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

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Most viewed - Wireless Sites
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles434 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 Tower Company Tower433 viewsSounds circular, eh? Located in Chico, California.
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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area433 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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Rooftop macrocell432 viewsYet another rooftop macrocell site. Santa Monica, California.
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Microcell - Two Sectors431 viewsTwo sectors facing up/down the highway. That's the San Fernando Valley in the background (on a VERY clear day!).
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Which Way is the Wind Blowing?431 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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Tarzana, California431 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Parking lot cell site430 viewsThe cell antennas are mounted on the light standard on the roof of a public parking lot in San Francisco.
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Wait 'Till We Get Our Haines Signal On You!430 viewsMulticarrier site above Haines, Alaska
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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon430 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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Tall Tower to Save Birds430 viewsAmerican Tower's Taos Central site in Taos, NM has a federally-protected bird's nest on one of the platforms. The the photos here. Search on Taos.
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T-Mobile Camo Site 430 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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On the Fence429 viewsSome wireless carriers mount their antennas on the outside of water tank sites atop hilltops.
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Tower Towers Over the Santa Fe Plaza429 viewsThis tower stands just south of the Plaza in historic Santa Fe. It's clearly visible from much of the Plaza area. So sad
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Powering Up Santa Fe429 viewsT-Mobile occupies the top of this power transmission pole near the Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Tarzana, California429 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles428 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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Santa Fe Country Club427 viewsMono-Golfball Screen
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So-so Camo'ed Pop-Up Site in Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley)427 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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427 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Omnidirectional to Sectorized426 viewsThese poles formerly supported omnidirectional cell antennas. The carrier increased capacity by replacing the omni antennas with sectorized panel antennas.
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Hitting the signal out of the park426 viewsSprint's three-sector site is split between one sector on an existing light standard, and two sectors on a pole it installed.
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Santa Fe Country Club426 views
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Sprint Omni Site426 viewsSprint's underground equipment vault
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Sort-of Camo on Face of Shopping Center Tower426 viewsA less-than-inspired design in a shopping center in Chino, CA. Not impressive, and barely camo.
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426 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Parking the Signal425 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 Site425 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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Ketchikan Me if you Kan425 viewsMulticarrier site in Ketchikan, Alaska
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Power Transmission Tower Site424 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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424 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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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles424 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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Church Bell Tower With External Antennas423 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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Building Topper423 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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A Singular Pole for a Cingular Site423 viewsAmerican Tower leases this monopole to Cingular. It's located in Biggs, California (American Tower Site No. 82517).
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Cell Service, USN Style423 viewsThis is a photo of a cell site at the USN Amphibious Base in San Diego.
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Sending out the word...to Interstate 10422 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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High Power - Higher Education421 viewsSprint has this site at the Irvine Valley College in Irvine, California.
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Really, really flat vines on this pole!420 viewsA Spectrasite site in Montebello, CA.
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Uninspired Cricket Wireless Site in Mesa, AZ420 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 Mount420 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, California420 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site420 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site420 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Park'n the Signal on the Roof418 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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A Terrible Missile Rises Over the New Mexico Horizon418 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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Spectrasite in Paramount, California417 viewsYet another Spectrasite installation, this time in Paramount, California (looking north).
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Grand Canyon Valle Airport417 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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AVEA (A & A) cell site417 viewsMasterful way of ventilating the equipment building
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California417 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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417 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles417 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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Ground level wireless site on hilltop - Overview416 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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Time Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area416 viewsTime Warner Cable Wireless Node in Santa Monica/West Los Angeles Area. Manufactured by BelAir Networks.
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416 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Store that Signal!414 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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Sprint on a Stick in San Diego County414 views
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Tarzana, California414 viewsClark Avenue light standard
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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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Two Sectors - One into a hillside!413 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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Multi Carriers on Multi Power Towers413 viewsThese antennas sites are located on SCE power transmission towers in Irvine, California.
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T-Mobile Camo in Palos Verdes Estates, California413 viewsClose up of the of the business end of the building.
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Irvine, Califoria multicarrier site413 viewsThis is an outstanding multicarrier camo site in Irvine, CA
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art413 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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Verizon Camo Church Site 412 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California412 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)412 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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412 viewsAdjacent to 5445 Hollywood Blvd, Ste D, Los Angeles, CA 90027
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles411 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 Angeles411 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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Oil's Well that Emits Well410 viewsOld oil wells can make good cell sites, even when a building has been built around the base!
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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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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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Multi carrier array409 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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The Golden Signal409 views...from this water tank site in Chico, California belongs to T-Mobile.
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Manny, Moe and Jack409 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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Cell Call Box (Version 2)409 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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A Tank of Signal409 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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Power transmission pole - L.A. Dept. of Water & Power408 viewsThis power transmission pole, located in Tarzana, California, supports a cell site.
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Great Scott! (Even more)408 viewsYet another example of a pole-mounted cell site in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Time to Shippee Out the Signal408 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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Co-location cell site407 viewsYACS: Yet another co-location cell site.
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A cell site on a power transmission monopole407 viewsIn Thousand Oaks, California. Note that the BTS equipment is underground.
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Multi-sector wireless site with microwave interconnect407 views
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Color can make all the difference407 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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T-Mobile Camo Site 407 viewsT-Mobile Camo Site at New Hope Christian Church in Chino, CA
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Verizon Camo Church Site 407 viewsAt St. Margaret's in Chino, CA
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This signal ISN'T watered down406 viewsNote the panel antennas well below the tank.
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Field of Signals406 viewsCingular's light standard site in the Thousand Oaks Park in Thousand Oaks, California.
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Sutter County Lattice Tower406 viewsOff of CA SR99 at Howsley Road in Sutter County, you'll find this lattice tower.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California406 views
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Cellular Billboard Sign405 viewsSpotted in Philadelphia.
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Monopole405 viewsA monopole site between Victorville, California and Littlerock, California. Carrier unknown.
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8 foot antenna on building405 viewsA rather ugly 8' antenna stuck on the side of a building in Tarzana, California
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Mobilitie New Wood Pole Pox in West Los Angeles405 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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Salzburg, Austria cell site404 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...404 views...from this water plant in Hartford, CT. Note the antennas on the righthand smokestack.
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Restful Signal404 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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Chimney Site with Elevated BTS Platform - Hermosa Beach, California404 viewsThis site features a chimney to hide the antennas (except from behind) and an elevated BTS equipment cabinet platform.
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Smokestack BTS equipment403 viewsThis is the base station equipment cage next to the smokestack site in Westborough, MA.
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NextG DAS - Encinitas, California403 views
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Birds on Blue Unique Cell Site Design - Public Art402 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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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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Restful Signal401 viewsHere's a non-camo three sector Sprint site located on a motel sign post in Azusa, California.
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Cricket in Santa Fe401 viewsThe Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe hosts this Cricket site.
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