This is not true as the amount of materials is going to depend on the total number of rad centers on the tower and the number of antenna per sector, as well as the size of the individual make up of antenna in each sector which can vary based on the carrier needs.
Some towers may also have a mix of 4g antenna as well a microwave back haul dishes which use hollow copper waveguide cables (generally EW63) that tend to be several hundred feet long. There are also some whip and omni antennas for various things as well.
We also can't forget about the tower ground bus bars and downleads as well as the associated ground leads, lugs, connectors, and if you wanted to be ambitious, ground rods.
Basically there can be way more or way less than 11lb of copper on a tower.
Grospoliner 3 points 1 week ago
This is not true as the amount of materials is going to depend on the total number of rad centers on the tower and the number of antenna per sector, as well as the size of the individual make up of antenna in each sector which can vary based on the carrier needs.
Some towers may also have a mix of 4g antenna as well a microwave back haul dishes which use hollow copper waveguide cables (generally EW63) that tend to be several hundred feet long. There are also some whip and omni antennas for various things as well.
We also can't forget about the tower ground bus bars and downleads as well as the associated ground leads, lugs, connectors, and if you wanted to be ambitious, ground rods.
Basically there can be way more or way less than 11lb of copper on a tower.