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

Copyright 2000-2026 Dr. Jonathan Kramer

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Parking the Signal421 viewsParking spaces make good sites for BTS cabinets, GPS, and LMU equipment! And parking lot walls are great for mounting panel antennas, especially when the parking lot faces a major freeway. This site is near LAX airport in Los Angeles along the San Diego Freeway at Century Boulevard.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site421 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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Santa Fe Country Club421 views
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Sort-of Camo on Face of Shopping Center Tower421 viewsA less-than-inspired design in a shopping center in Chino, CA. Not impressive, and barely camo.
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421 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Sprint Omni Site420 viewsSprint's underground equipment vault
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles420 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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19. Now You See the Cables...Now You Don't419 viewsAnd the cables in the BTS area are also safely tucked away under the cover of the tray.
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Ketchikan Me if you Kan419 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Building Topper418 viewsIn Inglewood, California, this multi-sector site could have been placed BEHIND camouflage panels instead of in front! Two sectors are visible...way too visible. Carrier(s) unknown.
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Church Bell Tower With External Antennas417 viewsThis church bell tower sports multiple panel antennas on the face of the structure, rather then flush or camouflaged inside the tower. Too bad. Certainly not a high quality installation. Spotted in South-Central Los Angeles.
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Power Transmission Tower Site417 viewsNextel's BTS equipment shelter is constructed between the legs of this SCE power transmission tower. Highway 18 between Victorville and Littlerock, California.
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A Singular Pole for a Cingular Site417 viewsAmerican Tower leases this monopole to Cingular. It's located in Biggs, California (American Tower Site No. 82517).
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417 viewsThis co-lo water tank site in Olivehurst, California is shared by T-Mobile, Nextel, and Cingular. The terminated ASR for this site is 1031366 (terminated because it qualifies for delisting under the FCC's 6 meter rule).
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22. Another View of the New Generator Wood Frame417 viewsYup, it's clearly rotated 90 degrees from before. Oh well.
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23. An outside view fo the BTS Equipment Area417 views...with the sliding fense not installed on the track, yet.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site417 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Sending out the word...to Interstate 10416 viewsYet another church along a freeway that (likely) enjoys income in the thousands-of-dollars-per-month range. This is a Nextel site near San Bernardino, California.

The interesting and unusual element of this site is the placement of the antennas following the rise of the roofline. In a typical configuration, the two outside antennas are used for reception, and the center antenna is used to transmit, and they're all on the same horizontal plane.
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Cell Service, USN Style416 viewsThis is a photo of a cell site at the USN Amphibious Base in San Diego.
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AVEA (A & A) cell site416 viewsMasterful way of ventilating the equipment building
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site416 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Really, really flat vines on this pole!415 viewsA Spectrasite site in Montebello, CA.
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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ415 viewsClose-up of the Cricket Wireless site on top of the Holiday Inn on Country Club in Mesa, Arizona. From a different view along the street the panel antennas are plainly visible. Not recommended.
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Church Bell Tower Mount415 viewsThe sector panels are mounted to the face of the bell tower. The overall quality of the site is, at best, fair. Exposed and disconnected cables detract from the site, as do the visible preamplifiers inside the bell tower. Carrier (as yet) unknown.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California415 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - Overview414 viewsThis is a pull-back photo of a cell site atop a hill above a major Interstate Highway. The antennas are mounted at ground level.
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7. A Close-Up View of Two Sectors of RF-Transparent Panels414 viewsThis is a close-up of the rear of the bell tower modified to enclose the antennas.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California414 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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414 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof413 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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High Power - Higher Education413 viewsSprint has this site at the Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California.
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Grand Canyon Valle Airport413 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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413 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon412 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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area411 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!410 viewsThis sprint site isn't for roadway coverage. One sector (the one facing right in this photo) faces a group of homes. The sector facing left in the photo points DIRECTLY INTO A HILLSIDE! Very strange! See the accompanying photo for more details about the aiming of the left-hand sector.
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Spectrasite in Paramount, California410 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking north).
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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County410 views
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California410 viewsClose up of the of the business end of the building.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California410 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles410 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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Verizon Camo Church Site 409 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Tarzana, California409 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site409 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art409 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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408 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Oil's Well that Emits Well407 viewsOld oil wells can make good cell sites, even when a building has been built around the base!
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California407 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)407 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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407 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles407 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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Store that Signal!406 viewsPublic Storage locations are popular cell site locations. The carrier will often locate its equipment in a top floor or building end unit and place its antennas on the roof or an adjacent mono-whatever.

This PS location, in Rowland Heights, California sports externally mounted antennas.
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Multi Carriers on Multi Power Towers406 viewsThese antennas sites are located on SCE power transmission towers in Irvine, California.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles406 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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Power transmission pole - L.A. Dept. of Water & Power405 viewsThis power transmission pole, located in Tarzana, California, supports a cell site.
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Color can make all the difference405 viewsThis non-camo site is tastefully painted to blend in with the underlying structure. Better than most, not a good as some.
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Cell Call Box (Version 2)405 viewsHere is the current version of this cellular call box, located on Pacific Coast Highway in southern Ventura County, California. A photograph of the original design is also here at this site. Search on "Cell Call Box" to find it.
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Multi carrier array404 viewsThis is a co-location site with an omni-direction carrier (the antennas up/down from the platform) and a sectorized (panel) antenna configuration. Spotted in Irvine, California.
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This signal ISN'T watered down404 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.
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A Tank of Signal404 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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Verizon Camo Church Site 404 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles404 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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The Golden Signal403 views...from this water tank site in Chico, California belongs to T-Mobile.
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Manny, Moe and Jack403 viewsThese three lattice towers stand just off of US285 in Nambe, New Mexico. This site is a few miles north of the Santa Fe Opera House.
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Co-location cell site402 viewsYACS: Yet another co-location cell site.
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A cell site on a power transmission monopole402 viewsIn Thousand Oaks, California. Note that the BTS equipment is underground.
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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect402 views
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Field of Signals402 viewsCingular's light standard site in the Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
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Sutter County Lattice Tower402 viewsOff of CA SR99 at Howsley Road in Sutter County, you'll find this lattice tower.
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T-Mobile Camo Site 402 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles402 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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Cellular Billboard Sign401 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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Great Scott! (Even more)401 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Time to Shippee Out the Signal401 views...from this Spectrasite lattice tower on Shippee Road in Oroville, California. Nextel is the tower occupant. The tower ASR is 1239078.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California401 views
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California401 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Restful Signal400 viewsSprint's antennas are on the motel sign just out of the frame on the right side. It's BTS equipment is located in the bricked area to the left center of this photo. Notice the power panel, transfer switch, etc. on the left side of the enclosure. From the street side, this enclosure is very well designed to blend in with the buidling.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California400 views
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8 foot antenna on building400 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Salzburg, Austria cell site399 viewsThis is a cell site on the roof of a bank in Salzburg, Austria. I snapped this photo from my hotel room across the street after having lectured on cell sites at the Center for International Legal Studies.
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Pumping more then water...399 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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Monopole399 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles399 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles398 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Smokestack BTS equipment397 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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Cricket in Santa Fe397 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Santa Fe Country Club397 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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Das Mock-up in Palos Verdes Estates, California397 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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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California396 views
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art395 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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Restful Signal394 viewsHere's a non-camo three sector Sprint site located on a motel sign post in Azusa, California.
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Two on a Stick394 viewsCingular and Sprint share this wood light pole in Santa Monica, California. Cingular is on the top, and Sprint is on the arm. Both carriers use completely underground BTS equipment enclosures and flush-to-grade vent systems.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles394 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles394 viewsMobilitie has planted this awful wood pole in West Los Angeles. Note the standoffs for the equipment and conduits. A small cell? I think not.
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Simple, single carrier wireless site393 viewsSimple monopole with a single carrier
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Power Transmission Tower Site393 viewsNextel's site not only provides local cell coverage along a highly traveled (and very dangerous) state highway, it also serves as a repeater site to relay MTSO connections to a site yet further away. If you didn't understand that, give me a call and I'll explain! :-) Between Victorville and Littlerock, California.
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Catch a Dream With This Site393 viewsLocated ajacent to the "Dreamcatcher Cinema" in Espanola, NM, this uni-pole-ish, mon-pole-ish site is owned by TowerCo.
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles393 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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Self-supporting cell tower - Mass Turnpike392 viewsThis co-location site is in Newton, MA along the turnpike.
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Cable TV Headend Cell Site392 viewsOne of Comcast's cable television headend towers in the Philadelphia area supports cell panel antennas.
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Lattice Tower in Sutter County392 viewsOff of California State Route 70 at Nicolaus Road you'll find this lattice tower site.
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A Tank of Signal392 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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