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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007559 viewsYet another photo of the two COWS (Sprint and Nextel) at the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm559 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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AVEA (A & A) colo with Turk cell site559 viewsColo site: Avea and Turk
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Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington558 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington. Notice the climbing space through the bottom platform.
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Yerba Buena Island Site Serving the Oakland Bay Bridge558 viewsFrom July, 2001: This multicarrier site is pumping RF along the upper and lower spans of the Oakland Bay Bridge. Located on Yerba Buena Island (on the south side of the spans), this is an interesting configuration, employing "tip-to-tip" construction.
June 2008: This site no long exists. It has been removed to make way for construction of the new Bay Bridge connection to Yerba Buena Island. -jlk
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Faux church steeple - nearing completion557 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site is nearing completion. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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About three hundred years apart557 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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Cell on Taxi ("CAT"?) No... It just Turkcell557 views
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It's a Gas! (Overview)556 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. City of Los Angeles (Brentwood area).
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Flamingos Have Antennas!556 viewsI always focused on the tail feathers of Flamingos. Who knew that they had antennas, too!
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PCS at City Hall555 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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Sprint's COW: Rose Bowl 2006555 viewsSprint's COW at the 2006 Rose Bowl Game.
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Das da ticket!555 viewsAT&T uses a distributed antenna system (DAS) to light this site on Valley Circle in the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles County). The DAS node, manufactured by Andrew Corporation, is the small box affixed to the larger power meter pedestal cabinet.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles555 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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It's a Gas! (Overview)554 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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The Sweet Taste of Signal554 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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Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California554 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
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Rebar cage for underground transmitter building - From ramp553 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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Cable Pulling Vault: Sprint's San Dimas Water Tank553 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 Signal553 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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Faux church steeple - Looking inside552 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site has plenty of room inside for antenna installation. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign552 viewsAt California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. The antennas are in the radome atop the parking lot lights (seen in this background right of this photo), and the BTS equipment is behind the monument entry sign.
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Church Steeple Site in Long Beach, California552 viewsChurch Steeple Site
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm551 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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Surface mounted antennas sometimes just require matching paint550 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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Faux 'faux chimney'548 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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Sprint's San Dimas Water Tank - Entry Port548 viewsLooking up to the entry port of Sprint's water tank in San Dimas, California
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Faux church steeple - Nearly complete547 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site is nearly complete. Final matching will occur on site. The RF-transparent louvers are to be installed after this photo, but before delivery to the job site. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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Painting on the Sky 5 of 6546 viewsBill's painting on the sky!
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Two Cacti Site - Eagle Mountain Golf Course and Inn545 viewsSprint's site, designed by Larson-USA, is an outstanding deployment.
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Central Sedona Arizona545 viewsThis multicarrier site is located at Fire Station 4 in Sedona, Arizona.
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California544 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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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California544 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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KMLT Panorama - Almost Done543 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
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Church Site543 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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Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California543 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
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Looking at the entry area.542 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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Camo Site Overlooking LAX542 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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Use a Cell Phone: Go to Jail542 viewsSpotted in Las Vegas, New Mexico
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The Sweet Taste of Signal541 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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Hope (and signal) Sprints Eternal541 viewsAnother view of the camo antennas at Sprint's Hope Church site in Vista California.
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View of the transmitter site from near the antenna site540 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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What time is it? Time to make a call!540 viewsSort-of camo site (antennas are on the corners of the clock tower). Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Verizon 'Small Cell' (Really a DAS node)540 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 building539 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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Faux church steeple - Louvers detail539 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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KMLT Panorama - Almost Done539 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
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Antenna arrays mounted on transmission towers538 viewsClose-up view of an antenna array mounted on a power transmission tower.
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Semi-camo tower538 viewsThe Santa Monica Mountains frame this cell site, located along Interstate 405 near the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
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Wood You Please Support These Antennas?536 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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Sleep Wirelessly in San Pablo, California536 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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Nextel Cow: Rose Bowl 2006536 viewsNextel's Cow at the 2006 Rose Bowl.
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Wireless, with Cables536 viewsThis multicarrier site is at the upper station of the Mt. Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska.
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site535 viewsA good detail shot of Sprint's antennas located in a faux elevator penthouse.
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It Radiates Near Radiation535 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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Panoramic view of KMLT - 90% backfilled531 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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Camo Site in Shopping Center531 viewsThe camo site is located in the clocktower of this shopping center.
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Two on a Stick531 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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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node531 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 tower529 viewsThis cell site, in Walnut Creek, California, is atop a PG&E power transmission tower.
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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington529 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport. Note the airport rotating aerodrome beacon on top of the tank.
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Monopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus528 viewsMonopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California527 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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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign527 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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Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building526 viewsAnother view of the transmitter building and the waterproofing.
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007526 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
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AT&T's Upgraded Tree at Camp Pendleton Rest Stop526 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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Tarzana, California526 viewsClark Avenue
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Looking at Eagles525 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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32. Looking down on the Activated Site523 viewsHere's the bird's-eye view looking down at the BTS equipment mounted on the far pad.
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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - CLOSE UP522 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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2. Routing the Antenna Cables up to the Roof522 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 Dam Tall Tower522 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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Super Signal From Super 8521 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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What's Red and Whilte and Radiates All Over521 views...it's this T-Mobile lattice tower in Gridley, California.
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Don't worry...the ladder will be removed before the concrete is poured.521 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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Park'n the Signal on the Roof520 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design520 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Cell site on power transmission pole519 viewsThis site in located in British Columbia, Canada.
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Light Standard Under Construction519 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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Faux 'faux chimney' - A Different Angle518 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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1. Antennas to be Hidden in Clock Tower518 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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KMLT's Antenna Fence Under Construction517 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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Equipment Cabinets, GPS and LMU antennas517 viewsCingular's equipment cabinets are mounted in the hardscape area between the curb and sidewalk.
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site516 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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Major Macrocell Site (multiple carriers)515 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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Generator Socket515 viewsThis is a standby power generator socket to provide power to the cell site during local commercial power failures
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About 75 percent of the building is buried515 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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DAS Outboard on Power Meter515 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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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art515 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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Monopole514 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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A Well-Done Grilled FM Station514 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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The Herd at the 2007 Rose Bowl513 viewsNextel, Sprint, and AT&T "cover" the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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Palms guarding cell site - circa 2001512 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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The walls are up...512 viewsThe concrete calls are poured and are hardening. Next, in about 6 days, comes the roof pour and cure.
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Microcell - Two Sectors512 viewsHigh gain (directional) antennas facing up/down the highway.
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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Roof on)512 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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14. Installing the Telco Interface and Power Switching Cabinets512 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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A parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.512 viewsMulti-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Outback with the Signal511 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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511 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Multi-carrier cell site and TVRO downlink509 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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Lots of signal!509 viewsThis is a co-location site located south of Worcester, MA.
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Spectrasite co-location site507 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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Cell Site Generator Plug and Breaker/Switch-over Panel507 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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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Waterproofing)506 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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area506 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Cricket in Santa Fe506 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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506 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design506 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Got Desert?505 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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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times505 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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Columns of Signal504 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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Gimme a Transmitter with Mustard!503 viewsAnother view of the at-grade grill over the transmitter room at KMLT. May 2006
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Das da ticket!503 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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502 views
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Looking at Eagles501 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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8 foot antenna on building500 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design500 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Co-location cell site499 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 shelter499 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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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Zoom shot)499 viewsThis close-up panoramic shot shows the transmitter site as seen (well, actually, not seen) from near the antenna site.
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Rocket South of Santa Fe on I-25499 viewsOne of the worst located sites I have ever run across.
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Looking at the rear of the CEV.498 viewsA good shot of the base and read of the CEV dig hole.
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497 views
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design496 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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KMLT's Antenna Fence Under Construction495 viewsAnother view of the antenna, and the fence being constructed is to keep the hikers away from the antenna site.
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Where's the Transmitter?495 viewsLooking down from near the antenna, the underground FM transmitter housing is nowhere to be seen! May 2006.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site495 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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CEV ready for concrete pour495 viewsJust waiting on the transit mixer to show up.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California495 views
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495 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Close-up of GPS Antenna and LMU Antenna493 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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493 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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