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This showed up on a neighbor's roof. Extra context in post. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Fiber Internet and cable are included in mandatory HOA fees (yay HOAs) so this seems weird. No other homes in the area have anything like this. Also, I’m 99% sure this unit is a full time Airbnb if that might matter (and why I can’t just ask my neighbor wtf is on their roof). Did some reverse image searches and didn’t find a match, that 5G seemed closest to my untrained eye. I don’t like tech shit that I don’t know what the hell it is. Particularly when it’s aimed close to my house. TIA!

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[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That indeed looks like a cell network antenna.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My friend is an RF expert and immediately said that's a cellular antenna, looks like LTE most probably but might support 5G.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago

It's a 4x4 MIMO, most likely LTE+5G; a service like T-Mobile Home Internet uses a hybrid design combining the two (B66 + n41 e.g.)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

I'm not an expert, but I've worked a lot with LTE antennae, and can confirm that your expert friend is not just pretending.