Out here they mount boxes on the wooden utility poles that have three antennas. These seem to be some kind of electric meter reading equipment. Rather than drive around and read each meter manually, they've replaced the meters with ones that are capable of transmitting on some (probably) UHF frequency. These boxes then command the meters to respond with the current dial reading, which is forwarded to master sites on the higher towers in the area. These started appearing in industrial/commercial areas and are beginning to be prevalent in residential areas as well.
However, with all those big power leads running in and out of the boxes in your photos, could it be some part of BPL or wireless networking? Bob M. ====== --- Mike Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some interesting boxes have been appearing on street > lights in my area. > > Anybody know what they are? > > <http://www.repeater-builder.com/wa6ilq/whatsthis.html> > (two photos totalling about 175KB) > > Mike WA6ILQ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
