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

Copyright 2000-2026 Dr. Jonathan Kramer

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Cable TV Headend Cell Site405 viewsOne of Comcast's cable television headend towers in the Philadelphia area supports cell panel antennas.
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Great Scott!405 viewsYet another view of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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CornucopiaMicrowave Horn in Las Vegas, New Mexico405 viewsThis is a 'cornucopia' (high performance) microwave antenna at the CenturyLink Central Office in Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles405 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles405 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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Los Alamos, New Mexico403 viewsThis is a monopole owned by Alltel, and is located in Los Alamos, New Mexico. This tower is fairly close to the airport, so that's why you see an aircraft warning light on the top.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California403 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Verizon Camo Church Site 402 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Multi-carrier Monopole Site402 viewsMulti-carrier Monopole Site in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Self-supporting cell tower - Mass Turnpike401 viewsThis co-location site is in Newton, MA along the turnpike.
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Power Transmission Tower Site401 viewsNextel's site not only provides local cell coverage along a highly traveled (and very dangerous) state highway, it also serves as a repeater site to relay MTSO connections to a site yet further away. If you didn't understand that, give me a call and I'll explain! :-) Between Victorville and Littlerock, California.
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PCS Crown on PG&E Tower401 viewsUbiquitel's PCS antennas in Olivehurst, California are located above the high tension lines on this PG&E power transmission tower.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles401 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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No, the tower legs are NOT two colors...400 views...it's just the the legs on the right have so many black cables for the T-Mobile, Cingular, and Nextel antennas. Olivehurst, California.
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Santa Fe High School Light Standard400 viewsLight Standard site at Santa Fe High School (New Mexico)
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NextG (Crown Castle) Dual DAS in Redondo Beach, CA400 viewsThis is an example of why the assertion that 'DAS and done' is not always true. This site was originally permitted as a single DAS site, but another carrier wanted to be at the same site, so a larger cabinet holding two DAS nodes was installed, as was a second antenna.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site400 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles400 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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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California398 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site398 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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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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Close-up of transmission tower wireless installation, Irvine, CA397 viewsUtilizing the powerline ROW, this wireless site makes use of a power transmission tower.
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Updated to Digital...397 viewsThis overview shot shows the antennas (cells and GPS) on a traffic signal, and the BTS equipment in the sidewalk area to the left of the traffic signal. Compare this photo to the photograph in this gallery from a few years ago when this was an analog site.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California397 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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AT&T Wireless (Cingular) Omni Site396 viewsAT&T Wireless built this dual band cellular/PCS site in West Los Angeles adjacent to a large regional mall and a busy intersection. This photo shows a second set of omnidirection antennas immediately adjacent to the public parking space.
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Santa Fe Big Steel Lattice Tower396 viewsSanta Fe, New Mexico
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Santa Fe High School Light Standard396 viewsLight Standard site at Santa Fe High School (New Mexico)
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art396 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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After the COW...395 viewsBefore and during the construction of this Nextel site on US Government property, the firm used a COW to provide service along I-405 in West Los Angeles. A photo of that particular COW may be viewed in the non-camo section of this gallery.
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Building top multi-sector cell site395 viewsPlain vanilla. No "touch of gold" here.
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Big Steel over Las Vegas (New Mexico, that is)395 viewsThis multi-carrier tower serves much of Las Vegas, New Mexico.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles395 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles394 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Two monopoles - Co-location site.393 viewsThese towers are located near Worcester, MA.
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Lots of BTS Equipment in the Sidewalk Area393 viewsThis AT&T Wireless base station is located in the right-of-way. The smaller pedestal to the left of the BTS houses the power company meter.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California393 viewsLooking up the (camo) skirt of the site.
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Sprint Omni Site392 viewsTwo baby-vents for Sprint's equipment vault.
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Sprint Omni Site392 viewsTwo on an Arm legacy Sprint site in Los Angeles
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8 foot antenna on building391 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Power Transmission Tower Site390 viewsPECO transmission tower cell site in Philadelphia.
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The Golden Signal390 viewsOne of T-Mobile's sector antennas at its Chico, California water tank site. Photo taken just before sunset.
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Now you See it, and Now you Do389 viewsThis non-camo/camo site is located near a major freeway and arterial roadway.
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Sprint Omni Site389 viewsTwo on an Arm legacy Sprint site in Los Angeles
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California389 viewsT-Mobile BTS.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California388 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles388 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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Cell-on-a-roof387 viewsThree sector cell site on a commercial building rooftop.
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Power Transmission Tower Site387 viewsPECO transmission tower cell site in Philadelphia.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site387 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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2,500 Years Apart385 viewsThe Acropolis above Athens has been standing for 2,500 years. The cell antennas on the rooftops, not so long.
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385 viewsThis is a very, very tall self-supporting lattice tower site, owned by American Tower, in Espanola, New Mexico.
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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County385 views
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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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area384 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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AT&T Wireless (Cingular) Omni Site383 viewsAT&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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Multi-carrier Cell Site Cleverly Disguised As An Upscale Hotel383 viewsLooking northeast. Close-up of cells on the southwest wall. Notice the loose cables.
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Guyed Tower in Cantua Creek, California383 viewsA big tower in a small town. It's guyed.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California383 viewsT-Mobile BTS.
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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ382 viewsCricket didn't do much to camo its site atop the Holiday Inn on Country Club in Mesa, Arizona. From a different view along the street the panel antennas are plainly visible. Not recommended.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California381 viewsLooking up the (camo) skirt of the site.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California381 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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One Well-Placed PG&E Transmission Tower379 viewsPG&E sure scored locating this tower near the I280 freeway adjacent to Redwood City, California. Lots of carriers (4), lots of income.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California379 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Time to Shippee Out the Signal378 views...from this Spectrasite lattice tower on Shippee Road in Oroville, California. Nextel is on the tower. The tower ASR is 1239078. I like the way the tower reflects in the water.
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NextG DAS - Rancho Palos Verdes, California378 views
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art377 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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The signal is Smok'n from this site!375 viewsThis is a cell site constructed on an old mill brick smokestack. Located in Westborough, MA.
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Antalya Province375 views
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site375 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Multi-carrier Cell Site Cleverly Disguised As An Upscale Hotel374 viewsLooking southwest. Cells on the northwest wall.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California374 viewsT-Mobile BTS.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California374 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art374 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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Santa Fe Big Steel Guyed Tower373 viewsSanta Fe Big Steel Guyed Tower
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California373 viewsT-Mobile BTS Appleton plug (along side Verizon's Appleton plug).
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California373 viewsT-Mobile BTS.
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SFO Airport - Terminal 2/Admin Building372 viewsCan you spot the single panel? There's a matching panel just off the photo to the right.
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8 foot antenna on building372 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Spectrasite in Paramount, California371 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking west).
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Cricket has the Power in Santa Fe371 viewsCricket has the Power in Santa Fe
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Multi-carrier Cell Site Cleverly Disguised As An Upscale Hotel370 viewsLooking northeast. Cells on the roof (camo) and on the southwest wall.
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Big Iron in New Mexico (I25 north of ABQ)369 views
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NextG DAS - Rancho Palos Verdes, California369 views
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California369 viewsPano of the front of the building.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California369 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California369 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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One of T-Mobile's sector antennas at its Chico, California water tank site. Photo taken just before sunset.367 viewsAnother view of two sectors of T-Mobile's antennas at its Chico, California water tank site. Photo taken just before sunset.
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NextG (Crown Castle) Dual DAS in Redondo Beach, CA367 viewsThis is an example of why the assertion that 'DAS and done' is not always true. This site was originally permitted as a single DAS site, but another carrier wanted to be at the same site, so a larger cabinet holding two DAS nodes was installed, as was a second antenna.
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art366 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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