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Microcell - Two sectors539 viewsA two sector microcell on an Edison pole. Note the old (now abandoned) Metricom packet relay transceiver just below the cobra light head. Metricom is no more, but the equipment lives on.
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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California539 viewsNextG flush-to-grade vault in Norwalk, California.
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Mono-Vent Stack539 viewsA mono-vent hiding T-Mobile's antennas on a 1920s building.
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art539 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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Sprint's Drive Test Rover538 viewsThis is a Sprint vehicle used to receive the test signal emitted from the temporary transmitter van. This van drives a predetermined area collecting signal strength data for later mapping.
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Verizon 'Small Cell' (Really a DAS node)537 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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PCS-Transmitter-in-a-Box536 viewsWhen a wireless carrier selects a candidate cell site it will usually conduct a 'drive test' to determine actual coverage. The drive test consists of elevating an antenna (here, an omnidirectional antenna) to a predetermined height. Inside the truck is a portable PCS transmitter powering the antenna.
This is a photo of the PCS transmitter used by Sprint in this drive test. What? You thought it would be larger?!
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Sutter County Lattice Tower536 viewsHere's a closer view of the SR99/Howsley Road lattice towre in Sutter County, California.
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Cell site on power transmission tower535 viewsHere's a fairly standard non-camo wireless site on a power transmission tower.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof535 viewsPBMS built this site. Cingular took it over. It's likely now a T-Mobile site. Long Beach, California, on top of the parking lot for The Grand Long Beach Event Center, 4101 East Willow St.
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Tarzana, California535 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Sending out the word...to Los Angeles International Airport534 viewsThis is an AT&T Wireless site just north of LAX. It's a rather poor design Notice (1) the panels just above the roof line; the microwave panel antenna offset from the bell tower; and the cable runs down to the equipment building. A good design element (perhaps the only one) is the use of the brick face on AT&T's pre-fab building.
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Two on a Stick534 viewsCingular and Sprint share this wood light pole in Santa Monica, California. Cingular's antennas, pictured here, are on the top. Sprint's antennas are on an arm below the bottom of the photograph. Both carriers use completely underground BTS equipment enclosures and flush-to-grade vent systems.
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Central Sedona Arizona534 viewsLocated at Fire Station 4 in Sedona, Arizona, this multicarrier site has an attractive backdrop.
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A Tank of Signal534 viewsT-Mobile's water tank cell site, which doubles as a residential community sales sign. San Diego, California. Built in 2002, you can read about this site here: http://tinyurl.com/TMO-Tank
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Tarzana, California534 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Tarzana, California534 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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534 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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534 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Parking lot cell site533 viewsHere's another, wider view of a cell site mounted on a parking lot light standard in San Francisco.
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We'll leave the Verizon Cell Site on for you.533 viewsVerizon's mono-sign site at a Motel 6 in Vista, California.
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Galt High School Doesn't Lack for Signal532 viewsThree out of four light standards at the Galt (California) High School Warrior Stadium are cell sites. Well, that still leaves 25% growth potential!
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Tarzana, California532 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Arlington, VA Multicarrier Site531 views...at Washington Blvd. and 25th.
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon531 viewsThis is a monster of a visible site. It stands 150 feet tall and is located on the I25 Frontage Road east of County Road 57 south of Santa Fe, NM. There is another photo in this gallery showing just how awful this site is from afar.
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Poorly designed Church bell tower site531 views
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Sprint's Residential Cell Site530 viewsSprint constructed this stand-alone cell site at a private residence in San Diego County adjacent to San Marcos.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design530 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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7. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels529 viewsThis is a close-up of the rear of the bell tower modified to enclose the antennas.
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24. It's Concrete Pour Day...Again529 viewsThe wood frames are in place and braced for the pour...again. Notice the very nice cable terminations at the far end of the cable tray. You'll see these again, later.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node529 viewsNextG is a wireless carrier's carrier. They provide fiber links between the BTS and the antenna site using a technology referred to as Distributed Antenna System (DAS). This is a NextG DAS node located in Encinitas, California. The carrier supported by this node is Cricket Wireless. NextG's Cricket network in San Diego County is thought to be the largest deployment of DAS in the U.S.
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527 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles527 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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A Modest Cell Site?526 viewsThis water tank sports multiple panel antennas. Modesto, California.
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Cellular Billboard Sign525 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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The Leaning Tower of Victorville525 viewsVerizon's 3-sector wood pole is ever-so-slowly leaning over. Victorville, California.
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19. Now You See the Cables...Now You Don't525 viewsAnd the cables in the BTS area are also safely tucked away under the cover of the tray.
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Sock-it-to-me525 viewsAT&T's site at the Grand Canyon Valle Airport in Valle, Arizona is interesting for several reasons. First, the tower also supports and aircraft landing beacon; second, it supports the wind sock. Yes, that's a tower climber working on the site.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node525 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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Amish Area Cell Tower525 views...in Bird in Hand, Pennsylvania, in the heart of the Amish country.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)525 viewsThis is a so-so camo rooftop site in the San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles. It uses open-back pop-ups on the building to mostly hide the antennas.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design525 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design525 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles525 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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Monopole Power Tower Cell Site523 viewsThis is a cell site on a power mono-tower in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Notice the microwave antenna for backhaul located on the lower portion of the tower.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site523 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Microcell - Two Sectors522 viewsNotice the GPS antenna (the mushroom shaped device) on the crossarm.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site522 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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Poorly designed Church bell tower site521 views
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Guyed Tower - Antennas Vertically Stacked520 viewsThis cell site is on a guyed lattice tower on top of a commercial building in Modesto, California. Notice that the antennas are vertically stacked "tip-to-tip" at the top of the tower.
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Grand Canyon - South Rim520 viewsThis multicarrier site is located near the Bright Angle Lodge at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design520 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles520 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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Federally Protected Bird's Next in Taos, NM519 viewsThis is a close-up of the federally-protected bird's next located high up an American Tower colo site in Taos, New Mexico.
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AT&T Site Undergoing a 4G Upgrade519 viewsThis site, at 703 Montana in Santa Monica, California is undergoing an upgrade to 4G.
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PGE Transmission Tower Cell Site518 viewsSpotted in Walnut Creek, California: A cell site mounted atop a PGE transmission tower.
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Tip-to-Tip 2 of 2518 viewsHere are four antennas mounted in a "tip-to-tip" configuration. Notice the faux antenna cover used to blend each of the two vertical antennas on the right side of the pole. Also clearly seen are the antenna downtilt mounts, and pole-mounted pre-amplifiers.
This site is located in San Francisco and shines signal on US101. The equipment cabinets for this site are seen in an adjacent photo in this gallery.
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23. An outside view fo the BTS Equipment Area518 views...with the sliding fense not installed on the track, yet.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design518 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Salzburg, Austria cell site - Apartment Building517 viewsThis is a cell site on the roof of an apartment building in Salzburg, Austria. I snapped this photo from my hotel room after having just lectured on cell siting at the Center for International Legal Studies.
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San Mateo Bridge517 viewsTo provide for high power, focused coverage along a significant portion of the San Mateo Bridge spanning the Bay, carriers use high gain antennas. Here's a co-lo cell site on the east side of the bay.
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Take me to the Opera!517 viewsA parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site517 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art517 viewsThis public art cell site was designed by Ron Pekar and Sandy McDaniel; brought to life by Esteban John 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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Cell site in Salzburg, Austria516 viewsWhile in Salzburg to lecture at the Center for International Legal Studies I snapped this photo of a cell site across the street from my hotel room.
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Cell Sign516 viewsSpotted in Redwood City, California, this two sector cell site provides spot coverage along the US101.
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Das Mock-up in Palos Verdes Estates, California516 viewsAn incomplete mock up showing the proposed DAS equipment and antennas but none of what will be visible cables interconnecting them.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design515 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Waves of Power512 viewsA fairly standard power transmission tower with a cell crown. Spotted in Walnut Creek, California, this photograph graces the cover of Paul Valle-Riestra's book, "Telecommunications: The Governmental Role in Managing the Connected Community" published in 2002.
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Multi-carrier Omnis and Panels512 viewsThis traditional 'high iron' site supports several carriers using omni-directional antennas, as well as at least one carrier with sectorized panel antennas.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design512 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Co-location cell sites on paired power transmission towers511 viewsThis is an example of co-location sites on adjacent power transmission towers.
Notice that the antenna panels and cables were not required to be painted to match the towers. Painting those elements would have positively impacted the result.
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Single Carrier Monopole511 viewsNot much to say about this site. It's a monopole that happens to be located at the top of a hill next to a water tank.
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511 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design511 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Field of Signals510 viewsCingular's light standard site in the Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area510 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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I'll Turn Left on a Green Sector...509 viewsFountain Hills area of greater Phoenix. A three sector site atop a traffic and light standard.
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Santa Fe Country Club509 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Tarzana, California509 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design509 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Ketchikan Me if you Kan508 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Tarzana, California508 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Two on a Stick507 viewsHere's a long view of this two-carrier site. If you look in the sidewalk area to the right of the pole you'll see Cingular's flush-to-grade equipment vault, and just to the left of it, Cingular's two flush-to-grade vents.
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A Pair of Monopoles in Gorman, California507 viewsAt the northern end of Los Angeles County along I-5.
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Sprint - Microcell using Sanders CATV radio506 viewsSprint (especially in conjunction with Cox) deployed a significant number of the Sanders cable TV/cell interface. This site uses very low gain antennas (the two outside antennas are for reception from the users, and the center antenna is for transmission to the users). Sprint has built its own CATV-like wireless system to connect many of its sites back to its MTSOs.
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Multi-carrier Omnis and Panels506 viewsOn the west side of Interstate 5 in San Diego County, California.
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506 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Color can make all the difference - Close up505 viewsThe antenna panels, while not camo, are nicely blended into the underlying structure.
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Verizon MTSO San Diego 1 of 2505 viewsThis photo shows Verizon's Mobile Telephone Switching Office and tower in San Diego, California.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design505 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Take me to the Opera!504 viewsThe BTS cabinets for the multi-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area504 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Multi-carrier Cell Site Cleverly Disguised As An Upscale Hotel503 viewsOkay, it's really a hotel with an amazing number and variety of cell sites. Look at the related series of photos to get a flavor of this amazing site in Torrance, California.
Looking northeast. Cells on the roof (camo to the right; not camo in the middle) and on the southwest wall. Three panel non-camo sector on the west roof.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles502 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California501 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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501 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Wireless site on a major transmission tower, Irvine, CA500 viewsUtilizing the powerline ROW, this wireless site makes use of a transmission tower. If you enlarge the photograph, you'll see another wireless site on the pole behind this one.
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22. Another View of the New Generator Wood Frame500 viewsYup, it's clearly rotated 90 degrees from before. Oh well.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design500 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Ketchikan Me if you Kan499 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles499 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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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon498 viewsThis is a monster of a visible site. It stands 150 feet tall and is located on the I25 Frontage Road east of County Road 57 south of Santa Fe, NM. There is another photo in this gallery showing just how awful this site is from close-up.
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498 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Oil's Well that Emits Well497 viewsOld oil wells can make good cell sites, even when a building has been built around the base!
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Cell Site on a Power Pole (Crown Design)497 views...on 19th near Tuckahoe in Fairfax Co., VA near I66. Notice how the cable ladder is attached to the pole using straps.
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Tarzana, California497 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)497 viewsThis is a so-so camo rooftop site in the San Fernando Valley portion of Los Angeles. It uses open-back pop-ups on the building to mostly hide the antennas.
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497 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Side Saddle Microwave Dish Installation496 viewsThis cell site 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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Tarzana, California496 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site496 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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496 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California495 viewsNextG Networks DAS light standard site in Norwalk, California.
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art495 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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A New Sign of the Times493 viewsYes, this cell site is sandwiched between two outdoor advertising signs. Yes, two of the three sectors shine THROUGH the signs (with metal rails just in front of the panel antennas).
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site493 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles493 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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