It's a Tree, It's an Antenna?

24 Jan 2018

I have no doubt that I am a little out of it. New things and ideas seem to come faster than I can assimilate them sometimes. This may be more common that I think but it is the first time I have seen one.

At first glance I was impressed by how nice this tree looked. Then the camouflaged antennas at the top caught my eye but I still thought it was a tree that had been repurposed as a pole for a cell phone array. It wasn't until I saw the access panel on the trunk that I finally realized that the entire tree was artificial and just a way of disguising a cell phone tower.

John

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genebren over 8 years ago

John,

These seemed to be popular in California (not sure if you are there yet). Communities would complain/object to ugly cell towers, so they tried to make them less ugly. I could never decide if they succeeded or not.

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genebren over 8 years ago

John,

These seemed to be popular in California (not sure if you are there yet). Communities would complain/object to ugly cell towers, so they tried to make them less ugly. I could never decide if they succeeded or not.

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jw0752 over 8 years ago in reply to genebren

This one is in Las Cruces, New Mexico. I would have to say that they succeeded. I would get used to this tower and not even realize it was there if it were in my back yard.
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