Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

OK, sounds like an investor-owned utility as opposed to a municipal utility. If it were municipal, I'd have contacted them. Since it's not, I won't, but you should. Call and ask for "meter and test" and see if it's their equipment. It may be someone else whose leasing space there. If so, probab

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

Nearest stoplight to this box is several light poles away. And I know that the locals aren't using any preemption system. Mike At 08:05 AM 04/01/06, you wrote: >It may be a traffic preemption receiver for public safety vehicles >(police and fire) to be able to pass through an upcoming intersect

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At 07:58 AM 04/01/06, you wrote: >I'd agree on the install -- hack job. > >Mike, who is the electric utility? > >Chuck >WB2EDV Southern Calif Edison Mike Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe

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Jay Urish wrote: > We have those around my house.. Its ricochet... > They are dead in texas but I heard they are alive and well in CA. Alive and well in Denver also - they got a sweetheart deal with the Denver PD to do mobile data for Public Safety. Then they sell the excess bandwidth to the pu

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Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... Larry ... on a dialup? Neil Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:15:07 -0800 (GMT-08:00) >Comes

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The radios in the pictures and Ricochet were originally made by the same company, Metricom.  This company was started by Southern California Edison.  Metricon made both radio systems, that were the Ricochet and the Utilinet radios systems.  They sold off the utilinet radios and that radio

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

Thinking about it, it may be part of the Ricochet system. Look at: http://www.ricochet.net/shared/docs/how_it_works.pdf Joe 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

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These are Merticom (now called Cedllnet ) radios that utilities use to automate there distribution systems.  Also for automated meter reading.  They work in the 902 to 928 Mhz band and are spread spectrum frequency hopping.  In some parts of the country (So Cal) there are thousands of thes

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

Larry ... on a dialup? Neil Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:15:07 -0800 (GMT-08:00) >Comes up fine, here, even on my slow dialup connection. Or

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Hey keep it quiet those are for that mind control that there coming out with. also they are for reading those rfid tags they are putting on everything and will be injecting under your skin in the future you must live in one of the test areas. They also are there to read your cars computer so that t

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APRS units... it gives -those- folks something to watch :-) - Original Message - From: "Mike Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 3:38 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... > Some interesting boxes have been appearing on street lights in m

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Comes up fine, here, even on my slow dialup connection. Or are you just April Fooling us, Neil? -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Apr 1, 2006 6:10 AM >To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com >Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... >

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ility has grounds to prosecute. 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Lemmon Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 8:59 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a quest

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attention! 73, Eric Lemmon WB6FLY -Original Message- From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Kelsey Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 8:24 AM To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... Eric, Do you

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 03:58:28 -0800 (PST) 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 rep

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... At 4/1/2006 01:38, you wrote:>Some interesting boxes have been appearing on street lights in my area.>>Anybody know wha

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We have those around my house.. Its ricochet... They are dead in texas but I heard they are alive and well in CA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 4/1/2006 01:38, you wrote: >> Some interesting boxes have been appearing on street lights in my area. >> >> Anybody know what they are? >> >>

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

Eric, Do you have the manufacturer? Based on the picture, this thing certainly doesn't look new. I have to assume that you recognize the particular device in use. Chuck WB2EDV Eric Lemmon wrote: > Mike, > > That unit is a wireless utility meter transponder. Once an entire > neighborhood is

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

At 08:21 AM 4/1/2006 -0800, you wrote: >That thought crossed my mind also, but it still looks like something >somebody built in their garage. <---You mean it's RCA? Ken -- President and CTO - Arcom Communications Makers

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... It may be a traffic preemption receiver for public safety vehicles (police and fire) to be able to pass through an upcoming intersection on a green light as opposed to approaching a red and having to negotiate cross traffic

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At 4/1/2006 01:38, you wrote: >Some interesting boxes have been appearing on street lights in my area. > >Anybody know what they are? > > >(two photos totalling about 175KB) > >Mike WA6ILQ http://ricochet.com/about.aspx Bob NO6B Yahoo

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

Mike, That unit is a wireless utility meter transponder. Once an entire neighborhood is outfitted with the new meters, they can be polled automatically from a central location. It allows the utility to monitor demand and power factor in real time as well as keeping tabs on total consumption. It

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

It may be a traffic preemption receiver for public safety vehicles (police and fire) to be able to pass through an upcoming intersection on a green light as opposed to approaching a red and having to negotiate cross traffic. Dan KA8YPY On Apr 1, 2006, at 4:38 AM, Mike Morris wrote: > Some in

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

I'd agree on the install -- hack job. Mike, who is the electric utility? Chuck WB2EDV Ellen Engle wrote: > The antenna seems to be a 800-1000 MHz 5dB mobile type. > Very sloppy install work. > I'd start looking for something around the 900 ISM band. > > Milt > N3LTQ > > - Original Messag

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"This page cannot be found." Neil Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question... Date: Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:38:11 -0800 >Some interesting boxes have been appearing on street

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The antenna seems to be a 800-1000 MHz 5dB mobile type. Very sloppy install work. I'd start looking for something around the 900 ISM band. Milt N3LTQ - Original Message - From: "Mike Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 4:38 AM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Way

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

Don't know what it is, but it may be totally unrelated to the streetlight. Streetlights make a convenient way of obtaining power for devices. Joe Mike Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some interesting boxes have been appearing on street lights in my area. > > Anybody know what they ar

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

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 freque

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Way OT, but a question...

Probably local PD in-car laptops WAN. A city near me does it that way - always mounted on a street light. Not sure about the antenna, though. Chuck WB2EDV Mike Morris wrote: > Some interesting boxes have been appearing on street lights in my area. > > Anybody know what they are? > >