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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node419 viewsNextG is a wireless carrier's carrier. They provide fiber links between the BTS and the antenna site using a technology referred to as Distributed Antenna System (DAS). This is a NextG DAS node located in Encinitas, California. The carrier supported by this node is Cricket Wireless. NextG's Cricket network in San Diego County is thought to be the largest deployment of DAS in the U.S.
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Tarzana, California419 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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419 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design419 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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San Mateo Bridge418 viewsTo provide for high power, focused coverage along a significant portion of the San Mateo Bridge spanning the Bay, carriers use high gain antennas. Here's a co-lo cell site on the east side of the bay.
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Amish Area Cell Tower418 views...in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania, in the heart of the Amish country.
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Lighting the Lot418 viewsSprint's interesting little Mono-Parking-Lot-Light-Site in San Fernando, California
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418 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon417 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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417 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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417 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design417 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art417 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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Salzburg, Austria cell site - Apartment Building416 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.
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Guyed Tower - Antennas Vertically Stacked416 viewsThis cell site is on a guyed lattice tower on top of a commercial building in Modesto, California. Notice that the antennas are vertically stacked "tip-to-tip" at the top of the tower.
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Field of Signals416 viewsCingular's dual CEV site at Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California. Notice the GPS/LMU antenna bolted to the side of the CEV in the foreground.
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Verizon 'Small Cell' (Really a DAS node)416 viewsStrapped on to a City of Los Angeles light standard. Cables are routed inside the pole to and through the top cap.
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Color can make all the difference - Close up415 viewsThe antenna panels, while not camo, are nicely blended into the underlying structure.
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Field of Signals415 viewsCingular's light standard site in the Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
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6. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels414 viewsYet another view of the bell tower being modified to enclose the antennas.
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Tarzana, California414 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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414 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Panoramic view of the KMLT transmitter building413 viewsThe roof is on. Less than a month to go before the hole is closed and the building is buried.
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The Leaning Tower of Victorville413 viewsVerizon's 3-sector wood pole is ever-so-slowly leaning over. Victorville, California.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site413 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design413 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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16. Clock Tower Painting Underway412 viewsYet another view of the re-painted clock tower.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles412 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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21. Huh? What Happended to the Concrete Pad?411 viewsIn a surprising twist, the concrete pad has been hammered out and new frames and conduits installed. What gives? According to the work crews, it seems that the generator pad was installed 90 degrees off. Go back in the gallery and look and you'll see what I'm talking about. Because of the little error, weeks were apparently lost in site activation...not to mention $$$ (which I didn't, okay?).
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Grand Canyon - South Rim411 viewsThis multicarrier site is located near the Bright Angle Lodge at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
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Tower Towers Over the Santa Fe Plaza411 viewsTowering over the historic Santa Fe Plaza (and just about everything else in the area), this awful pole is about as out of place as a tower can be. So sad. Thanks to Alltel for contributing to the spoiling of the historic Santa Fe Plaza area.
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Sprint - Microcell using Sanders CATV radio410 viewsSprint (especially in conjunction with Cox) deployed a significant number of the Sanders cable TV/cell interface. This site uses very low gain antennas (the two outside antennas are for reception from the users, and the center antenna is for transmission to the users). Sprint has built its own CATV-like wireless system to connect many of its sites back to its MTSOs.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)410 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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Cell Site on a Power Pole (Crown Design)409 views...on 19th near Tuckahoe in Fairfax Co., VA near I66. Notice how the cable ladder is attached to the pole using straps.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design408 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Waves of Power407 viewsA fairly standard power transmission tower with a cell crown. Spotted in Walnut Creek, California, this photograph graces the cover of Paul Valle-Riestra's book, "Telecommunications: The Governmental Role in Managing the Connected Community" published in 2002.
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Take me to the Opera!407 viewsA parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design407 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Verizon MTSO San Diego 1 of 2406 viewsThis photo shows Verizon's Mobile Telephone Switching Office and tower in San Diego, California.
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Store that Signal!406 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.
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11. Cables are now in the Cable Tray406 viewsWe're getting closer! Notice that the cables make a gentle (less than 90 degree) bend at the bottom of the ladder where it connects to the tray in the hallway. Bending cables too much can kink them. Kinking can cause excessive signal transmission losses. Not a good thing! Also notice that the GPS antenna is now installed--quite visibly--at the top of the cable tray on the roof. More in the next photograph...
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Wireless, with Cables406 viewsClose up of the multicarrier site at the upper station of the Mt. Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles406 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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Sprint microcell - Two Sectors405 viewsThis two sector microcell provides spot service along Mulholland Highway in Los Angeles. Note the good use of brown paint to provide some blending with the pole and arms.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area405 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design405 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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AT&T Site Undergoing a 4G Upgrade404 viewsThis site, at 703 Montana in Santa Monica, California is undergoing an upgrade to 4G.
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Tarzana, California404 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design404 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!403 viewsAs seen in the accompanying photo, the left-pointing antennas (sector) seem to provide excellent coverage for the hillside, and not much beyond it. It would be interesting to know how much power this site and antennas produce, and whether any portion of the hillside is in an RF controlled zone. The hillside, as you can see in the photo, is quite accessible to the general public.
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Two on a Stick403 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.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site403 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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Ketchikan Me if you Kan403 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Power on the Tower403 viewsAn AT&T site on a SCE transmission tower in Thousand Oaks, California.
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403 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design403 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!402 viewsOkay, here's a panoramic photograph of Sprint's excellent RF into the accessible hillside.
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Federally Protected Bird's Next in Taos, NM402 viewsThis is a close-up of the federally-protected bird's next located high up an American Tower colo site in Taos, New Mexico.
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10. Securing the Coaxial Cables in the Tray401 viewsA tech secures the cables to the tray. Notice that the cable tray extends out a bit from the edge of the wall. This will connect with the vertical portion of the tray heading to the roof.
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9. More Cable Tray Installation401 viewsHere's a further view of the cable tray as it transitions from the hallway leading from the side of the building over and down to the BTS equpment housing area.
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Poorly designed Church bell tower site401 views
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site401 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Multi-carrier Omnis and Panels400 viewsThis traditional 'high iron' site supports several carriers using omni-directional antennas, as well as at least one carrier with sectorized panel antennas.
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Cell Sign400 viewsSpotted in Redwood City, California, this two sector cell site provides spot coverage along the US101.
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400 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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AT&T Wireless (Cingular) Omni Site399 viewsJust park your BTS equipment in this space and you're good to go. AT&T Wireless built this dual band cellular/PCS site in West Los Angeles adjacent to a large regional mall and a busy intersection.
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I'll Turn Left on a Green Sector...399 viewsFountain Hills area of greater Phoenix. A three sector site atop a traffic and light standard.
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Sock-it-to-me399 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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399 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design398 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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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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Top Hat Wireless?397 viewsHere's a different spin on hanging antennas from a pole. The other poles along this strand line are shorter, but AT&T Wireless replaced the existing pole with a taller one to provide room at the top to hang its three sectors of panel antennas.
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Take me to the Opera!397 viewsThe BTS cabinets for the multi-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Tip-to-Tip 1 of 2396 viewsThis equipment cabinets of this site are behind an unlocked gate. Many of the cable conduit pull caps have been removed exposing the site wiring.
Note the antennas mounted in a "tip-to-tip" configuration. A close up of the antennas is seen in an adjacent photo in this gallery.
This site is located in San Francisco and shines signal on US101.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design396 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Side Saddle Microwave Dish Installation395 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.
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Multi-carrier Cell Site Cleverly Disguised As An Upscale Hotel395 viewsOkay, it's really a hotel with an amazing number and variety of cell sites. Look at the related series of photos to get a flavor of this amazing site in Torrance, California.
Looking northeast. Cells on the roof (camo to the right; not camo in the middle) and on the southwest wall. Three panel non-camo sector on the west roof.
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18. Now You See the Cables...Now You Don't395 viewsThe cables are now safely tucked away under the cover of the tray, now installed.
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AT&T Clock Tower - Public Park395 viewsAT&T Clock Tower Site in Rio Rancho, NM
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design395 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Rooftop macrocell394 viewsYet another rooftop macrocell site. Santa Monica, California.
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Drive Test Rover Ready To Run394 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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25. It's Raining, It's Pouring (Concrete)393 viewsHere's the new re-poured pad. It's just been poured. There'll be a cure period to let it harden before moving the equipment into the area.
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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California393 viewsNextG Networks DAS light standard site in Norwalk, California.
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Tarzana, California393 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Monopole Power Tower Cell Site391 viewsThis is a cell site on a power mono-tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Notice the microwave antenna for backhaul located on the lower portion of the tower.
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Tarzana, California391 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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More Power from Power...390 views...plant, that is. San Diego County, California.
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Hitting the signal out of the park390 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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390 views
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17. Clock Tower Painting Underway389 viewsA rear view of the re-painted clock tower.
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Parking lot cell site388 viewsThe cell antennas are mounted on the light standard on the roof of a public parking lot in San Francisco.
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A Pair of Monopoles in Gorman, California388 viewsAt the northern end of Los Angeles County along I-5.
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A New Sign of the Times387 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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T-Mobile Camo Site 387 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Tarzana, California387 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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13. Securing the Cables and Painting386 viewsThings are moving forward downstairs, too!
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Camo Water Tank386 viewsCamo Water Tank in San Dimas, CA
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Sending out the word...to Interstate 10385 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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Powering Up Santa Fe385 viewsT-Mobile occupies the top of this power transmission pole near the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Santa Fe Country Club385 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California385 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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385 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles385 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 Sectors384 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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Microcell - Two Sectors384 viewsYet another pole-mounted two-sector cell site.
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Arlington, VA Multicarrier Site384 views...at Washington Blvd. and 25th.
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15. Clock Tower Painting Underway384 viewsThe panels are fully installed and are being painted and textured to match the building.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site384 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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On the Fence383 viewsSome wireless carriers mount their antennas on the outside of water tank sites atop hilltops.
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Tower Towers Over the Santa Fe Plaza383 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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area383 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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383 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Power Transmission Tower Site382 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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The Tower Company Tower382 viewsSounds circular, eh? Located in Chico, California.
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24. It's Concrete Pour Day...Again382 viewsThe wood frames are in place and braced for the pour...again. Notice the very nice cable terminations at the far end of the cable tray. You'll see these again, later.
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26. Anyone for a Tumble?382 viewsThe concrete mixer has done its job and is ready to go home, again!
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Which Way is the Wind Blowing?382 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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Blessed Be This Cell Site382 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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Wait 'Till We Get Our Haines Signal On You!382 viewsMulticarrier site above Haines, Alaska
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Wireless site on a major transmission tower, Irvine, CA381 viewsUtilizing the powerline ROW, this wireless site makes use of a transmission tower. If you enlarge the photograph, you'll see another wireless site on the pole behind this one.
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Tall Tower to Save Birds381 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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Santa Fe Country Club381 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Sort-of Camo on Face of Shopping Center Tower381 viewsA less-than-inspired design in a shopping center in Chino, CA. Not impressive, and barely camo.
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