeles. Sorry, no room service on the roof.22222
(2 votes)
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Cell-on-a-roof401 viewsThree sector cell site on a commercial building rooftop.22222
(2 votes)
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Is that an AIRCRAFT warning light on the tree?1145 viewsThis site is on USMC property in San Diego County. The red light on the trop of the cell pine tree warns off low flying helicopters. Notice how the bark cladding stops at the level of the lowest branches. Also notice how much reflective the trunk is without the cladding. The bark cladding should have been extended all the way up the tree trunk.11111
(11 votes)
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AT&T Camo Light Standard1080 viewsAT&T's camo light standard site at Cresthaven and Westlake Blvd. in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are within the radome above the light arm. The GPS antenna above the radome should not be visible based on the plans approved by the Planning Commission.11111
(3 votes)
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742 views11111
(3 votes)
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447 views11111
(3 votes)
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It's a Gas!671 viewsCompare this photo, taken in May 2005, with the photo of the same site taken in June 2001. You'll see the replacement of the center antenna in each sector. Not nearly as clean as the original design, shown here. City of Los Angeles (Brentwood area).11111
(3 votes)
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Church bell tower - GPS antenna972 viewsThis is what first caught my eye: The poorly placed GPS antenna. A better design--one not visible to ground level viewers--would have been to place it at the top of the bell tower out of sight, or on the 'back side' where it would not been seen by church goers.11111
(3 votes)
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Another wanna-be cell palm965 viewsDone on the cheap, is it a cell palm that suffers from some plastic fungus, or is it a monopole with some palms stuck on for fun. Your call...1 comments11111
(3 votes)
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Sort-of-Monopine889 viewsThis sickly Sprint monopine is located next to a water tank. Extremely poor branch coverage makes the overall appearance something less than stunning. No bark cladding. No antenna covers or branch coverage.2 comments11111
(4 votes)
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COW: "Cell on Wheels"1636 viewsCOWs are used to provide temporary service, usually to special events, before the installation of a cell site, or in emergencies. Here's a COW owned by Nextel that was used to provide temporary service was the permanent site was being constructed on the roof of the building.11111
(6 votes)
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Cell Palm head1216 viewsThis is a close-up of a cell palm. Note the GPS antenna stuck on to right-side of the frame for the panel antennas.2 comments11111
(7 votes)
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A Sad Little Cell Palm1147 viewsIt is a cell pine? It is a monopole with a few palms attached? It is an example of how to 'sell' the community on a cell pine without delivering? You decide.

No texture on the pole; no real attempt to provide adequate palm cover.

Spotted off the I405 near Inglewood Blvd. in the Southbay area of Los Angeles.
1 comments11111
(6 votes)
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A Mighty Wind's A'blowin...1052 viewsThis well-known AT&T Wireless site sits to the west of SR57 in San Dimas, California (near Arrow Highway). The BTS equipment is located in the building to the left behind the barbed wire fence.3 comments11111
(4 votes)
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415 views11111
(3 votes)
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A Flag and Light Show828 viewsThis is an AT&T Wireless site, later Cingular, shining signal in San Diego on the I-5 Freeway and the Coronado Bay Bridge. The light standard also supports antennas. 1 comments11111
(3 votes)
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Very Active Monopalm832 viewsThis monopalm is located at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California. Notice that the antenna arms are not visible because they are hidden in the growth pod.11111
(3 votes)
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Battle of the Mono's...908 viewsIn this case, a sickly monopine and a basic monopole, both located at the top of a hill next to a water tank. Not much can be said for the monopole, but the poor branch coverage of the monopine sure sticks out like a sore thumb. Successful monopines have great branch coverage, antenna covers, and bark cladding all the way up the tree (unlike this example).2 comments11111
(3 votes)
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Cell Pine1048 viewsNot a bad tree design execution, save for the lack of branch coverage over the antennas.1 comments11111
(3 votes)
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CoLo Site - Escondido, California645 viewsMesa Rock Road north of Deer Creek Road, Escondido, California.11111
(2 votes)
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Blessed be Sprint876 viewsA sprint site inside a faux bell tower at a church in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles, California).11111
(2 votes)
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(2 votes)
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2008 Rose Bowl Herd - AT&T Wireless675 viewsAT&T's entry into the 2008 Rose Bowl Rodeo. Much nicer than in previous years.11111
(2 votes)
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm700 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.11111
(2 votes)
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Using Microwaves to Cook the Food?837 viewsThis site's antennas are painted to match the McDonalds barrel sign at the Barstow Station, Barstow California.11111
(2 votes)
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Los Angeles Cathedrial536 viewsA surface mount antenna site at the Los Angeles Cathedral. 11111
(2 votes)
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Great Scott! (Some more)675 viewsThis close-up view shows a very stylish use of an iron sculpture to provide an interesting surround to a cell site BTS.3 comments11111
(2 votes)
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Close-up of Cellular Cactus1936 viewsAt Eagle Mountain Inn, Arizona. Manufactured by Larson-USA (utilitycamo.com), and operated by Sprint.1 comments11111
(2 votes)
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Water tank - Personnel Entry Point753 viewsHere's an "underside looking up" view of the personnel entry port to the tank. Notice the fold-down rail ladder system. Gordon Ranch shopping center in Chino Hills, CA.1 comments11111
(2 votes)
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California741 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 one of the antennas for this sector located behind RF transparent panels just below the roof. The arrows indicate the direction of installation of one of the antennas. The color tape on the coaxial cable is a typical method of identifying the sector of the antenna, and whether its a transmit, receive, or duplex model.
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(2 votes)
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Oh thank heavens for RF from 7-11544 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.11111
(2 votes)
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8 foot antenna on building383 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California11111
(1 votes)
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445 views11111
(1 votes)
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This Was a Faux Water Tank1961 viewsThis is "Version 2" of the prior-existing faux water tank site (search on the term "Oxnard" to see the Version 1.0). Multiple carriers at this site, located at The Palms shopping center in Oxnard, California.11111
(1 votes)
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982 views11111
(1 votes)
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Exhausting!820 viewsVerizon's generator at Mulligan Fun Center in Murrieta, California has its exhaust drawn off to a remote vent. This is an unusual configuration for an outdoors generator but appropriate here where the generator is located adjacent to a public area.11111
(1 votes)
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(1 votes)
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(1 votes)
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Barn There; Done That978 viewsVerizon's site equipment is located behind the well-marked door inset in the driveway. Notice the GPS antenna at the roof of the antenna enclosure...it should have been located inside the antenna housing.11111
(1 votes)
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Sprint on a building872 viewsThis is a Sprint site in San Marcos, California. The BTS equipment cabinets are within in the CMU walled enclosure at ground level; the antennas are inside the surface mounted box on below the top of the building. This site is co-located with a Cricket Wireless monocypress site.11111
(1 votes)
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Mono Cypress1006 viewsCricket Wireless has constructed this attractive mono cypress in San Marcos, California. The BTS equipment is located against the wall of the building.11111
(1 votes)
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USPO Flag Site933 viewsThis is a Cingular site at a post office in San Marcos, California11111
(1 votes)
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1092 views11111
(1 votes)
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An Insect Attracted to a Light913 viewsThis is a Cricket Wireless DAS site (installed by NextG) on a light standard in Encinitas, California.11111
(1 votes)
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Wireless Adobe1173 viewsLooking southwest to Cingular's wireless adobe site. It's on a bluff above California Highway 62 southeast of Yucca Valley, California. It appears to be 'just another house on a hill' until you get up close and personal. The site is owned by InterConnect Towers LLC (FCC ASR 1050520).11111
(1 votes)
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Das da ticket!555 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.11111
(1 votes)
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Awful AT&T Antennas694 viewsThis rather awful antenna site, from AT&T wireless, is located at 10239 1/2 Vassar in Canoga Park, California. The dual band antennas use tower mounted amplifiers to enhance weak signal reception.11111
(1 votes)
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BTS cabinets during installation - Cable ladder rack950 viewsThis is a photo of the BTS (Base Telecommunications Station) cabinets during installation. Notice the cable ladder rack connecting the BTS cabinets to the trunk of the tree. The coaxial cables will be lashed to this ladder for physical support.11111
(1 votes)
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm677 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.11111
(1 votes)
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm613 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.11111
(1 votes)
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Camo Site at Gas Station742 viewsVerizon Wireless is in the far tower of this gas station on the road to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. The site is in Valley, Arizona.11111
(1 votes)
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Faux Roof Penthouses664 viewsThe three rooftop enclosures house cell equipment/antennas. Torrance, California.11111
(1 votes)
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Verizon's Sassy Site: Grounded Bollards771 viewsThe traffic bollards at Verizon's Sassy site are grounded. This helps to prevent RF hot-spots near the antennas. Of course, the bollards also help to deter unwelcome vehicle-visitors!11111
(1 votes)
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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).11111
(1 votes)
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Sutter County Lattice Tower425 viewsOff of CA SR99 at Howsley Road in Sutter County, you'll find this lattice tower.11111
(1 votes)
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Side Saddle Microwave Dish Installation467 viewsThis cell site uses a microwave dish antenna system to provide backhaul to the MTSO. The interesting note for this site is the side saddle (offset) installation of the dish antenna. In most metro installations, a microwave antenna saves the carrier the cost of leasing a telco dataline, but at the expense of adding visual loading to the project.11111
(1 votes)
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site579 viewsA good detail shot of Sprint's antennas located in a faux elevator penthouse.11111
(1 votes)
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I feel the power in Claremont, California (1 of 2)800 viewsThis freestanding cross houses Verizon's antennas at a church site off of I-210 in Claremont, California. This site was originally constructed by PacBell Mobile.11111
(1 votes)
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Cell Sign483 viewsSpotted in Redwood City, California, this two sector cell site provides spot coverage along the US101.11111
(1 votes)
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Camo site under construction667 viewsNextel's antennas are behind the foam panel. Site engineering and fabrication by Peabody Engineering.11111
(1 votes)
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Wireless Sign896 viewsThis uncompleted sign framework holds multiple antennas. Note that the 'rock' to the left is a cellular rock housing Nextel's antennas. Rocky peak site in Santa Susana Pass, California. 11111
(1 votes)
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Lots of BTS Equipment in the Sidewalk Area525 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').11111
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City Sign Cell Site971 viewsThis camouflaged site along Interstate 405 in Westminster, California was constructed by AT&T Wireless, now Cingular.11111
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Salzburg, Austria cell site - Apartment Building494 viewsThis is a cell site on the roof of an apartment building in Salzburg, Austria. I snapped this photo from my hotel room after having just lectured on cell siting at the Center for International Legal Studies.11111
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Cell site on power transmission pole631 viewsThis site in located in British Columbia, Canada.11111
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A Growth on a Monopalm815 viewsSpectrasite's monopalm has this very strange 6-panel growth on the tree trunk. And isn't that a stange looking, er, microwavealbe 'date' below the palms?! How sad. Inglewood, California. Cingular and Sprint are at this site.11111
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Our Clock Tower is now Finished732 viewsOther photos in this gallery document the construction of this site (actually, an upgrade to add additional carrier antennas). This is the site, now complete. Notice the GPS antennas on the roof to the left (west) of the clock tower.11111
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BTS Equipment Shelter722 views...nicely screened with a matching wood cover.1 comments11111
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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.11111
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Monopalm with Hidden Antennas1421 viewsSprint's monopalm at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California uses a design by Chameleon Engineering. The antennas are mounted inside the 'growth pod' below the palms. This view looks upwards to see how the grown pod radone is set out from the trunk of the palm.3 comments11111
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Spectrasite Co-Lo Multisector at Different Levels625 viewsSpectrasite tower supports a three sector wireless system, with one of the sectors lower than the other two (to help shape coverage). Also, this site supports an omnidirection carrier (the vertical antennas on top of the tower). 2 comments11111
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California710 viewsLong shot of the co-location camo site (Sprint, Verizon, Nextel, Cingular) at St. Andrews by the Sea United Methodist Church, San Clemente.

The antennas are located in the cross, behind RF transparent panels just below the roof, and on a light standard above a children's play area. Zoom in to see the multiple GPS antennas above the camo panels. Why so many carriers at this site? Three words: Location, Location, Location. This site, on a hill, has a great look up and down Interstate 5, and east to newly developed areas of the City of San Clemente, California.
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Monorock, Interrupted1057 viewsFront view of Sprint's monrock highlights the poor design that has many sharp edges; is incomplete; and sports a GPS antenna sticking up above the rock. Yuck.11111
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867 views11111
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719 views11111
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Das da ticket!638 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.11111
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AT&T/Cingular Cow at the Rose Bowl724 viewsCingular's (AT&T's) Cow at the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.11111
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It's a sign...it's a monopole...it's a sign...it's a monopole643 viewsWhy, it's both, in Henderson, Nevada.11111
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The Sweet Taste of Signal598 viewsCingular and an unidentified second carrier use this old silo in Loveland, Colorado. Photo by Steve Allen of Kramer.Firm, Inc.11111
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540 views11111
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379 views11111
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Not-a-Monopalm BTS Enclosure775 viewsThe monopalm at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church school is served from this BTS enclosure adjacent to the kids play area. Palm Desert, California. This panorama consists of three photos. Can you find both break points?11111
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Cell Palm774 viewsSprint's Desert Hot Springs monopalm site at 61400B Pierson Blvd. sits aside the road to 29 Palms. Relatively poor branch coverage.11111
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Great Scott! (Even more)428 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.11111
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Proud Waves From Sprint (3 of 3)739 viewsA wide-shot view of Sprint's Scottsdale Ranch flagpoles site.11111
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Water Tank818 viewsIn a shopping center in Chino Hills, California1 comments11111
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Sprint microcell - Omnidirectional pattern2165 viewsOne of the secret ways from the San Fernando Valley into West Los Angeles (or is it the other way around) is via Havenhurst Avenue. Sprint's customers know the route, and Sprint's capitalized on it by adding this omni site to cover the commuters.11111
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More Waves and Waves1019 viewsA very large flagpole cell site in Southgate, California.11111
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Cellular Pine Tree1416 viewsIn the Sepulveda Pass between West Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley (California). 2 comments00000
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Shelling out some signal862 viewsNextel's antennas are affixed below the gas station sign at this site in Henderson, Nevada.00000
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Store that Signal!472 viewsThe roof-mounted cable tray supporting the antenna coax cables can be clearly seen in this photo. The cable tray protects the coaxial cable from being damaged, here from people walking and working on the roof. Damaged coaxial cables most often seriously degrade the received and transmitted signals. 00000
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What a Strange Trunk!1020 viewsGosh, this cell palm has an odd-looking trunk, don't you agree?! Not a very good design, but perhaps it's better than its neighbor.1 comments00000
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Signal from a dead tree903 viewsThis wood pole supports a cell site radome at the top. The cables are secured in metal U-channels on the side of the pole. 00000
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What a Lug!738 viewsNextel's Santa Margarita Christian High School site (Rancho Rancho Santa Margarita, California) is adorned with this emergency generator socket (sometimes called a "LUG"). It permits the Nextel to bring in a portable power generator to keep the site on-air during local power outages. For technical details regarding this device see:
http://www.appletonelec.com/pdf/D-2thru31.pdf
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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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A Growth on a Monopalm711 viewsSpectrasite's monopalm has this very strange 6-panel growth on the tree trunk. How sad. Inglewood, California. Cingular and Sprint are at this site.00000
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AT&T Camo Light Standard 1071 viewsAT&T's camo light standard site at Cresthaven and Westlake Blvd. in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are within the radome above the light arm. The GPS antenna above the radome should not be visible based on the plans approved by the Planning Commission.00000
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McCell Site804 viewsT-Mobile's McDonald's site in Del Mar, California. The antennas are in the three radomes atop the parking lot light standards. The base station equipment is housed in the CMU wall extension behind the trash enclosure.00000
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The Word Rings Out From T-Mobile751 viewsT-Mobile's exterior box design is spoiled by the visible antenna cables and tower mounted amplifiers in plain view. A little work would make this a nice site on a church bell tower.00000
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