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blame canada |
I want my relay stations back... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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Ammoholic |
 Bring it! Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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| Team Apathy |
I think helium miners too… But my first thought, before watching the video, was a small comms device. For the life of me I can’t remember what they are called but it’s a very small device that creates a direct comm network so you can send messages via apps like signal without any cell or WiFi of any sort. Put one on a mountain like that and you’ll have real impressive ability to communicate without any infrastructure in the area below. Wish I could remember the name. But those devices were much bigger than it would need to be for what I initially thought they were. | |||
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| Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us  |
This was my first thought as well. I know nothing about cryptocurrency other than somehow they use these antennas to catch cryptocurrency that apparently is just floating through the air. I learned this because I was working and this fella had something similar on the top of his shed. He said they are antennas that collect helium cryptocurrency. He said him and his buddy have hundreds around town. Made zero sense to me but this dude was completely serious. ———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you! | |||
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| blame canada |
Field repeater station Can be as small as an ammo can. Easy and inexpensive to make, or of course, you can spend a lot and do it better. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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| Member |
Has to be Bigfoot using more advanced communication. | |||
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| Lead slingin' Parrot Head  |
Good thoughts, as always. As far as the receive-only aspect, I was thinking perhaps there may be some sort of data recording device involved collecting received signal metrics, although the description doesn't mention one. I know virtually nothing about crypto mining, so I'll defer to those who know more. Admittedly I'm grasping at straws here, and none of these possible reasons explain why the users don't seek legal authorization but, just to shotgun a few ideas: -Some sort of snow condition/ accumulations/ avalanche tracking or prediction network? - Some sort of seismology or geographic tracking? Surveying use? - Some sort of DME network? - Some sort of private comm network? - I wonder if there are any resorts (ski resorts?) in the area that may have a use for this type of set-up? Based only on what the article mentions, I'll admit there is more likely a non-nefarious reason for the installations but, until an investigation determines their purpose, I'd like to see these treated as a potential national security threat. | |||
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| Ignored facts still exist |
^^^ I wondered if it was something like this: https://www.retevis.com/rt97-p...r-mobile-repeater-us but first not enough info to know, and second, they found many of these which would seem strange for someone just wanting wider GMRS coverage. I also thought about animal tracking, but no, that's just the result of me watching too much "Wild Kingdom" as a kid. Then I wondered if it was something that would extend data coverage. i.e. on the top of the hill you would likely have cell coverage, but perhaps not below the hill. So I was thinking maybe some type of extender for that. maybe for Zello coverage or something. I can't speak to crypto. I know wireless, but not crypto. . | |||
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Only the strong survive |
We use to sell GE repeater stations for fire control. A solar panel and 12 volt battery supplied power to a 5 watt UHF repeater. These were placed in the fire towers during the summer fire season in the mid 70's. 41 | |||
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| Ignored facts still exist |
yup, which is part of the reason why I stated earlier that it's unwise to just remove them before they know what the heck they are for. . | |||
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"Member" |
How did the news know they hiked up there? Did they tell them? In which case, why didn't they just fly them up there in exchange to the "scoop"? The state doesn't have choppers of it's own? ANG doesn't need training flights? (they fly in circles damn near every day here) How come I'm not in charge!? | |||
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One would think if they were placed by a .gov entity for non nefarious monitoring (avalanche etc.) there would be a tag or sign regarding their purpose. Just about anything by .gov has a sign on or near it. The “POLICE" Their job Is To Save Your Ass, Not Kiss It The muzzle end of a .45 pretty much says "go away" in any language - Clint Smith | |||
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Bolt Thrower |
Looks like a LoRa mesh. Should have camouflaged them with a fake tree. | |||
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| Ignored facts still exist |
Good point, but why? What data would they be moving around? Short messages from hikers is all I can come up with. . | |||
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| Bolt Thrower |
Either the reported coin mining or off grid communications. Look up a few videos of ATAK software, it can be ran over LoRa. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I agree with you, and said so earlier. (Great minds think alike . . .) flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| blame canada |
I went down that rabbit hole about a year ago. Figuring out how to emp shield the whole thing is where I'm at now. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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| Team Apathy |
LORA, that's the term I couldn't remember earlier. A buddy has one at his house as he has been playing with them. It is just one of the little tiny units with compact antenna. He mounted the device on a pole affixed to his house that was maybe 15 feet in the air. The distance he can successfully transmit is double digit miles. It is really impressive. If it was mounted on a mountainside with clear view I can only imagine it would work at much greater distances. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
Why? Are they clandestinely doing illegal things? flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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| Ammoholic |
 I'm just saying.... Jesse Sic Semper Tyrannis | |||
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