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Mysterious Antennas Are Appearing in Utah’s Hills and Officials Are Stumped

Strange antennas have appeared in the foothills around Salt Lake City and authorities have no idea what they are or who put them up.

As first reported by KSLTV 5 in Utah, people first began noticing the antennas a year ago. They’re simple machines made up of a LoRa fiberglass antenna, a locked battery pack, and a solar panel to power it. The Salt Lake City public lands department has been pulling them down as they find them, and told KSLTV that there have been as many as a dozen.

It’s illegal to place structures on public lands without permission and some of the antennas have appeared on steep peaks. In one instance, the removal of an antenna required a team of five people. Other antennas were found on land managed by the University of Utah and the Forest Service.

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the Stripey Goodness
the Stripey Goodness
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this sounds like somebody trying to set up guerrilla mesh network
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Aladár Mézga
Aladár Mézga
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Oh, special experts at work... Those antennas (ground planes of whatever length) look commercially made, so chances are manufacturer and model number are printed on them somewhere. That would tell the frequency range and give a first hint. Following the coax cable and checking what's feeding it might provide more enlightenment, but "we didn't even bother to open the box, we just took it down" says it all. "I don't know this, so I'll stump on it until it's broken into little pieces." Cavemen of the 21st century...
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