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Why are antennas popping up all over the foothills? Salt Lake City seeks to solve mystery
KSLtv ^ | 1-4-23 | MICHAEL LOCKLEAR

Posted on 01/07/2023 6:17:28 PM PST by dynachrome

On Wednesday, Salt Lake City public lands officials hiked for hours up a snowy trail to remove a mysterious device – one that’s popping up all over the foothills.

It consists of a locked battery box, a solar panel, and an antenna, according to Tyler Fonarow, the city’s recreational trails manager.

“These towers have been bolted into different peaks and summits and ridges around the foothills,” Fonarow explained, “and it started with one or two, and now it might be as much as a dozen.”

The first ones appeared about a year ago, but Fonarow said many more were found in the past few months. The small towers don’t have permits, and it’s unclear who’s installing them.

(Excerpt) Read more at ksltv.com ...


TOPICS: Conspiracy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: antennas; hamradio; meshnetwork; mystery; saltlakecity; utah
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That is strange.
1 posted on 01/07/2023 6:17:28 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Mormon underground movement?


2 posted on 01/07/2023 6:20:01 PM PST by patriot torch
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To: dynachrome

The voices in my head tell me that they should leave the antennas alone.


3 posted on 01/07/2023 6:20:22 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (No one is as asleep as the "woke". They define the term "useful idiot".)
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To: dynachrome

Isn’t there supposed to be some big data storage facility around Salt Lake City?


4 posted on 01/07/2023 6:20:25 PM PST by thecodont
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To: dynachrome

“...a locked battery box, a solar panel, and an antenna...”

No electronics?

No outgoing signals?


5 posted on 01/07/2023 6:20:28 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: dynachrome

They are proxy voting servers so Members of Congress can vote from their vacation homes.


6 posted on 01/07/2023 6:22:54 PM PST by thefactor
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To: Paladin2

Sounds like a complete off-grid repeater of some sort.
Self contained.
Could be ChiCom.


7 posted on 01/07/2023 6:23:17 PM PST by George from New England
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To: thecodont

https://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/


8 posted on 01/07/2023 6:23:25 PM PST by EEGator
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To: thecodont

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/nsa-data-center-ut/


9 posted on 01/07/2023 6:24:02 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: Paladin2

Could be a game camera hooked up to an extreme antenna.


10 posted on 01/07/2023 6:24:17 PM PST by TermLimits4All (Voting booths don't matter. Results are already baked and we're just useless pawns. )
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To: thecodont
Not "supposed to be." IS.

The Utah Data Center (UDC) aka known as the "Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center." I've heard that most of its storage is dedicated to getting Trump.


11 posted on 01/07/2023 6:26:14 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker)
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To: thefactor

Nah, Proxy Voting Centers are “Votes As A Service” (VAAS) where Democrats generate as many votes as they need to steal elections.


12 posted on 01/07/2023 6:27:13 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (If you're not part of the solution, you're just scumming up the bottom of the beaker)
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To: dynachrome

I just put a second layer on my tin-foil hat.


13 posted on 01/07/2023 6:28:45 PM PST by Agatsu77
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To: dynachrome

I’m not saying this is it; but it could be a candidate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network.

Ham radio guys sometimes run such nets for emergency communications purposes, and don’t widely announce it to help a bit with some security.

-73-


14 posted on 01/07/2023 6:30:13 PM PST by William of Barsoom (In Omnia, Paratus)
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To: George from New England

“If found, return postage guaranteed, Peoples Republic of China,
Ministry of State Security, Beijing, China”


15 posted on 01/07/2023 6:35:57 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: dynachrome

Preppers practicing for comms post shtf times?


16 posted on 01/07/2023 6:42:49 PM PST by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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To: dynachrome

If they really want to know the answer, here’s a tip: hire an RF engineer to examine them, not a French Literature major.


17 posted on 01/07/2023 6:44:30 PM PST by bigbob (z)
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“ Preppers practicing for comms post shtf times.”

That’s my guess. GMRS repeaters maybe or a meshed LTE network of some kind.

L


18 posted on 01/07/2023 6:44:44 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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Whoever is putting them up either has an FCC license and permission from the landowner (unless maybe they’are all on public land?) Each node looks to have a value of several hundred to several thousand dollars and that means there’s nearly zero chance a bunch of hams or other hobbyists are putting that kind of coin out of their own pockets knowing there’s a high probability they’ll be confiscated.

Pirate radio operators build $50 transmitters (aka the “grenade”) that they can afford to walk away from if someone finds it.


19 posted on 01/07/2023 6:53:10 PM PST by bigbob (z)
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To: dynachrome

Bookmark


20 posted on 01/07/2023 6:56:12 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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