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[Solved]What is this pair of metal... Things.. hanging on traffic light pole over an intersection? (europe.pub)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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They were on all of them in the intersection, four sets

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[–] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

What's the big square antenna thing? Looks like a pretty beefy RF thingy. I've seen them on traffic lights and just by themselves. Are they detecting just the presence of big metal objects? Are they doing long range RFID?

[–] Dust0741@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Radar!

Almost definitely a wavetronix

[–] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

pretty beefy RF thingy

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