Fiber Internet and cable are included in mandatory HOA fees (yay HOAs) so this seems weird. No other homes in the area have anything like this. Also, I’m 99% sure this unit is a full time Airbnb if that might matter (and why I can’t just ask my neighbor wtf is on their roof). Did some reverse image searches and didn’t find a match, that 5G seemed closest to my untrained eye. I don’t like tech shit that I don’t know what the hell it is. Particularly when it’s aimed close to my house. TIA!
This showed up on a neighbor's roof. Extra context in post.
18 Comments
mp3@lemmy.ca · 107 pts · 1y
That indeed looks like a cell network antenna.
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 62 pts · 1y
My friend is an RF expert and immediately said that's a cellular antenna, looks like LTE most probably but might support 5G.
scsi@lemm.ee · 48 pts · 1y
neidu2@feddit.nl · 16 pts · 1y
I'm not an expert, but I've worked a lot with LTE antennae, and can confirm that your expert friend is not just pretending.
Bangs42@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y
Like others have already said, looks like a cell network antenna. Maybe service sucks inside home, so they got a repeater/amplifier?
mp3@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 1y
Or if the home owner rents the place an an AirBnB and the cell coverage sucked, maybe he agreed to have an antenna installed at his home for a small income supplement from the carrier?
Nostalgia@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
AT&T reception is shit here for unknown reasons. Tmo and V strong. But maybe something here.
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y
Quick search:
rollmagma@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
Please don't get this guy in trouble just because he put some shit on his roof.
Nostalgia@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
Not my intention in the slightest. I’m generally a mind my own business dude, and supportive of people doing whatever they want with their stuff. This thing though happens to be aimed in my general direction, which also isn’t a problem, but I don’t like not knowing what the heck it is.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 1y
Looks a lot like this LTE Mimo cell antenna, although with an extra set of plugs on the bottom.
https://www.dipolnet.com/lte_mimo_antenna_trans-data_lte_kpz_8-8_A741023.htm
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub · 12 pts · 1y
Dual LTE and 5G, maybe?
three@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
https://www.antennasearch.com/
See if its pointing at a tower.
MrPoopyButthole@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
This is a client access sector. Not a point to point carrier link from a tower. It will be aimed towards the people with devices and it will spread out its signal in 180 degree or less angle.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
You’ve just assigned me a little field trip! Thanks :)
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 1y
Awesome!
Thanks for sharing the link!
5opn0o30@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
There’s a crypto that pays for cell coverage called Helium. Maybe it’s that.
qbus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
I vote for this reality
TragicNotCute@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Doesn’t look like it, and Helium doesn’t use cell service, it’s all LoRa based.