This document contains 96 images of various cellular antenna installations located around the world. The images show antennas disguised as trees, buildings, flagpoles, and other structures to blend into the environment. They also include close-up photos of antenna equipment and diagrams of multi-operator cellular sites. The photos are credited to different photographers and sources, and most include brief descriptions of the antenna type and location.

1. Antennas
A COLLECTION
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2. Single operator,
single frequency
omnidirectional
antenna
Located between M56 J10 & 11 in
Cheshire. Single operator can be
shared, single frequency band, x-pole
with 3 cell sectors.
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 2

3. Three cellular sites on fake trees
Source: Andy Sutton
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4. Spot the cell
site...
This site is in Dorset, close to
Blandford Forum.
Source: Andy Sutton
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5. Multi-band 2G, 3G
& 4G cellular base
station disguised
as a tree.
Source: Andy Sutton
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6. 2600 Antennas
hidden behind
fake brick panels
Mayfair, London
Source: Telecoms Stuff
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7. "New Trees"
German fine art photographer Robert
Voit's "New Trees" seem like everyday
plants at first glance, but when one
looks closer it's apparent they aren't
trees at all. They're cell phone towers
disguised (one might say badly) by
telecom companies in an attempt to
blend in with their urban and rural
environments.
Anton Sister Park, Las Vegas, Nevada
Source: CBS
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8. "New Trees"
Desert Mountain, Scottsdale, Arizona
Robert Voit has worked on the series
"New Trees" since 2003 in the U.S.,
Great Britain, South Africa, and
Germany among other countries.
Anton Sister Park, Las Vegas, Nevada
Source: CBS
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9. "New Trees"
Santa Cruz, California
The camouflage includes deciduous
trees, palms, pines and cacti.
Source: CBS
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10. “New trees”
Mono Lake, California
"The artificiality of these "new trees"
readily declares itself--they are
necessarily taller than most trees,
their antennae are often visible
through the leaves, or the trunks may
be marked with warnings to keep
away--and even without these clues
they stick out from their surroundings
as "not quite right," like Stepford wives
of the arboreal world," according to
Christoph Shaden who wrote the
forward for the book, "New Trees.“
Source: CBS
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11. Antennae
disguised as fake
date trees near
Koutoubia
mosque,
Marrakech
Source: 3G4G Blog
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12. ‘Stealth' tower
A cellphone tower inside the bell tower, rear right, is seen over the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Ankeny, Iowa. As
wireless companies fill gaps in their networks, many have sought to camouflage the ungainly outdoor equipment that
carries the nation’s daily diet of calls, text messages and data.
Source: USA Today 12

13. Mobile
Phone/Church Bell
Tower in LaVista,
New England
Source: Global Thots Blog
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14. Mobile Phone
mast disguised like
a Church Cross in
Lake Worth,
Florida.
Source: Global Thots Blog
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15. Mobile Phone
antenna concealed
to look like brick
exterior of a house
in Sopot, Poland.
Source: Global Thots Blog
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16. Mobile Phone
tower flagpole,
College Station,
Texas.
Source: Global Thots Blog
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17. Mobile Phone
Cactus mast in
Tucson, Arizona.
Source: Global Thots Blog
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18. Constructing a
Mobile Phone
tower Cactus in
Tucson, Arizona.
Source: Global Thots Blog
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19. Cell site on a
church
Source: Andy Sutton
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20. Modern art and
a cellular
antenna
Source: Andy Sutton
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21. The digital
highway,
powering the
21st Century
Source: Andy Sutton
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22. Busy cell site
with stacked
antennas
Started life with 1 cabinet then went
to 3 and now it's 5.
Source: Andy Sutton
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23. A multi-
technology cell
site
…blending in with lighting columns in
the area
Source: Andy Sutton
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24. Tri-sectored
column
with legacy Ericsson RBS 2106 (GSM)
and & Fredo cab with Nokia 3G Flexi
NodeB
Source: Andy Sutton
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25. O2 column
Older style O2 column with new
Huawei 3900AL and legacy O2 cab.
Source: Andy Sutton
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26. Hutchinson
Engineering
Jupiter Column
A short but heavy duty street-works
column, large cabinets too.
Source: Andy Sutton
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27. Ex-cell site
cabs removed, column retained for
lighting.
Source: Andy Sutton
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28. When is a
telegraph pole not
a telegraph pole?
When it's a cell
site.
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 28

29. Cellular columns
A row of cellular columns - 3 (now
MBNL), O2 then Vodafone - O2 column
has been upgraded, likely the new CTIL
site.
Source: Andy Sutton
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30. Tri-sectored
flagpole
Multi-band tri-sectored flagpole
antenna installation with feeders from
cabin & ALU RRH for 2100MHz.
Source: Andy Sutton
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31. Monopole
2G, 3G & 4G from street-works
monopole providing additional
capacity in area of high demand.
Source: Andy Sutton
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32. Cellular street-
works site
Source: Andy Sutton
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33. Cellular panel
antennas
Close up of new cellular panel
antennas & MHA/LNA.
Source: Andy Sutton
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34. Cell site
Cell site built as a farm silo, careful
choice of materials for cellular and
microwave radio propagation.
Source: Andy Sutton
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35. Antennae
Source: Andy Sutton
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36. Hutchinson
Engineering
column
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 36

37. Feeder entry
Feeder entry to indoor base station
equipment plus a microwave link
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 37

38. Busy rooftop
A busy rooftop in Liverpool, CTIL &
MBNL installations.
Source: Andy Sutton
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39. 2 sets of space
diverse flagpole
onmi antennas
Source: Andy Sutton
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40. 3 cell sector site
Limited visual impact from this 3 cell
sector site on a church.
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 40

41. Cell site
One example of the diverse range of
radio cell site designs, this site is GSM
(2G) only .
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 41

42. WiFi - Hawaiian
style
Source: Andy Sutton
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43. Antenna disguised as Palm tree in Hawaii
Source: Andy Sutton
43

44. Two cell sectors
Two cell sectors on a lighthouse in
Hawaii.
Source: Andy Sutton
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45. Monopole
A heavily loaded monopole on
Hawaii's Big Island - a real mix of older
and modern equipment.
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 45

46. Busy rooftop
A busy rooftop in Hawaii, an example
of how complex site design is with
multi-operators, multi-RATs & multi-
bands...
Source: Andy Sutton
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47. Omnidirectional
Cross-Polar
Vodafone G09
Monopole
Installed in the late 90s as part of
Vodafone/Nokia 'Northern Turnkey
Project'
Source: Peter Clarke
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48. Omnidirectional
Vodafone G09
'pitchfork' Mast.
Cross-Polar Vodafone
G09 Monopole
Having previously been rather
common, now a rare sight due to the
high speed data revolution.
Source: Peter Clarke
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49. Orange PCS 1800MHz
2G 'flagpole' and
Vodafone 900MHz
2G panels
'hidden' on a Lighthouse in
Withernsea, East Yorks.
Source: Peter Clarke
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50. The Belmont
transmitter
A huge mast at more than 1000ft,
located in beautiful rural Lincolnshire
Source: Peter Clarke
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51. Water Tower
Had a hotel room with a view, all 4
mobile network operators on this
water tower
Source: Andy Sutton
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52. Microcell antennas
Three microcell antennas providing
cellular capacity in a dense urban area
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 52

53. Cellular & backhaul
at Liverpool airport. Example of
planning/site providers moving from
minimising visual impact to
maximising capabilities
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 53

54. Cellular site in the
South of France
Source: Andy Sutton
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55. One is never far from
a microcell in central
London
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 55

56. GSM1800
microcell
part of the journey to our connected
society.
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 56

57. Microcells
Microcell spotting in London
Source: Andy Sutton
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58. Microcell sites
Source: Andy Sutton
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59. Microcells
One is GSM900 only while the other is
GSM1800/UMTS2100
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 59

60. MBNL & CTIL street-
works
supporting 2G, 3G & 4G radio access
technologies
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 60

61. Macro towers
Network consolidation is obvious on
the old Mercury one2one tower on
the left.
Source: Andy Sutton
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62. Switch site
tower
Switch site tower with multi-operator
radio access and loads of microwave.
Source: Andy Sutton
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63. Shared tower
Example of an 1800MHz GSM omni
site installation among the others on
this shared tower.
Source: Andy Sutton
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64. Macro-cell
tower
An early evening sunset and a macro-
cell tower supporting 2G, 3G & 4G.
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 64

65. A unique looking
tower
Source: Andy Sutton
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66. 2G (GSM) cell on
gasometer
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 66

67. A multi-operator
rooftop site
supporting 800MHz, 1800MHz and
2100MHz (2600MHz ready antennas).
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 67

68. 3 sector
2100MHz
flagpole
now replaced by short sectored panels
for multi-band operation
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 68

69. Omnidirectional
Vodafone G09
'pitchfork' mast
Having previously been rather
common, now a rare sight due to the
high speed data revolution.
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 69

70. Cellular lamp
post
Yelverton, Devon.
Source: Peter Clarke
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71. Local Access
Antenna
WISP using Ubiquiti Rocket 5GHz APs
with Sectored Local Access Antennas
and a Licensed Backhaul Microwave
link. National Avenue, Hull.
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 71

72. EE+3 temporary
mast
EE GL18 Huawei BTS3900a. EE/3 U21
from a Nokia Flexi Stack
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 72

73. Beacon Hill mast
in Devon
VodafoneUK 3G
and 4G.
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 73

74. 4G mast
Woodbridge meadows, Guildford.
ECI-e-utran 456450.
Source: Peter Clarke
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75. New mobile
antenna
Source: DD4CD
©3G4G 75

76. The Port St Mary
Mast
Located at Port St Mary, Isle of Man.
With Cellular.
Source: Peter Clarke
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77. The Union Mill
Mast
Isle of Man. A UHF PSB TV relay of
Douglas on channels 46, 43 and 40. It
also carries Sure and Manx Telecom
signals.
Source: Peter Clarke
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78. Weymouth
Transmitter
UHF TV: 3PSBs at 400W
BBC RADIO
Vodafone: 900MHz 2G/3G, 2100MHz
3G, O2: 900MHz 2G/3G, 2100MHz 3G,
EE: 1800MHz 2G/4G, 2100MHz 3G,
3:2100Mhz 3G
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 78

79. Marlbororugh
Transmitter
Source: Peter Clarke
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80. Sudbury
Transmitters
Located near Sudbury, Suffolk. The two
Sudbury transmitters. Sudbury B on
left and A on right. Sudbury B only
broadcasts the 3 COMs and only has
half its top section of transmitting
antennas.
Source: Peter Clarke
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81. Emley Moor
Freestanding
Transmitter
tower
A 336m freestanding (not guyed)
transmitter tower in Yorkshire.
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 81

82. Plympton UHF
Relay Mast
The Plympton TV mast is on the left,
whereas the right one appears
predominantly cellular.
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 82

83. Hannington
Transmitter
UHF DTV, Microwave, reserve DTV
aerials, FM, Microwave, GSM antennas
(possbily Vodafone).
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 83

84. 4G server
The existing 4G server for the Isle of
Portland, near DT5 1RA. VF and O2 on
top stack with segregated GU as per
early Cornerstone.
Source: Peter Clarke
©3G4G 84

85. EE mast in
Ashmore Park,
by Linthouse
Lane
Source: Connor Graham
©3G4G 85

86. Monopole
MBNL mast
Source: Connor Graham
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87. Redhill, Telford, Shropshire
Source: Chris Wheats
87

88. Cell tower
disguised as
lamppost, Milton
Keynes, UK
Source: Rhizome Blog
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89. BTS disguised as
bricks, Lincoln,
UK
Source: Rhizome Blog
©3G4G 89

90. Cell tower
disguised as pine
tree, Stafford,
UK
Source: Rhizome Blog
©3G4G 90

91. Cell tower
disguised as
flagpole,
Gorseinon, Wales
Source: Rhizome Blog
©3G4G 91

92. Microcell
installation
Network consolidation is obvious on
the old Mercury one2one tower on
the left.
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 92

93. Legacy CSA vertical
polarisation 1800
MHz antenna
with Forum LNA, with a dedicated DC
power feed, no bias-T
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 93

94. Phone tower
for multiple bands, microwave
backhauls, tetra and GPS timing
receive antennas.
Source: UHF Satcom
©3G4G 94

95. Microcell
Recent mcirocell upgrade, 2G refresh
and LTE1800, single sector 2G/3G/4G
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 95

96. Wray Castle
Wray Castle's Facebook page. Look
closely to spot 2 sets of omni
antennas, one 900MHz, the other
1800MHz
Source: Andy Sutton
©3G4G 96

97. EE tethered, powered Helikite
The Helikite (Helium = kite) and Drone solutions are designed to provide temporary coverage not only in case of emergency but also in
case of floods, power failures, fiber breaks, etc
Source : 3G4G Blog
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98. AT&T’s ‘flying
COWs’
AT&T ‘s LTE-enabled drones. To be
deployed if networks go down in the
event of a disaster, to assist in
scenarios like forest fires, or for large
events like concerts.
Source: ZDNet
©3G4G 98

99. Project Loon
Project Loon could be a model for relief during future natural disasters, with the potential to increase connectivity and communication
when it's needed most.
Source: Mashable
99

100. EE Temporary
Mast and Rapid
Response
Vehicle
Source: EE
©3G4G 100

101. EE temporary mast
At Glastonbury UK music festival
Source : Pedroc
101

102. Autonomous
and portable LTE
solution
Source: Telefonica
©3G4G 102

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