Pole 1236812 — El Cajon, CA

At 11 m, structure 1236812 is about half of the 23 m average across the 856 structures registered in San Diego County. It is about 33% of the California average of 32 m across 11,862 registrations. Among the 16,558 registrations nationwide filed under the same structure-type code (POLE), the average overall height is 31 m, so this one is about 35% of that figure.

The site's filed ground elevation is 149 m, which puts the top of the structure 159 m above mean sea level.

The registration places the structure near El Cajon in San Diego County, California, at coordinates 32.79750, -116.93486, with the site address filed as "281 2nd Street". San Diego County has 856 FCC-registered antenna structures, the 4th-largest count among the 58 California counties with registrations, and 485 of them are marked constructed. California as a whole has 11,862 registrations, the 2nd-largest total among the 50 states and DC.

The tallest other registered structure within about 40 km is San Diego, CA · 1052001, a tower at 176 m (constructed).

Constructed means the owner has notified the FCC that construction is complete, so the registry treats the structure as standing. The FCC issued registration 1236812 on Jan 23, 2026. Nationally, 141,898 of the 197,833 registrations (71.7%) carry the constructed status, including 6,869 in California.

The FCC record lists T-Mobile West Tower LLC of Bellevue, WA as the registered owner, under FCC Registration Number 0022193262. Across the registry it holds 1,035 structure registrations, the 27th-largest portfolio among the 7,865 owners with two or more, including 235 in California. Its most common filed structure-type code is MTOWER (433 registrations).

The registration cites FAA aeronautical study 2002-AWP-3585-OE, the FAA review of the structure's effect on air navigation. Its marking and lighting code, 1, is listed on the FCC registration form as "None".