# Cellphone towers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [February 1, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435 "2007-02-01T17:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/1 "2007-02-01T17:49:26Z")
[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_290a.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_290a.html) New towers don’t always have to be built in urban areas. Our church’s steeple hosts several cellphone transmitters, and the church gets several thousand dollars a year in rental fees. Win-win. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/2 "2007-02-01T18:57:06Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_290a.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_290a.html) New towers don’t always have to be built in urban areas. Our church’s steeple hosts several cellphone transmitters, and the church gets several thousand dollars a year in rental fees. Win-win. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but how is the congregation enjoing the new tin-foil hats they have to wear during services? :eek: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/3 "2007-02-01T19:39:10Z")
Maybe instead of tin-foil hat, that should be [_cybercap_](http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-ele3.htm). ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/4 "2007-02-01T20:27:43Z")
Isn’t that a violation of the separation of church and stasis ? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/5 "2007-02-01T23:35:20Z")
\ “It is a radio for speaking to God.” \ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/6 "2007-02-02T04:46:55Z")
No tinfoil hats necessary, as yet. And I don’t think the Voice of God will be on the same wavelength as Aunt Pearl’s cellphone. But thanks for your concern! :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![tgallo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@tgallo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tgallo)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/7 "2007-02-02T19:40:33Z")
I like dandelions ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/8 "2007-02-02T19:42:48Z")
There is a church in my fair city with cellular antennae and crosses on the steeple. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/9 "2007-02-02T20:22:50Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] No tinfoil hats necessary, as yet. And I don’t think the Voice of God will be on the same wavelength as Aunt Pearl’s cellphone. But thanks for your concern! :dubious: [/QUOTE] [Dick Cheney](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/43189) goes to your church! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/10 "2007-02-02T21:18:18Z")
As always, consult your local zoning regulations. ---
**Author:** ![Khangol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Khangol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khangol)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/11 "2007-02-02T21:53:20Z")
OK, somebody should point out that the plural of “antenna”, in this context, is “antennas”, not “antennae”. “Antennae” is the plural when applied to bugs. (The entomological kind, not the espionage kind. Spy-type bugs might have antennas, but not antennae.) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/12 "2007-02-02T22:03:16Z")
[QUOTE=Khangol] “Antennae” is the plural when applied to bugs. [/QUOTE] And Churches. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-towers/390435/13 "2007-02-02T22:53:23Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] And Churches. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Only the Catholic Church. The others got rid of Latin long ago. 😃