[Noisebridge-discuss] Solar-power radios popping up around the Mission

Jonathan Lassoff jof at thejof.com
Sat Mar 5 02:50:13 UTC 2011


On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Christie Dudley <longobord at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think you're right about the parking meters. I was noticing new meters in
> Soma so decided to look around for an antenna and found one. This one is
> mounted differently but looks identical to the small ones Jof photographed.
> I took a picture: http://www.flickr.com/photos/genriel/5498367786/
> It's at the top of the signpost there. The interesting bit is I didn't see
> any solar panel or power lead, but I'm fairly certain that's an antenna. Of
> course, mounting it on the top of the pole like that allows them to run
> through the center.

Hrm. That's an interesting one. I haven't seen that mounting style,
but it looks a lot more stable than the solar panel mounting style
I've seen.

Nice find.



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