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Dave
AI6VX 

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM Ken Alker <ka6ken@alker.net> wrote:
A ham in town has been deploying these:
<https://store.rokland.com/products/lilygo-ttgo-lora32-v2-1_1-6-version-915mhz-esp32-lora-oled-0-96-inch-sd-card-bluetooth-wifi-wireless-module-esp-32-sma-q211>

as part of this network: <https://lora-alliance.org/>

but I don't know if he's gone as far as Camarillo, or what housing he's
using to contain the electronics.

Ken

--On Monday, February 19, 2024 3:53 PM -0800 Dave Schmidt
<dgschmidt@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Thanks everyone for your replies. That Meshtastic node could be it. 
> There's one for sale on Ebay that looks similar.  Another choice would
> be some kind of tracker/repeater for wildlife(?).
>
>
> The "USMT" spray painted on it is interesting but I can't find anything
> online when I look at up.
>
>
> Dave
> AI6VX
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 1:54 PM Yishen Miao <mys721tx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Since the monopole radiation pattern is donut shaped, wouldn't it be very
> weak in the direction the antenna is pointing?
>
> Best,
> Yishen
> K6YSM
>
>> On Feb 19, 2024, at 13:18, Roy Dugger <rfdugger@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A meshtastic node would fit the configuration.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 7:52 AM nt5r charley <nt5r@live.com> wrote:
>> This what Google Lens found. Waterproof junction box. Possibly something
>> inside powered by solar panel
>>
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>> From: Dave Schmidt <dgschmidt@gmail.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 12:02:41 AM
>> To: List, SBARC <sbarc-list@lists.netlojix.com>; digital@sbarc.org
>> <digital@sbarc.org> Subject: [Digital] Anyone recognize this device?
>> (found on a pole up in the hills near Conejo Grade   A guy in the
>> Ventura club went up in the hills near Conejo Grade for a SOTA
>> activation and saw the item below.  I wasn't there a month ago. 
>> Anyone recognize what it could be?  Dave
>> AI6VX
>> <image.png>
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