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Cell site on a Call Box724 viewsThis cell site uses a travelers call box as the antenna support. The equipment is located just beyond the railing in the underground enclosure. Near Pt. Mugu, California.
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007724 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
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Wireless sites on power transmission towers723 viewsA new trend to install wireless antenna arrays on high voltage power transmission towers. These new co-location sites are gaining popularity due their preexisting right of ways and available height.
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Does RF Signal Leak Out of a Signal Tank?723 viewsA view of Sprint's San Dimas, California water tank site.
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Palms guarding cell site - circa 2004722 viewsThis is a cell site 'guarded' by live palm trees. Its the same site I photographed in late 2001 (see that photo in this gallery). Notice how the live palms have grown, and so have the houses around the site!
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Mono-Park?722 viewsThis Cingular monopole is located in a public park. The BTS equipment is housed in the park building on the side closest to the monopole. The GPS antenna is located on the side of the building with at 180 degrees of sky blocked by its location.
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Cell Pine Branch Attachment722 viewsThis close-up shows how the branch attachments occur on this cell pine tree.
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Great Scott!722 viewsScottsdale has some very interesting pole mounted sites. This long view of several carriers' sites shows an interesting deployment scheme to cover subdivisions along Shea Road.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node722 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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2008 Rose Bowl Herd - AT&T Wireless721 viewsAT&T's entry into the 2008 Rose Bowl Rodeo. Much nicer than in previous years.
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BTS Equipment at Church720 viewsThis is a view of Cingular's BTS equipment installed at a church in Irvine, California. Notice that the GPS antenna, used to providing timing synch, is under the eve of the building.
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KMLT Antenna and Support719 viewsThe steel pole supporting the antenna is now painted blue to help it blend into the sky background.
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Getty Center exit of the I-405 in Los Angeles circa 2001717 viewsThis is the multi-carrier site at the Getty Center exit of the I-405 in the Sepulveda pass.
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Close-up of anti-Bird-bomb net over antennas715 viewsHere's a close-up photo of the net placed over the antennas to keep the birds off (and to keep them from bombing the cars below)!
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Village of Oak Creek near Sedona714 viewsTwo camouflaged sites are seen (barely) in this shopping center along Highway 179 in the Village of Oak Creek, near Sedona, Arizona.
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007714 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
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Nextel antenna structure on top of an industrial building713 viewsOpen antenna structures have little impact in industrial areas.
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Sprint Tower712 viewsThis stand-alone cell site is located in Carlsbad, California very near the La Costa Resort. Very stylish!
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KMLT Almost Buried712 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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Utility Wood Pole Top Mount712 viewsCingular's three sector antenna system is mounted at the top of the utility pole it installed (it has a PBM pole number). The equipment cabinets are located to the right of the pole.
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Freeway wireless site711 viewsThis double wireless array is situated on a building located immediately adjacent to the I-5 Freeway in Los Angeles.
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Cingular Camo Light Standard711 viewsAt California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are in the radome atop the parking lot lights, and the BTS equipment is in the background behind the monument entry sign.
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PCS Base Station below PG&E Power Tower710 viewsUbiquitel's BTS in Olivehurst, California is located in a wood-fenced enclosure below the PG&E power transmission tower.
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Highland View Pentecostal Assembly - Los Angeles710 viewsView of BTS equipment next to chapel of the church.
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What's that wrapping around the antennas?708 viewsHere's an interesting site (close up in next photo). Notice that there are cars parked in the auto body shop lot directly below the antennas. Perhaps birds like to take aim and, er, hit the cars below. What a clever carrier solution! Put a net around the antennas to keep the birds off.
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Not part of an underground water river...708 viewsThe water bottle is not part of the CEV.
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Sprint microcell - Base Station, Backhaul, and Powering706 viewsThe base station is the large box. Below it is the interface box that extracts power from the coaxial cable backhaul system. At the bottom, in the small box, is the power regulation transformer. Note that this installation, in California, does not comply with CPUC General Order 95 as it has cables below 8 feet above ground that are not in conduit.
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One Sassy Site705 viewsVerizon's site, called "Sassy" near Lake Elsinore, California is designed as a faux Cypress tree. One of my staff looked at the photo and named it "Chia Cell." From its shape, this could also be a camo missile, ready to be launched against competitive wireless carriers! "Houston, we have a problem!"
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It's a Gas!702 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).
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Highland View Pentecostal Assembly - Los Angeles702 viewsOverview of the antenna camo boxes on the bell tower.
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Just Signal702 viewsThis Cingular-constructed site in Irvine California has its antennas above the clocks. It's located at a "Just Tires" store.
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A Sassy Site701 viewsVerizon's site, called "Sassy" near Lake Elsinore, California is designed as a faux Cypress tree. One of my staff looked at the photo and named it "Chia Cell." From its shape, this could also be a camo missile, ready to be launched against competitive wireless carriers! "Houston, we have a problem!"A
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Building top multi-sector cell site700 viewsYet another roof-top cell site. This is a macrosite adjacent to a major freeway in Los Angeles.
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City Hall Clock Tower700 viewsIrvine, California's civic center is a sight to behold. The clock tower above the site supports public safety radio antennas, and an omni-direction antenna cell site.
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Camo Sprint Site700 views...on Montana Avenue at 15th Street in Santa Monica. The two bumps to the right top of the cam parapet are work lights, not antennas.
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Constructing the underground transmitter building for KMLT-FM699 viewsThis photograph shows the excavation and initial construction for the underground transmitter building to house KMLT-FM in Thousand Oaks, California. If you look carefully at the middle of the ridgeline you can just see the antenna and antenna post about 700 feet away.
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Painting on the Sky 6 of 6699 viewsA close up of Bill priming the next section of the pole, and...from the looks of it...part of his left hand.
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Hollow Rock?698 viewsAnother view of the faux rock on the left, bottom of the cell cactus. The rock hides the cable entry into the Saguaro cactus design. Larson-USA design.
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KMLT Almost Buried - Just a few weeks of work left!697 viewsThe underground transmitter building is almost complete. Just waiting on the stairs and hatch to be installed. The fencing is still not in final shape at the antenna. Most of the construction 'stuff' has left the site for points unknown. April 2005.
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Camo LUG on Apartment Building697 viewsThis LUG (generator socket) is installed on an apartment building in El Segundo, California, overlooks Los Angeles International Airport.
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California696 viewsCo-location camo site (Sprint, Verizon, Nextel, Cingular) at St. Andrews by the Sea United Methodist Church, San Clemente.
This non-camo sector shines north along Interstate 5.
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Faux Steeple Site Overlooking LAX696 viewsThis Cingular-built site in El Segundo, California, now owned by T-Mobile, overlooks LAX. The building houses a mortuary. In this picture you see the relationship between the site and the west complex of LAX. This is a $million dollar view of LAX, but I suspect the mortuary isn't quite making all that from T-Mobile.
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Sprinting to the Finish696 viewsSprint Fat Cow at the Rose Bowl
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm696 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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Cingular Camo Light Standard695 viewsAt California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are in the radome atop the parking lot lights, and the BTS equipment is in the background behind the monument entry sign.
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You Can Rest Your Signal Here695 views...at the Lemon Tree motel in Pomona, California. It's the site of this Cingular wireless cell sign and well-hidden BTS cabinet. This site overlooks Interstate 10/SR57/SR71 interchange.
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It's a sign...it's a monopole...it's a sign...it's a monopole695 viewsWhy, it's both, in Henderson, Nevada.
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Faux Roof Penthouses695 viewsThe three rooftop enclosures house cell equipment/antennas. Torrance, California.
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Das da ticket!695 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. Notice that the node is not directly affixed, but is held via stand-offs.
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Camo site under construction694 viewsNextel's antennas are behind the foam panel. Site engineering and fabrication by Peabody Engineering.
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Spectrasite Co-Lo Multisector at Different Levels692 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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Corner parapets hide antennas691 viewsThe cell antennas are behind the add-on parapets on each building corner.
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Das da ticket!691 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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Cell site on power transmission pole688 viewsThis site in located in British Columbia, Canada.
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Two levels? No problem!688 viewsThis cell site, located on Yerba Buena Island in the San Francisco Bay serves both levels of the Bay Bridge.
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Omni-directional Microcell on Sign688 viewsThis AT&T Wireless site, at Fairfax and Pico in Los Angeles, is an example of placing a microcell site atop an existing, small sign.
If you enlarge the photo, don't miss checking out the lid of the vault in front of the pole. The lid is a piece of plywood, apparently to replace the original concrete!
Nope, I don't want to drive my car over that lid, either!
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The Sweet Taste of Signal688 viewsA view of the jumper-to-hardline and grounding point for this unidentified carrier at the old Loveland Sugar Co. silo. The colored tape is used to identify the antenna sectors and whether the antennas are transmit or receive. Loveland, Colorado.
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Faux Water Tank, plus...687 viewsAlong the I15 just at the north end of Escondido you'll find this site. It contains a camo water tank, a second carrier below (on the legs), and ground-mounted antennas to the right of the tank.
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Sprint Camo Site687 viewsThe antennas are housed in the white tower extension. The BTS equipment is in a fenced area adjacent to the yellow posts (see left side of photos). The clock is one of those special ones that only tells time twice each day.
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Cell Call Box686 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.
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BTS Equipment, Top and Bottom of Faux Chimney686 viewsThis Cingular-built site in El Segundo, California, now owned by T-Mobile, overlooks LAX. The building houses a mortuary. In this picture you see the BTS equipment and the cables feeding to the bottom of the faux chimney. A steeple on the LAX side of the building serves the airport.
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Penthouse extension684 views...without much concern for matching textures (brick pattern). Shared Sprint and AT&T Wireless site.
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View of the transmitter site from near the antenna site684 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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The Sweet Taste of Signal684 viewsA close-up view of the platform system used to elevate and level the equipment cabinets for this unidentified carrier at the Loveland Sugar Co. silo, Loveland, Colorado.
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CoLo Site - Escondido, California684 viewsMesa Rock Road north of Deer Creek Road, Escondido, California.
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Does RF Signal Leak Out of a Signal Tank?683 viewsA view of Sprint's San Dimas, California water tank site.
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A Sassy Power Generator682 viewsVerizon's Sassy site features this remote power generator. Note that the fuel tank isn't here, but rather it's located in the main BTS fenced area about 50 feet away (and to the left of this view).
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Looking at the entry area.681 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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Super Signal From Super 8681 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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Power Meter, Transfer Switch, Generator Plug681 viewsSprint's water tank site in San Dimas features this power meter, transfer switch, and generator plug. Okay, it's not really featured, but it sure is part of the design.
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Drunk Tank?680 viewsYet another view of the 'drunk tank' in Littlerock, California. The BTS equipment shelter is located behind the building in the foreground.
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Blessed be the Signal From On High680 viewsVerizon's antennas are in the bell tower of this church in Pomona, California.
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Nextime Nextel680 viewsNextel's Rose Bowl COW
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We'll leave the Verizon Cell Site on for you.680 viewsVerizon's mono-sign site at a Motel 6 in Vista, California.
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site679 viewsYet another view of Sprint's faux penthouse site on the top of the elevator.
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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times679 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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Fax Steeple Site Overlooking LAX679 viewsThis Cingular-built site in El Segundo, California, now owned by T-Mobile, overlooks LAX. The building houses a mortuary. Note that the chimney shown in this photo IS NOT the camo faux chimney in the rear of the property. This is the building real chimney.
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Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington679 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington. Notice the climbing space through the bottom platform.
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm679 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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Wireless, with Cables679 viewsSome of the base station equipment cabinets (cellular, paging, etc.) at the upper landing of the Mt. Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska
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Now You Don't See It, and Now you Don't!678 viewsA very unusual cell rock design encloses both Sprint's equipment building and its antennas. Riverside County, just south of Palm Desert, Caifornia. This view is looking east from an area not usually accessible to visitors.
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BTS Equipment, Top and Bottom of Faux Chimney678 viewsThis Cingular-built site in El Segundo, California, now owned by T-Mobile, overlooks LAX. The building houses a mortuary. In this picture you see the BTS equipment and the cables feeding to the bottom of the faux chimney. A steeple on the LAX side of the building serves the airport.
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Two Greek Cows678 views...on the road between Athens and the Athens Airport. Shot through the window of a moving taxi.
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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.
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Side Saddle Microwave Dish Installation676 viewsAnother view of this cell site which 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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Making calls in Comfort676 viewsNextel invites you to make calls via its camo site atop this Comfort Inn in Fountain Hills, Arizona
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Guess which puts out more power?675 viewsThis is a massive power transmission tower that supports two different carriers. Yeah, the tower's REALLY that big.
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Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building675 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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Camo, almost matching... (2 of 2)675 viewsThis Cingular site is a good example of the need to carefully plan how much of an existing wall will be replaced with a fiberglass camo panel. In this case, the cut out portion of the wall, now replaced with a painted/textured RF transparent panel, is clearly visible. A better approach would have been for the carrier to cut from wood panel edge to panel edge so that the difference, if visible, would have been more uniform.
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Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building674 viewsAnother view of the transmitter building and the waterproofing.
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Unipole in Lacey, Washington674 viewsA T-Mobile unipole site in Lacey, Washington at the King Oscar Motel. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=kings+car+motel+lacey+washington&sll=33.857997,-118.283083&sspn=0.000873,0.002701&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=47.061194,-122.766165&spn=0,354.468384&t=h&z=8&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=47.061194,-122.766165&panoid=dqNvyTifCTgz-nLk-Ftupw&cbp=12,3.8848713226988707,,0,-6.115048506611214
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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington673 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport. Note the airport rotating aerodrome beacon on top of the tank.
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Rebar cage for underground transmitter building - From ramp672 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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Eagle Mountain Cellular Cactus672 viewsEagle Mountain Inn, Arizona. Design by Larson-USA. It's an outstanding Sprint site.
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I hear the T-Mobile Bells A-ring'n672 viewsT-Mobile camo site in a church bell tower. The BTS cabinets are behind the CMU enclosure at the rear of the church.
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Obelisque du Signal671 viewsThis cellular Obelisque is located at the interchange of California SR241 and SR133 in the City of Irvine, Calfornia. A similar but smaller wireless obelisque is located at The Spectrum in Irvine (a photo is on this site).
This view is looking to the east from Portola Road.
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Top of Poorly Maintained Faux Chimney671 viewsThis Cingular-built site in El Segundo, California, now owned by T-Mobile, overlooks LAX. The building houses a mortuary. In this picture you see a very poorly maintained faux chimney. A brick facade panel is coming off. The cable, telephone, and power drops should be relocated to achive the required NEC clearances.
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A true Solar Cell671 viewsThis is a photo of AT&T's solar powered cell site just north of CA52 at Mast Road in San Diego. This site connects back to the mobile telephone switching office via a microwave antenna (behind the panel).
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Panoramic view of KMLT - 90% backfilled670 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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Illuminating the Way 1 of 2670 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.
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It's a Grand Old Flag...Again670 viewsCingular has replaced the old, torn US Flag with this fine one. The code inspector in this community had a chat with Cingular to let them know that the old, Old Glory was a bit too old (and torn). Look further down in this gallery to see the sad 'before' photo.
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A "Sort-a-flaged" Site (Close-up)670 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.
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The Transit Mixer has Arrived...670 views...so let the pouring begin!
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Das da ticket!670 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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Camo site atop standalone church tower669 viewsThis church, in Irvine, California, has a Cingular site above the stained glass in the stand-alone tower.
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I feel the power in Claremont, California (2 of 2)668 viewsThis is Verizon's equipment building for its church cross antenna site off I-210 in Claremont, California. Note the gas power generator mounted adjacent to the equipment building. Verizon seems to be adding gas gens where permitted to allow for uninterrupted service in the event of a local power failure.
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Light Standard Under Construction668 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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2. Routing the Antenna Cables up to the Roof667 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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Faux Roof Penthouses667 viewsThe three rooftop enclosures house cell equipment/antennas. Torrance, California.
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007667 viewsYet another photo of the two COWS (Sprint and Nextel) at the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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Sprint's COW: Rose Bowl 2006667 viewsSprint's COW at the 2006 Rose Bowl Game.
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm667 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node666 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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About three hundred years apart666 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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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007665 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
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CellSign Updated665 viewsThis AT&T wireless site has been modified since the last time we photographed it. Search for "Pico" to find the original site configuration. Originally, this was a single band site; now this is a dual band site. The boxes adjacent to the amplifiers are called "tower mounted amplifiers" (TMAs).
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Camo faux brick wall - close up664 viewsThe antennas are hidden behind the faux brick face. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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KMLT Panorama - Almost Done664 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
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Sprint's Camo Water Tank in San Dimas (Overview)664 viewsThis photo provides an overview of the entire site. The faux tank is to the right. The equipment bay is just off to the left of center. The AC panel, transfer switch, and LUG connector are in the center.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles664 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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BTS Equipment at Church - Part 2663 viewsThis Cingular site is ready for a second carrier. Notice the conduits, leading to power, telephone, and the camo antenna site inside the church tower (see the related photos in this gallery).
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Verizon Plays Golf663 viewsThis Verizon Wireless wireless site is camouflaged atop this tower at a golf course. Quite a nice design, and extremely well executed. Dare we call it a 'hole-in-one?'
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1. Antennas to be Hidden in Clock Tower663 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.663 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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Verizon 'Small Cell' (Really a DAS node)663 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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KMLT Panorama - Almost Done662 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
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Flamingos Have Antennas!662 viewsI always focused on the tail feathers of Flamingos. Who knew that they had antennas, too!
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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Waterproofing)661 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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Central Sedona Arizona660 viewsThis multicarrier site is located at Fire Station 4 in Sedona, Arizona.
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Use a Cell Phone: Go to Jail660 viewsSpotted in Las Vegas, New Mexico
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AT&T's Upgraded Tree at Camp Pendleton Rest Stop660 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. Note the camo around the microwave antenna.
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Painting on the Sky 5 of 6659 viewsBill's painting on the sky!
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art659 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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Sun, Sail, and Signal #1658 viewsThis camo chimney is located at the Sun and Sail Club in Lake Forest, California. The AT&T Wireless and Cingular antennas are behind the faux rock detail at the top of the chimney.
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Cingular Flag Pole658 viewsThis "super-sized" flag pole camo site is located at a... Well, you can see for yourself.
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Proud Waves From Sprint (1 of 3)658 viewsSprint has created this very nice flagpole site at the Scottsdale Ranch Community Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. Note that each flagpole has a light illuminating the other flagpole's flag. The flags are in good condition. The equipment enclosure is the right in the photo (look for the GPS antenna). Points to Sprint for this design, save for the visible GPS antenna which should have been hidden.
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BTS Equipment Behind Mounment Sign657 viewsCloseup of the equipment behind the monument entry sign at CLU.
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Lambert Ranch - Irvine, California657 viewsNextel's site is to the far left. Sprint's site is in the foreground. Verizon uses the short tower in the rear-right of the photo.
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Hope (and signal) Sprints Eternal657 viewsAnother view of the camo antennas at Sprint's Hope Church site in Vista California.
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Camo, almost matching... (1 of 2)656 viewsThis Cingular site is a good example of the need to carefully plan how much of an existing wall will be replaced with a fiberglass camo panel. In this case, the cut out portion of the wall, now replaced with a painted/textured RF transparent panel, is clearly visible. A better approach would have been for the carrier to cut from wood panel edge to panel edge so that the difference, if visible, would have been more uniform.
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site656 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. If you look closely on the top of the parapet you'll see a pair of AT&T Wireless (now Cingular) omnidirectional antennas. Those antennas are featured elsewhere in this gallery.
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Gallons of Fun655 viewsVerizon's Sassy site has a standby power generator. This above-ground tank holds 305 gallons of fuel. It's inside the main equipment area, which is physically separated from the power generator by about 50 feet.
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