What is This? They are Going up on Extra-Tall Utility Poles All Over the State

11.28.17 | chickensoup

[Chickensoup]

What is this?

I don't know what these are but they are installed every couple of miles around here. It is a big deal because an entirely new utility pole has to be installed which is at least 10 feet higher than the others.

[COBOL2Java]

May I ask what state?

Based on this thread, I'd say the state of confusion.

[Oratam]

I want to know what’s going on at 45 North Broad Street in Ridgewood. From the station platform you can see the upper floors of the building are empty and the roof is a forest of microwave antennas.

[EBH]

It has to boost signal along the way...

[BBB333]

It’s a piecost.

Looks like a good one at that!

[RegulatorCountry]

Copy that screen capture I posted showing the URL of my previous upload with the correct field highlighted and refer to it until you’ve done it often enough to know which one to copy.

[Cannoneer]

"A distributed antenna system (DAS) is a way to deal with isolated spots of poor coverage inside a large building by installing a network of relatively small antennas throughout the building to serve as repeaters."

per searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com

[dynoman]

We have three smart meters and all out power pines are underground. No units like that here, I think smart meters communicate over the power lines.

Looks more like a DAS antenna to me, see posts 45 and 57.

[Thank You Rush]

Thank you. You sure swept up a lot of replies to your question in a short period of time. Kept us all on our toes! Now you know. I don’t post many threads but I felt your pain when it came to the picture...You’re a good sport!
I take a beating from friends when I can’t let up trying to get answers to things...I HAVE to know!

By the way - where are you? I went through the replies but didn’t see that....

[Wuli]

As to the images from your google search link, it requires the knowledge that you are looking for DAS attenna images.

In my case, it was just a pure image search using only the image provided.

[FreedomPoster]

Microcellular antenna / tower.

We have them all over the place near me.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

That thing on top looks like an upside-down transformer.

[Haiku Guy]

You can’t want to know.

We should all Ignore This Post.

[jjotto]

Antennas for 4G LTE look like that, as do the wireless utility meter data collectors.

Any of your county supervisors or equivalent could tell you exactly.

[Red Badger]

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

j/k

[Lurker]

Could be for WiFi, could be the power company monitoring the lines. Most likely part of the smart grid tho

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[Chickensoup]

Posting without reading the manual for almost 20 years

[Chickensoup]

no one needs your sass this morning.

[dynoman]

PLC (Power Line Communication)

https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1279775

[Chickensoup]

thank you. I am lost.