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Close-up of a faux 'faux chimney'577 viewsHere's a close-up of Cingular's faux chimney on the rear of a real estate office. Notice how the panel antenna protrudes above the level of the faux chimney. Not good.
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BTS Equipment Enclosure577 viewsSprint's BTS equipment is located in this CMU walled enclosure at the Hope Church site in Vista, California.
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007577 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 2006577 viewsSprint's COW at the 2006 Rose Bowl Game.
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AVEA (A & A) colo with Turk cell site577 viewsColo site: Avea and Turk
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Faux church steeple - nearing completion576 viewsThe faux church steeple to be used as a cell site is nearing completion. Photo courtesy of Peabody Engineering.
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Blessed be the Signal From On High576 viewsVerizon's antennas are in the bell tower of this church in Pomona, California.
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The Sweet Taste of Signal576 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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About three hundred years apart576 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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Proud Waves From Sprint (2 of 3)575 viewsSprint's installation at the Scottsdale Ranch Community Center features two flagpoles in a nicely landscaped area adjacent to a lake.
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm575 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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It's a Gas! (Overview)574 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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Cable Pulling Vault: Sprint's San Dimas Water Tank574 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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Nextel Camo Site573 viewsThis Nextel camo site is located in Sunnyvale, California. Not seen in this photo is a flat panel (diamond) microwave antenna that is roof mounted.
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The Sweet Taste of Signal573 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles573 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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Surface mounted antennas sometimes just require matching paint572 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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Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California572 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, California572 viewsChurch Steeple Site
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PCS at City Hall571 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 San Dimas Water Tank - Entry Port571 viewsLooking up to the entry port of Sprint's water tank in San Dimas, California
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Central Sedona Arizona571 viewsThis multicarrier site is located at Fire Station 4 in Sedona, Arizona.
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Rebar cage for underground transmitter building - From ramp570 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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Faux church steeple - Nearly complete570 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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It's a Gas! (Overview)569 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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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign568 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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Faux church steeple - Looking inside567 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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Camo Site Overlooking LAX567 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, California566 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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Painting on the Sky 5 of 6565 viewsBill's painting on the sky!
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Pulling Cables Inside a Monopalm565 viewsTechs are installing cables inside this legacy monopalm. Sepulveda Boulevard west of the I-405 in Los Angeles.
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Faux 'faux chimney'564 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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The Sweet Taste of Signal564 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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Verizon 'Small Cell' (Really a DAS node)564 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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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California563 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 Cacti Site - Eagle Mountain Golf Course and Inn561 viewsSprint's site, designed by Larson-USA, is an outstanding deployment.
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KMLT Panorama - Almost Done561 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
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Church Site561 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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Hope (and signal) Sprints Eternal561 viewsAnother view of the camo antennas at Sprint's Hope Church site in Vista California.
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Semi-camo tower560 viewsThe Santa Monica Mountains frame this cell site, located along Interstate 405 near the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
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Looking at the entry area.560 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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Nextel Camo Site - San Marcos, California560 viewsNextel's poorly-maintained camo site at a medical office building in San Marcos, California.
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KMLT Panorama - Almost Done559 viewsThe site is nearly complete. Transmitter vault awaits a final hatch assembly.
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Use a Cell Phone: Go to Jail559 viewsSpotted in Las Vegas, New Mexico
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Antenna arrays mounted on transmission towers558 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 site557 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!557 viewsSort-of camo site (antennas are on the corners of the clock tower). Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building556 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 detail555 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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Wood You Please Support These Antennas?555 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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Wireless, with Cables555 viewsThis multicarrier site is at the upper station of the Mt. Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska.
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Two on a Stick554 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 Node554 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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It Radiates Near Radiation553 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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Cell site crowning a power transmission tower552 viewsThis cell site, in Walnut Creek, California, is atop a PG&E power transmission tower.
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Sleep Wirelessly in San Pablo, California552 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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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site550 viewsA good detail shot of Sprint's antennas located in a faux elevator penthouse.
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Panoramic view of KMLT - 90% backfilled549 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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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - CLOSE UP548 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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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington548 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport. Note the airport rotating aerodrome beacon on top of the tank.
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Nextel Cow: Rose Bowl 2006548 viewsNextel's Cow at the 2006 Rose Bowl.
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32. Looking down on the Activated Site547 viewsHere's the bird's-eye view looking down at the BTS equipment mounted on the far pad.
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AT&T's Upgraded Tree at Camp Pendleton Rest Stop547 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, California547 viewsClark Avenue
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Waterproofing the KMLT transmitter building546 viewsAnother view of the transmitter building and the waterproofing.
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A Dam Tall Tower546 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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BTS Equipment Behind Monument Sign545 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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Super Signal From Super 8544 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 Over544 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.544 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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Monopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus544 viewsMonopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus
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Camo Site in Shopping Center543 viewsThe camo site is located in the clocktower of this shopping center.
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California543 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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Looking at Eagles543 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof543 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 Roof543 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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1. Antennas to be Hidden in Clock Tower542 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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DAS Outboard on Power Meter542 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 Art542 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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Generator Socket541 viewsThis is a standby power generator socket to provide power to the cell site during local commercial power failures
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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007541 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design541 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Equipment Cabinets, GPS and LMU antennas540 viewsCingular's equipment cabinets are mounted in the hardscape area between the curb and sidewalk.
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14. Installing the Telco Interface and Power Switching Cabinets540 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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Light Standard Under Construction540 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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Major Macrocell Site (multiple carriers)539 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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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site538 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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Cell site on power transmission pole536 viewsThis site in located in British Columbia, Canada.
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KMLT's Antenna Fence Under Construction536 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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Spectrasite co-location site534 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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Microcell - Two Sectors534 viewsHigh gain (directional) antennas facing up/down the highway.
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Faux 'faux chimney' - A Different Angle534 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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Monopole534 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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Multi-carrier cell site and TVRO downlink533 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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About 75 percent of the building is buried533 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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A Well-Done Grilled FM Station532 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 Bowl532 viewsNextel, Sprint, and AT&T "cover" the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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A parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.532 viewsMulti-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Palms guarding cell site - circa 2001530 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...530 viewsThe concrete calls are poured and are hardening. Next, in about 6 days, comes the roof pour and cure.
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Outback with the Signal530 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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530 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Power transmission pole - Underground equipment shelter528 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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Got Desert?528 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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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Roof on)527 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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Das da ticket!526 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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Co-location cell site525 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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Lots of signal!525 viewsThis is a co-location site located south of Worcester, MA.
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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times525 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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Cricket in Santa Fe525 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Cell Site Generator Plug and Breaker/Switch-over Panel524 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design524 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Waterproofing)523 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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Rocket South of Santa Fe on I-25523 viewsOne of the worst located sites I have ever run across.
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523 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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8 foot antenna on building522 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Columns of Signal521 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!519 viewsAnother view of the at-grade grill over the transmitter room at KMLT. May 2006
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area519 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Looking at the rear of the CEV.517 viewsA good shot of the base and read of the CEV dig hole.
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CEV ready for concrete pour517 viewsJust waiting on the transit mixer to show up.
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Where's the Transmitter?516 viewsLooking down from near the antenna, the underground FM transmitter housing is nowhere to be seen! May 2006.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design516 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Panoramic view of the KMLT work site and antenna (Zoom shot)515 viewsThis close-up panoramic shot shows the transmitter site as seen (well, actually, not seen) from near the antenna site.
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KMLT's Antenna Fence Under Construction514 viewsAnother view of the antenna, and the fence being constructed is to keep the hikers away from the antenna site.
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Close-up of GPS Antenna and LMU Antenna514 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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Looking at Eagles514 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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CoLo Site - Escondido, California514 viewsMesa Rock Road north of Deer Creek Road, Escondido, California.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California514 views
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design514 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Yahoo! What a site!513 viewsThis omnidirection site is in Santa Monica, California. The GPS antenna is the right (north) of the antennas on the roof.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site513 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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