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AVEA (A & A) colo with Turk cell site534 viewsColo site: Avea and Turk
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About three hundred years apart533 viewsYes, this is big iron in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania. Yes, it's in the middle of a field being tended by local Amish citizens. Yes, this photo captures technology spanning about 300 years. Amazing!
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Spectrasite Co-Lo Multisector at Different Levels532 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).
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The Transit Mixer has Arrived...532 views...so let the pouring begin!
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Faux church steeple - nearing completion531 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site is nearing completion. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles531 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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PCS at City Hall530 viewsThis Sprint site at the Redondo Beach, California City Hall also supports public safety radio antennas above and below the panels.
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KMLT Almost Buried530 viewsIf you compare this photo with past photos you'll notice that half the transmitter building is now buried. When complete only the ground level access in the foreground of the building will remain. The pullbox to the left of center is for electrical power. The pullbox to the far right is for the coaxial egress point to feed the antenna.
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Faux 'faux chimney'530 viewsCingular's faux chimney on the rear of a real estate office is a better design than the front faux chimney, yet this chimney suffers from one of the same faults as the front: the panel antenna protrudes above the level of the faux chimney.
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Two Greek Cows530 views...on the road between Athens and the Athens Airport. Shot through the window of a moving taxi.
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The Sweet Taste of Signal529 viewsCingular and an unidentified second carrier use this old silo in Loveland, Colorado. Photo by Steve Allen of Kramer.Firm, Inc.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node529 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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Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California528 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
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Church Steeple Site in Long Beach, California528 viewsChurch Steeple Site
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Chester, PA Cell Site527 viewsAttention KMART shoppers! Now you can show for sundries and signal at the same time!
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Two Cacti Site - Eagle Mountain Golf Course and Inn527 viewsSprint's site, designed by Larson-USA, is an outstanding deployment.
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Cable Pulling Vault: Sprint's San Dimas Water Tank527 viewsThe cables from the BTS to the antennas pass through this pulling vault, then go up the legs of the tank to the antennas.
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The Sweet Taste of Signal527 viewsCingular and an unidentified second carrier use this old sugar silo in Loveland, Colorado. Photo by Steve Allen of Kramer.Firm, Inc. Loveland Sugar Co.
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm527 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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Das da ticket!527 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.
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Nextime Nextel526 viewsNextel's Rose Bowl COW
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Church Site525 viewsThis church site in San Diego is interesting because the of the add-on to the church (on the left side) to house AT&T's base station equipment. The antennas are located in the steeple.
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Flamingos Have Antennas!525 viewsI always focused on the tail feathers of Flamingos. Who knew that they had antennas, too!
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Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington524 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington. Notice the climbing space through the bottom platform.
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Faux church steeple - Louvers detail522 viewsThe faux church steeple will be completed with louvers. This photograph is a close-up of the louver detail. These louvers are transparent to radio frequency signals. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007522 viewsYet another photo of the two COWS (Sprint and Nextel) at the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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It's a Gas! (Overview)521 viewsCompare this photo, taken in June, 2001, with the photo of the same site taken in May 2005. You'll see the original antenna in the center of each sector. Much cleaner than the replacement design. City of Los Angeles (Brentwood area).
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Rebar cage for underground transmitter building - From ramp520 viewsAnother shot of the rebar that forms the soon-to-be underground transmitter building. The roadway in the background goes to the antenna site, adjacent to a camouflaged water tank.
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Sprint's San Dimas Water Tank - Entry Port520 viewsLooking up to the entry port of Sprint's water tank in San Dimas, California
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Sprint's COW: Rose Bowl 2006520 viewsSprint's COW at the 2006 Rose Bowl Game.
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Painting on the Sky 5 of 6519 viewsBill's painting on the sky!
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Camo Site Overlooking LAX519 viewsThis apartment building sports mutiple carries in the faux parapet. This site, in El Segundo overlooks LAX. It appears to have 3 carriers co-located here.
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California518 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 south. The antennas for this sector are located behind RF transparent panels just below the roof. One of the panels doesn't match, does it?
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Surface mounted antennas sometimes just require matching paint517 viewsThis surface mount wireless site is less visible due to the use of matching paint on the antenna radomes. Less visible, but not a true camouflage site.
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The Sweet Taste of Signal517 viewsAnother view of the old Loveland Sugar Co. silo, now used as an antenna support for two carriers (Cingular plus an unidentified carrier).
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Sleep Wirelessly in San Pablo, California517 viewsMetroPCS site inside the legs of a Holiday Inn Express sign. For more views of this site, visit http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/spoca?_requestid=302192.
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Use a Cell Phone: Go to Jail516 viewsSpotted in Las Vegas, New Mexico
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Camo Site in Shopping Center515 viewsThe camo site is located in the clocktower of this shopping center.
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KMLT Panorama - Almost Done515 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
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Wood You Please Support These Antennas?515 viewsUbiquitel uses wood panels to replace antennas not installed on the two-antenna mounts atop this PG&E power tower in Oakhurst, California. This site is at 2765 Powerline Road.
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What time is it? Time to make a call!515 viewsSort-of camo site (antennas are on the corners of the clock tower). Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Looking at the entry area.514 viewsHere's a good look at the entry area and the conduits extending from the transmitter building to what will be underground when the earth is pushed back around the building.
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Central Sedona Arizona514 viewsThis multicarrier site is located at Fire Station 4 in Sedona, Arizona.
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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California514 viewsCloseup of NextG Networks DAS light standard node in Norwalk, California. Note the cut-off box grated to the side of the Andrews ION fiber optic node.
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Two on a Stick513 viewsSprint's BTS equipment is located in the large flush-to-grade vault. It's flush vents bracket the BTS vault.
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Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California513 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
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Hope (and signal) Sprints Eternal512 viewsAnother view of the camo antennas at Sprint's Hope Church site in Vista California.
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Nextel Cow: Rose Bowl 2006512 viewsNextel's Cow at the 2006 Rose Bowl.
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Antenna arrays mounted on transmission towers511 viewsClose-up view of an antenna array mounted on a power transmission tower.
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View of the transmitter site from near the antenna site511 viewsHere's an updated view of the KMLT transmitter area take from about 600 fee up the hill (very near the antenna site).
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Wireless, with Cables511 viewsThis multicarrier site is at the upper station of the Mt. Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska.
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Verizon 'Small Cell' (Really a DAS node)511 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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Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building510 viewsThe external concrete forms and braces have been removed; the outside is treated for waterproofing; and the pre-cast holes to permit conduit/cable entry are now visible.
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site510 viewsA good detail shot of Sprint's antennas located in a faux elevator penthouse.
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Looking at Eagles510 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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KMLT Panorama - Almost Done509 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign509 viewsAt California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are in the radome atop the parking lot lights (not seen in this photo), and the BTS equipment is in the background behind the monument entry sign.
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It Radiates Near Radiation508 viewsThis is a monopole owned by American Tower located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. They work on things there that are better left unspoken (absent a suitable security clearance, that it).
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California507 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 the Cingular BTS. The antennas for this sector are located behind RF transparent panels just below the roof.
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Semi-camo tower506 viewsThe Santa Monica Mountains frame this cell site, located along Interstate 405 near the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
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Tarzana, California504 viewsClark Avenue
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Panoramic view of KMLT - 90% backfilled503 viewsThe entire 'back' portion of the transmitter building is now under dirt. Due to the new location of the trash bin, this panoramic photo is taken from a point to the north of the previous panoramic shots.
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site501 viewsIn West Los Angeles, Sprint's antennas are located in a faux elevator penthouse, and the base telecommunications station equipment is in the foreground on the left side.
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AT&T's Upgraded Tree at Camp Pendleton Rest Stop501 viewsAT&T has just upgraded this monopine site to 4G and materially improved the camouflage. Much better than before. N/B I-5 at the rest stop.
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Monopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus500 viewsMonopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus
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Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building499 viewsAnother view of the transmitter building and the waterproofing.
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Faux 'faux chimney' - A Different Angle499 viewsFrom this angle, Cingular's faux chimney on the front of a real estate office is a good design, but things aren't as they seem. See the view of this faux chimney from the other side to see why its inferior.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node499 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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Cell site crowning a power transmission tower497 viewsThis cell site, in Walnut Creek, California, is atop a PG&E power transmission tower.
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32. Looking down on the Activated Site497 viewsHere's the bird's-eye view looking down at the BTS equipment mounted on the far pad.
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007497 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - CLOSE UP496 viewsThis is a close-up of a cell site atop a hill above a major Interstate Highway. The antennas are mounted at ground level.
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Super Signal From Super 8496 viewsCingular built this camo site below a sign at the Super 8 Motel in Azusa, California. For some reason the radome cover is missing, exposing the three sector antennas to public view.
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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington496 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport. Note the airport rotating aerodrome beacon on top of the tank.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof495 viewsNotice how the coax ground wires are far from supported, attached, and protected at this site. This is a violation of the NEC 810.21(C) and (D) et seq.
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2. Routing the Antenna Cables up to the Roof495 viewsThe coaxial cables for the antennas, including the GPS antenna, are loosely placed against teh wall going up to the roof. As you'll see later, these cables will be secured in a cable tray. At this time the GPS antenna is not yet installed.
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A parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.493 viewsMulti-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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A Dam Tall Tower492 viewsThis tall tower, well, towers over Hoover Dam in Nevada and/or Arizona. I guess it depends in which state you live. This tower is on the Nevada side.
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Outback with the Signal492 viewsNextel's antennas are inside the lower portion of the sign. The GPS antenna is mounted to one of the legs of the sign. Norwalk, California, overlooking Interstate 5.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design489 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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What's Red and Whilte and Radiates All Over488 views...it's this T-Mobile lattice tower in Gridley, California.
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Columns of Signal488 viewsThe columns at the top are built with RF transparent materials. The antennas are located inside the columns of this church. The base station equipment is located at teh lower right site. This church is located in San Juan Capistrano, California.
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Light Standard Under Construction488 viewsThe double arms of this light standard, and the radome containing the antennas above the arms are yet to be placed.
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488 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Generator Socket487 viewsThis is a standby power generator socket to provide power to the cell site during local commercial power failures
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Equipment Cabinets, GPS and LMU antennas487 viewsCingular's equipment cabinets are mounted in the hardscape area between the curb and sidewalk.
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1. Antennas to be Hidden in Clock Tower487 viewsThree of four sides of the exsting clock tower had walls partially removed to permit the installation of RF-transparent fiberglass panels. As you'll see later, once the antennas are installed behind the panels, the panels are painted and textured to match the rest of the structure, thus hiding the antenna locations.
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Don't worry...the ladder will be removed before the concrete is poured.487 viewsWorkers preping the CEV for the concrete pour. The large holes are to connect to what will be intake and outflow air vents yet to be installed.
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Major Macrocell Site (multiple carriers)486 viewsThis is an example of a traditional multiple carrier macrocell site. Note the large microwave antennas facing to the right: They are used to provide high-reliability connection of this site to the MTSO some 25 miles away.
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Cell site on power transmission pole484 viewsThis site in located in British Columbia, Canada.
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KMLT's Antenna Fence Under Construction484 viewsThe fence being constructed is to keep the hikers in the area away from the antenna site. At the time this photo was snapped KMLT was operating from its old (aux) transmitter site some miles away.
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14. Installing the Telco Interface and Power Switching Cabinets484 viewsThe large cabinet on the right (with the open door) is to house the telco interface. A telco dataline is used to connect this cell site back to Verizon's mobile telephone switching office. The two smaller cabinets on the left, starting at the far left, are the power breaker panel, and the power generator transfer switch. The transfer switch senses loss of commercial power and automatically starts the generator (yet to be installed) and transfers power to the generator once stabilized. The reverse occurs when the commercial power is restored for a minimum period of time.
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Palms guarding cell site - circa 2001482 viewsHere's a photo of a PCS site I photographed sometime in 2001. Notice that its 'in the middle of nowhere.' Fast forward to the shot of the same site I took in October, 2004.
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Microcell - Two Sectors482 viewsHigh gain (directional) antennas facing up/down the highway.
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Monopole482 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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Lots of signal!481 viewsThis is a co-location site located south of Worcester, MA.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design481 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Cell Site Generator Plug and Breaker/Switch-over Panel480 viewsMany cell sites must operate 24/7, even in the event of a commercial power failure. Most carriers have standby power generators that can be driven to cell sites and plugged in to a generator plug such as the one shown to the right of the breaker/switch-over panel. This facility is owned by AT&T Wireless. It's in the western part of Los Angeles.
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Looking at Eagles480 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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480 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times479 viewsThis furniture store sign supports T-Mobile's sectorized antennas. National City, California (south of San Diego). The furniture store is out of business.
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A Well-Done Grilled FM Station479 viewsKMLT's transmitter housing present appearance as of May, 2006 is virtually invisible. Easy to miss. Exactly what was intended! Outstanding work by Chris Hicks, KMLT's CE, the City of Thousand Oaks Planning department, and the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area479 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Got Desert?478 viewsThis little Verizon 3-sector site sites atop a wood pole in Victorville, California. The BTS equipment is in the fenced area to the left, and the telco and power panels are to the right.
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Multi-carrier cell site and TVRO downlink476 viewsThe multiple carrier tower isn't connected with the TVRO satellite antennas in front, but it makes for a nice picture. This site is located in northern San Antonio, Texas at a very large church facility. An interesting note: The antenna structure registration number shown on the site is, per the FCC's database, cancelled. Interesting!
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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Waterproofing)476 viewsThis panoramic view shows the worksite, the antenna and tower, and the transmitter building with the waterproofing applied to the walls.
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About 75 percent of the building is buried476 viewsThe backfill is covering the building up to about the 75% level. Soon it will be completely buried, and the transmitter and related equipment will be moved in.
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The Herd at the 2007 Rose Bowl476 viewsNextel, Sprint, and AT&T "cover" the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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DAS Outboard on Power Meter476 viewsOnce more, Cingular (now AT&T) employs the cabinet-on-a-cabinet technique of placing its DAS note, here in Rolling Hills Estates, California.
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The walls are up...475 viewsThe concrete calls are poured and are hardening. Next, in about 6 days, comes the roof pour and cure.
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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Roof on)475 viewsThis is an updated panoramic shot of the job site and antenna. The roof is now on the building. Photo taken on a weekend (no workers present).
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Cricket in Santa Fe475 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design475 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Blessed Be This Cell Site474 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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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Zoom shot)473 viewsThis close-up panoramic shot shows the transmitter site as seen (well, actually, not seen) from near the antenna site.
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Das da ticket!473 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.
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Spectrasite co-location site471 viewsThis Spectrasite cell/microwave site is located in Carson, California. The tower is registered to what is now Verizon Wireless. Note how the microwave antennas are identified by code to permit identification of specific microwave antennas from ground level. It's located in an "Enterprise" zone (sorry...inside joke).
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Co-location cell site471 viewsThe lower array was added after the tower was constructed. How do we know? Many of the cables for that array are mounted on the outside of the pole on the righthand side.
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Power transmission pole - Underground equipment shelter471 viewsThis cell site, on a power transmission pole, is connected to a controlled environment vault ("CEV"). The CEV is an underground room housing the equipment. The hatch for the CEV is the green box show below and to the left of the pole.
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Gimme a Transmitter with Mustard!471 viewsAnother view of the at-grade grill over the transmitter room at KMLT. May 2006
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design471 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Close-up of Cell Antennas and GPS Antenna on Traffic Signal/Light Standard469 viewsThis is a close-up of the antennas mounted on the traffic signal. Note the two coax cables into the bottom of each panel antenna. One is for transmitting and the other is for receiving.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California469 views
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A Tower That Helps Birds!467 viewsThis is American Tower's "Taos Center" tower site in, ah, Taos (New Mexico). It's most unique feature is the federally protected bird's nest on the tower. Here's the sign warning against climbing without permission.
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Rocket South of Santa Fe on I-25467 viewsOne of the worst located sites I have ever run across.
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467 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design467 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Looking at the rear of the CEV.466 viewsA good shot of the base and read of the CEV dig hole.
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466 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Panoramic view of KMLT - 75% backfilled465 viewsThis panoramic photo of the site shows the building backfill nearly complete. Soon it will be time to move in the transmitter and related equipment.
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CEV ready for concrete pour465 viewsJust waiting on the transit mixer to show up.
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Close-up of GPS Antenna and LMU Antenna464 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.
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Rover's Roof464 viewsOn the roof of the drive test 'rover' is a GPS antenna (the square antenna in the center of the roof), plus two PCS omnidirectional antennas for signal measurement and communications purposes.
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