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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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.
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.

Gene
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gam3t3ch over 8 years ago

I think that person needs a medal, I have a few close to my house and are ugly as sin, but mind you if I had one in my yard I would be ok with it. I like the camouflage look. I think with a bit of rework it could even look more tree like but certainly props goes to whoever thought of that idea.
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rachaelp over 8 years ago

I was visiting Colorado with work a few years ago and saw one of these. I didn't notice it straight away either especially as it was in an area with lots of other real trees. I've not seen anything like that here in the UK yet though.

Best Regards,

Rachael
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