Editing Cell site (section)

==Camouflage==
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There is often local opposition to new masts for reasons of [[Mobile phone radiation and health|safety]] and appearance. The latter is sometimes tackled by disguising the mast as something else, such as a flag pole, [[street lamp]], or a [[tree]] (e.g. palm trees, pine trees, cypress) or rooftop structures or urban features such as chimneys or panels.

These concealed cell sites can distinguish themselves by foliage shape and bark type. The foliage of all these antennas is composed of leaves made of plastic material accurately designed, taking into consideration quantity, shape and array suitable to completely conceal the antennas and all accessory parts in a natural manner. The materials used guarantee absolute radio-electric transparency and resistance to UVA rays. Nicknames include "[[Telecommunications_lease#Ground_leases|monopalm]]" for a monopole disguised as a palm tree or "Pseudopinus telephoneyensis" for a mast disguised as a pine tree.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=BOWEN |first=Humphry |date=1999-01-01 |title=NEW CONIFER IN THE BRITISH ISLES? |url=http://www.watsonia.org.uk/BSBINews80.pdf |magazine=BSBI NEWS |issue=January 1999 | page=51 |location=UK |publisher= |access-date=2023-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726103809/http://www.watsonia.org.uk/BSBINews80.pdf |archive-date=26 July 2011}}</ref> In [[Monopole antenna|monopoles]], the directional antennas are sometimes hidden in a plastic housing near the top of the pole so that the crossbars can be eliminated.

Rooftop structures such as concealment chimneys or panels, 6 to 12 meters high, may conceal one or more mobile telephone operators on the same station. Roofmask panels can be fixed to existing rooftop structures, restyling them quickly and cheaply.

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File:BTS NodeB antenna Sopot (cropped).jpg|An antenna colored to blend in with its host building, in [[Sopot, Poland]]
File:PalmCellTower.jpg|Camouflaged monopole, called "monopalm", in [[Arizona]], US
File:VillepreuxAntenne relais de téléphonie mobile.JPG|A site concealed as a pine tree, in a stand of trees in [[Yvelines]], France
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