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It Radiates Near Radiation561 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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What time is it? Time to make a call!561 viewsSort-of camo site (antennas are on the corners of the clock tower). Thousand Oaks, CA.
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Cell site crowning a power transmission tower560 viewsThis cell site, in Walnut Creek, California, is atop a PG&E power transmission tower.
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A Dam Tall Tower560 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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Wood You Please Support These Antennas?559 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, California556 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 2006556 viewsNextel's Cow at the 2006 Rose Bowl.
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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - CLOSE UP555 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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AT&T's Upgraded Tree at Camp Pendleton Rest Stop554 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, California553 viewsClark Avenue
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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 (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 8551 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 Over551 views...it's this T-Mobile lattice tower in Gridley, California.
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Equipment Cabinets, GPS and LMU antennas550 viewsCingular's equipment cabinets are mounted in the hardscape area between the curb and sidewalk.
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Monopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus550 viewsMonopoles at Apache Junction, AZ City Hall Campus
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design550 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Generator Socket549 viewsThis is a standby power generator socket to provide power to the cell site during local commercial power failures
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Major Co-lo Site - San Clemente, California549 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 Eagles549 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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DAS Outboard on Power Meter549 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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Camo Site in Shopping Center548 viewsThe camo site is located in the clocktower of this shopping center.
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art548 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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Major Macrocell Site (multiple carriers)547 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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Nextel's Cow and Sprint's Cow: Rose Bowl 2007547 viewsThese Cows belong to Nextel and Sprint. This herd spotted at the 2007 Rose Bowl.
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Cell site on power transmission pole546 viewsThis site in located in British Columbia, Canada.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof546 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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Monopole545 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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The Herd at the 2007 Rose Bowl544 viewsNextel, Sprint, and AT&T "cover" the 2007 Rose Bowl Game.
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Multi-carrier cell site and TVRO downlink543 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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Spectrasite co-location site542 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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A parking lot light site at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, NM.541 viewsMulti-carrier sites (on parking lot lights) at the Santa Fe Opera in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Sprint Camo Elevator Penthouse Site540 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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Palms guarding cell site - circa 2001539 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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Microcell - Two Sectors539 viewsHigh gain (directional) antennas facing up/down the highway.
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Faux 'faux chimney' - A Different Angle539 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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Got Desert?536 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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Outback with the Signal536 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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Cell Site Generator Plug and Breaker/Switch-over Panel535 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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Cricket in Santa Fe535 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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Power transmission pole - Underground equipment shelter534 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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534 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Lots of signal!533 viewsThis is a co-location site located south of Worcester, MA.
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Das da ticket!533 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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8 foot antenna on building533 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Co-location cell site531 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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A Sign of the T-Mobile Times531 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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530 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design528 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Rocket South of Santa Fe on I-25527 viewsOne of the worst located sites I have ever run across.
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Columns of Signal526 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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CoLo Site - Escondido, California525 viewsMesa Rock Road north of Deer Creek Road, Escondido, California.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California525 views
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area525 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design524 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Close-up of GPS Antenna and LMU Antenna523 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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Yahoo! What a site!523 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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Rover's Roof521 viewsOn the roof of the drive test 'rover' is a GPS antenna (the square antenna in the center of the roof), plus two PCS omnidirectional antennas for signal measurement and communications purposes.
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Blessed Be This Cell Site521 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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Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey520 viewsWater tank site or giant doorknob in Maryland.
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Looking at Eagles519 viewsAn off-site view of Larson-USA's two cactus design at the Eagle Mountain Inn in Arizona.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design519 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Church bell tower517 viewsThis is a non-camo site atop (well, just below) the bells of a church. Notice the shadowing of the antenna cables on the right side front of the tower.
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Building side mount omni site517 viewsNotice that the omnidirectional antennas are mounted on the side of the building near the corner. Even more interesting is that the GPS antenna (used for network timing) is mounted in such a way as to be shielded from about 120 degrees of sky (this site faces northwest).
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Elevated Water Tank Cell Site517 viewsArtwork adorns this 4-level multi-carrier water tank site near Philadelphia.
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Oh thank heavens for RF from 7-11516 viewsHere's an example of a microcell designed to illuminate a road segment for adding spot capacity. Notice that the apartment (right of the antenna) is just off the main lobe beam.
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516 viewsClose up of the Fountain Hills three sector site atop a traffic and light standard.
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516 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Close-up of Cell Antennas and GPS Antenna on Traffic Signal/Light Standard515 viewsThis is a close-up of the antennas mounted on the traffic signal. Note the two coax cables into the bottom of each panel antenna. One is for transmitting and the other is for receiving.
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Microcell Bolted on Parking Lot Light515 viewsSpotted in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, this microcell site is bolted to the top of an existing parking lot light standard. Notice the equipment mounted in the grass area (hey, guy, open that car door slowly or you might hit something).
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node515 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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RF on the Roof514 viewsThis commercial building in Tarzana, California shows how to poorly plan a roof by sticking almost anything (antenna wise) on the roof. A very poor (or good, depending on your view) example of how not to plan a rooftop.
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514 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Sprint Conducts a Drive Test513 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 to a predetermined height. Inside the truck is a portable PCS transmitter powering the antenna. In a separate vehicle (call it a 'rover') the carrier will drive the streets around the test site out to a predetermined distance from the site. The received signal level and GPS location information are stored in a portable computer inside the rover.
After the test is concluded, the received signal strength and location information are plotted on a street map. That map then serves to guide the RF engineer to select a final candidate site, and to design the antenna system to cover the desired area without causing unreasonable interference to other cell sites on the same network.
Attached to the left of the antenna (and blowing in the breeze) is a measuring tape used to determine the height of the antenna.
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A Tower That Helps Birds!513 viewsThis is American Tower's "Taos Center" tower site in, ah, Taos (New Mexico). It's most unique feature is the federally protected bird's nest on the tower. Here's the sign warning against climbing without permission.
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513 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Co-location cell site - sectorized and omnidirectional512 viewsA single monopole tower can support one or more sectorized carriers. The lower carrier does not use diversity reception (two receive antennas spaced so as to better receive lower power mobile handsets). The upper carrier does use diversity. Usually, in diversity configurations, the two receive antennas are on the outsides of the sector, and the transmit antenna is located inside, adjacent to one of the receive antennas.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node512 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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Penthouse external mounted site511 viewsThis is a plain, externally mounted cell site on a commercial office building. Note the GPS (timing) antenna well above the roof line, which might have been mounted at the roof level to minimize its visibility from ground level without impairing its function.
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Great Scott!511 viewsYet another view of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona. Notice the LMU antenna mounted at the top.
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Take me to the Opera!511 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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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)511 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 design511 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Cell site and Microwave Relay510 viewsThis site is not a mobile telephone switching office (MTSO). Rather, its an aggregation point for microwave backhaul from other wireless sites. Verizon and Nextel are co-located here.
Why red and white? This site is located adjacent to the Ontario, California airport.
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510 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design510 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Sprint Conducts a Drive Test508 viewsThe tech mounts the omnidirectional antenna to the telescoping mast. Once the antenna is mounted, he'll connect the coax that runs back to the portable PCS transmitter sitting inside the van. Then the tech will elevate the antenna to the desired height, and set the proper output power of the transmitter. With all this done, another tech will drive the streets in the area recording signal strength, latitude, and longitude for later mapping.
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The Golden Signal508 viewsHere's a close-up of one of T-Mobile's sector antennas and tower-mounted amplifiers at its Chico, California water tank site.
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Lots of BTS Equipment in the Sidewalk Area507 viewsHere's a close-up photo of the AT&T Wireless BTS in the public right-of-way (sidewalk). Notice how tall the equipment stack is (about 6').
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CellSign Updated506 viewsThis AT&T wireless site has been modified since the last time we photographed it. Search for "Pico" to find the original site configuration. Originally, this was a single band site; now this is a dual band site. The boxes adjacent to the amplifiers are called "tower mounted amplifiers" (TMAs).
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles506 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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Nextel's Interesting Lattice Tower505 viewsA Nextel site using an interesting lattice tower to support its antennas and microwave antennas.
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NextG Distributed Antenna System Node505 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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Tumwater Reservoir, Tumwater, Washington505 viewsNear the Tumwater Airport.
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Santa Fe Opera505 viewsSingle carrier on a driveway light at the Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Note the BTS enclosure.
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I'll take fries with that signal505 viewsMcDonalds sort-of-camo site in San Diego County
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505 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Blessed Be This Cell Site504 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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Old Power Tower = New Cell Tower503 viewsThe power utility removed its wires from this old transmission tower, but still uses it to support a cell site.
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Two on a Stick502 viewsHere's a close-up of the dual antennas on this wood pole in Santa Monica, California. Sprint is on the bottom; Cingular is that mass at the top. By the way, the palm is not a camouflage element of Cingular's antennas.
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Los Angeles Cathedrial502 viewsA surface mount antenna site at the Los Angeles Cathedral.
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Parking lot cell site501 viewsHere's another, wider view of a cell site mounted on a parking lot light standard in San Francisco.
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Sprint microcell - Single Sector501 viewsA Sprint single sector microcell site on Mullholland Road in Los Angeles.
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof500 viewsThe cable wiring for this site leaves something to be desired. Notice how the cables are attached to wood blocks.
PMBS>Cingular>T-Mobile at The Grand Long Beach Event Center, 4101 East Willow St.
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497 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design497 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Co-location external generator sockets496 viewsWhen the commercial power fails, many carriers rely on portable power generators to keep cell sites operating. Here are two generator sockets at a co-lo site (Verizon and AT&TWS [now Cingular]).
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Two on a Stick496 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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God Bless This Cell Site496 viewsLocated east of I-17 in Black Rock City, Arizona, this multicarrier site has an odd shaped antenna mounted directly to the tower. A message, perhaps?
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495 viewsA Verizon MTSO in Stockton, California.
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California495 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Verizon MTSO Orange County494 viewsThis VZW MTSO (mobile telephone switching office) is in Santa Ana, California. The height of the tower is 60.7 meters AGL.
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Semi-Camo Chimney Site494 viewsCulver City, California faux chimney pop-up
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2015 Rose Bowl Herd494 viewsThe 2015 COW/COLT herd at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA.
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494 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof493 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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Steel in the Air493 viewsThis AT&T wireless site is located on Highway 64, about 12 miles south of Valle, Arizona. It's mounted on a steel power transmission pole. Note the flat panel back-haul antenna located below the panels.
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Big Iron CoLo in Lacey Washington493 viewsNextel and AT&T Wireless share this tower in Lacey, Washington
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NextG DAS - Norwalk, California493 viewsNextG Networks DAS light standard site in Norwalk, California.
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design493 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Galt High School Doesn't Lack for Signal492 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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Yet another awful Mobilitie design492 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Co-location cell site491 viewsYACS: Yet another co-location site. Note the various microwave antennas on the monopole. Microwave antennas are used for backhaul to the MTSO, and save monthly recurring line lease costs (at the cost of increased visual load at the site).
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Mono-Vent Stack491 viewsA mono-vent hiding T-Mobile's antennas on a 1920s building.
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)491 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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PCS-Transmitter-in-a-Box489 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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External co-location monopole488 viewsOne way a co-location wireless site is created is by externally-mounting the cables and antennas to an existing monopole. This example shows what can happen when the added cables are not covered or otherwise specified to minimize visual impact.
The carriers at this site are Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless (now Cingular Wireless).
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Yet another awful Mobilitie design488 viewsLos Angeles: Vermont north of Wilshire
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Sprint's Drive Test Rover487 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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A Real Education487 viewsThis Cingular site is located on the grounds of Fountain Valley (California) High School.
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A Crown Castle Site in Mesa, Arizona485 viewsBig iron in Mesa. A Crown Castle site on Broadway near Country Club.
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A Tank of Signal485 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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