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There was a big discussion that got pretty heated last week on this. You might want to search that so the arguing doesn't start again. It was pretty much agreed that the only problem you would have with the tower is if you hit it. The experts all agreed that it wouldn't be causing the problem. One even claimed his cell phone ringing caused all the computer radios to loose their memories.
In short, it can't happen. Search the site and read all the posts about it though. It is kind of interesting with all the different backgrounds though.
I'm an electrical engineer of more than thirty years and can tell you that your cell phone can indeed wipe your memory clean if in close proximity to he transmitter. The RF Field Strength can induce stray voltages into high impedance devices, such as flash memory, and change the contents. This is not a problem localized to the hobby industry and we in the defense industry spend lot's of your hard earned cash shielding against radiated fields such as would be caused by a nuclear explosion.
The fact is, the phone doesn't have to ring to do this as all cell phones transmit periodically even when not in use. This is how "they" know your phone is in service.......
As for the towers. Unless there is a faulty piece of equipment located at the tower that's "dirtying up" the transmitted signal, the tower is of no consequence.