Cell towers in DeKalb, Illinois
The FCC register lists 16 antenna structures in and around DeKalb. That is the 47th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
DeKalb, IL has 16 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 47th largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
Per head that is 39.5 structures for every 100,000 people; per unit of area it is 0.90 per square mile.
Median height here is 61 m (198 ft), compared with 63 m (206 ft) across Illinois as a whole.
The largest registered owner here is American Towers LLC, which holds 3 of them — 18.8% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1953, the newest in 2020 — 67 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 9 | 56% |
| Monopole | 2 | 13% |
| Guyed tower | 2 | 13% |
| Building | 2 | 13% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 6% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 3 | 19% |
| Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University Government | 2 | 13% |
| City of Dekalb Dekalb Il Government | 1 | 6% |
| City of Dekalb Police Department Government | 1 | 6% |
| Dekalb County Broadcasters, INC. Other | 1 | 6% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 m (492 ft) | Guyed tower | 2007 | K-love, INC. | 113888 |
| 113 m (370 ft) | Tower | 1985 | American Towers LLC | 113674 |
| 92 m (303 ft) | Tower | 1964 | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University | 614884 |
| 91 m (298 ft) | Tower | 1996 | At&t CORP | 117880 |
| 76 m (250 ft) | Tower | 1973 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority | 112821 |
| 69 m (225 ft) | Tower | 2012 | Commonwealth Edison Company | 113766 |
| 68 m (223 ft) | Building | 1993 | Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois University | 113616 |
| 61 m (200 ft) | Tower | 1953 | Dekalb County Broadcasters, INC. | 113889 |
| 60 m (197 ft) | Tower | 1999 | American Towers LLC | 623690 |
| 58 m (190 ft) | Monopole | 2013 | City of Dekalb Police Department | 2688843 |
| 53 m (174 ft) | Monopole | 2000 | American Towers LLC | 2603719 |
| 49 m (160 ft) | Guyed tower | 1996 | Crown Castle Gt Company, LLC | 108104 |
| 47 m (155 ft) | Building | 2001 | T-mobile Central LLC | 2683840 |
| 20 m (65 ft) | Tower | 2000 | City of Dekalb Dekalb Il | 2613539 |
| 18 m (60 ft) | Tower | 1994 | Elliott & Wood INC | 2600722 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Lattice tower | 2020 | Express Dial Internet, INC. | 2715391 |
When they were registered
| 1950s | 1 | 6% |
| 1960s | 1 | 6% |
| 1970s | 1 | 6% |
| 1980s | 1 | 6% |
| 1990s | 5 | 31% |
| 2000s | 4 | 25% |
| 2010s | 2 | 13% |
| 2020s | 1 | 6% |
Nearby places
About this data
Counts here are computed from the FCC's registered structure file, dated 2026-08-23. If a mast near you is missing, the usual reason is that it sits below the 200-foot registration threshold.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.