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What could this be? on top of a street light post (i.imgur.com)

submitted 4 months ago by variants@possumpat.io to c/sideoftheroad@possumpat.io

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The squarish thing pointing down is most likely a radiation detector:

https://www.hsaj.org/articles/14715

The rest of it is point-to-point wireless networking antennas. Not sure which technology but it's probably something specific to emergency alert/law enforcement.

The rectangular box in the back is a standard NEMA box that houses the electronics/power supplies for the other components.

[–] variants@possumpat.io 5 points 4 months ago

oh that radiation detection would be really interesting

[–] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

The article you linked is all conceptual. It’s most likely just a wireless network like ricochet, nothing to do with law enforcement.