What is this thingy antenna in Gaylord?

[scanmanmi]

There's coax going up so it doesn't look like a work in progress. It's in front of Lowes.

 

[mikewazowski]

Cell site.

 

[kb8q]

There's coax going up so it doesn't look like a work in progress. It's in front of Lowes.

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Not only is that a disguised cell site, it will probably eventually have a flag on it. And of the owner of the property is probably getting a pretty good sum of money monthly to have that site on the property.

 

[Outerdog]

 

[drdispatch]

I saw one just like that in the Kalamazoo area about a month ago. They also have one that looks like a big (fake) pine tree.

 

[mikewazowski]

They also have one that looks like a big (fake) pine tree.

We call those "monopines"

 

[dmchalmers]

If iRemember right this is aleady a huge flagpole since Lowes came to Gaylord yrs ago.

 

[dmchalmers]

Did anyone NOTICE the support building with this cell tower/flagpole??? Must be Central MI an South have secret towers????

 

[nvanw27]

I was in Gaylord a few weeks ago and I saw some crew working on running the wire. At first I assumed it was for a lighting system or even to raise and lower the flag.

 

[kb8q]

A disguised cell "tower" could bet in the form of a flagpole, pine or palm. A monopalm in northern Michigan would look a bit strange. Photos of some typical options are here...

Disguised Cell Towers - Flag Poles

The pine tree options would fit right in except they probably cost a lot more.

 

[smithken]

We have one of these towers in a school nearby, it reminds me of a giant piece of chalk.

 

[hockeyref2]

I think that tower has been there for years. In google street view from 2019, you can see a flag wrapped around the pole. And in google earth image from 2009, you can see the flag on the pole.. (looks like the tower was there in 2007 even)

 

[dmchalmers]

I think that tower has been there for years. In google street view from 2019, you can see a flag wrapped around the pole. And in google earth image from 2009, you can see the flag on the pole.. (looks like the tower was there in 2007 even)

Thats what i thought it could be a cell or even a internet but has flown a flag since Lowes was built.

 

[mkoronka]

Its a cell site which has a very hard time of holding on to flags due to the high wind area. I should look to see what the city has in place for a variant in place for that property. There is more times when a flag is not flown than there is when one is flown from that pole.

 

[INDaviation]

I've been seeing these pop up all over Indianapolis recently. I just figured they were extra thick flagpoles, not cell sites. Interesting.