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Hello all. This device recently went up on a power line pole outside of my house.

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I was hoping someone might be able to tell me what it is. It is the only device of its kind that I've seen in my neighborhood or any other. It appears to be a communication device similar to others I've seen infrequently on power line poles, but has what appears to be a light or perhaps photocell device that it is wired into (above the street lamp). I originally assumed it controlled the street lights based on ambient lighting conditions and that the device allowed it to convey those conditions to a central hub, but frankly it is outside my wheelhouse.

My primary concern is that since this device was mounted, I have begun to have occasional headaches as well as a constant buzzing or whistling in my ear whenever home. This is almost always a subtle sound, but at times can become quite loud and disturbing, and instantly disappears whenever I am anywhere outside my home. I have been looking for a cause around the house and have found that I experience this phenomena even with all electricity and devices turned off in my home. This device is kind of a last hope as a potential cause that can perhaps be rectified. I sleep with my head roughly ten feet from the device just on the other side of my wall.

Is anyone aware what kind of device this is and if it might somehow be related to my issues by perhaps dumping excessive RF or EMF radiation?

Thanks!!
 
It looks like a receiver that turns the street light on and off.
The photo cell above the lamp is redundant and has been covered with a black hood to stop the light getting to it.

The idea is that a photo cell will turn the light on at dusk and off at dawn

The receiver means that the company that manages the lights can schedule a more efficient timing for the lights. I.e can turn them off between 1am and 5am when they are not needed

If you are experiencing headaches or Tinnatus then a doctor should be your 1st point of call.

If you search for emf etc, you will get pulled down a rabbit hole filled with wild theory’s and the magic snake oil salesmen that can fix your non existent problems for “a small fee”
 
These devices are part of the government's plans to spy on us and control us. Ooh sorry, I've been on Facebook again!
Governments are not, generally speaking, very good at spying on the masses. Sure many want to do it, but generally they pi55 away huge sums of money on contracts that deliver something that, if they are lucky, barely works.
On the other hand, Google and Facebook are masters of that, it is their whole business model after all! Surveillance capitalism...
 
These devices are part of the government's plans to spy on us and control us. Ooh sorry, I've been on Facebook again!
if you look closely, you can see the camera lens disguised as what appears to be an unsecured SWA cable clamp.
 
But being serious for a moment, that is a receiver - it is not going to radiate EMF anyway.

And as above, the whole EMF thing is rubbish anyway. We have 2 billion or more folks using mobile phones that are the strongest radiator of EMF that anyone outside of a very few jobs can encounter, and they they are not a problem. Funny how so many folk complain of EMF using Facebook on their phones and don't get the irony of it.
 
I'd say it's been up there quite a while.

It could be something as simple as a Temperature and Humidity measuring device.

Or receiver / hub for CCTV mounted elsewhere locally.

It's unlikely to be the source of health issues it doesn't look powerfull enough.

And it's about to fall down as one of the clamps is loose.
 
emf rubbish is just another fad now it's been proven that mobile phones don't cause cancer, strokes, brain damge etc.
 
My primary concern is that since this device was mounted, I have begun to have occasional headaches as well as a constant buzzing or whistling in my ear whenever home. This is almost always a subtle sound, but at times can become quite loud and disturbing, and instantly disappears whenever I am anywhere outside my home.
Tinnitus happens for lots of reasons and to varying degrees of severity. Most common is hearing damage due to loud noise level (work with noisy tools, rock concerts, nightclubs, etc) but there can be other medical causes.

The fact I think the whole EMF thing is BS does not mean I don't trust you have genuine symptoms, only the cause of that is in doubt to me.

For low-levels of tinnitus it is usually noticeable if you are in a very quiet place as a bit of background noise masks it. Is your home very quiet?

As already mentioned, you should see a doctor or hearing specialist as your first priority.
 
The type of antenna and the observation that in both images the antenna 'points downwards' and is above the ground suggests to me something connected with cell phone and wifi technology. The design of antenna (note it has omnidirectional symmetry in the horizontal plane and a 'gapless fan shape' pointing downwards in the vertical plane) will maximise coverage for signal to and from transceivers at ground level. The bottom half antenna is the same as the top half antenna; since the bottom antenna is fed from the end of the top and the top antenna is end fed there is a phase shift with distance along the vertical length of the whip which will angle the two antennas combined maximum beam direction downward - hence the downward fan shaped beam pattern. The antenna will be relatively broadband and dual frequency (methinks 2.5GHz and 5GHz). I think then the boxes are signal repeaters/relays to improve cell phone and wifi coverage between the main cell base station and users near the boxes. Or something along these lines....

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The type of antenna and the observation that in both images the antenna 'points downwards' and is above the ground suggests to me something connected with cell phone and wifi technology. The design of antenna (note it has omnidirectional symmetry in the horizontal plane and a 'gapless fan shape' pointing downwards in the vertical plane) will maximise coverage for signal to and from transceivers at ground level. The bottom half antenna is the same as the top half antenna; since the bottom antenna is fed from the end of the top and the top antenna is end fed there is a phase shift with distance along the vertical length of the whip which will angle the two antennas combined maximum beam direction downward - hence the downward fan shaped beam pattern. The antenna will be relatively broadband and dual frequency (methinks 2.5GHz and 5GHz). I think then the boxes are signal repeaters/relays to improve cell phone and wifi coverage between the main cell base station and users near the boxes. Or something along these lines....

Amazon.com: ASHATA WiFi Router Double Helix Antenna, 2.4/5GHZ Dual-Band Omnidirectional WiFi Antenna,12DBi High Gain Router Antenna,Suitable for Most Routers and WiFi Devices(10M): Electronics - https://www.amazon.com/ASHATA-Antenna-Dual-Band-Omnidirectional-Suitable/dp/B07VYRVC72
can't find the button that says "baffled" so i pressed "infomative" instead.
 
First off, thank you guys for your input, especially Marconi!

But being serious for a moment, that is a receiver - it is not going to radiate EMF anyway.

And as above, the whole EMF thing is rubbish anyway. We have 2 billion or more folks using mobile phones that are the strongest radiator of EMF that anyone outside of a very few jobs can encounter, and they they are not a problem. Funny how so many folk complain of EMF using Facebook on their phones and don't get the irony of it.

If it was simply a receiver, why would it be attached to a photocell? The design would seem to indicate remote transmission of the data from the photocell to a central hub. Also, I was unaware that such electronic devices were incapable of radiating EMF, though perhaps not in statistically significant amounts...

emf rubbish is just another fad now it's been proven that mobile phones don't cause cancer, strokes, brain damge etc.

Well, that is certainly one argument. I would argue that the jury is still out - as would basically every government agency, nation, respectable health and technical organization. Just look at Cell Phones and Cancer Risk Fact Sheet - https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet alone and there are numerous studies - all with conflicting results. However the consensus is that more research is needed. I figure there are reasons that cell phones and wireless devices typically come with warnings that they are (or may be?) carcinogenic.

I do, however, now regret having looked on that website as I now know that one of the common suspected conditions associated with cell phones is acoustic neuroma: tumors in the cells of the nerve responsible for hearing that are also known as vestibular schwannomas. ?

Tinnitus happens for lots of reasons and to varying degrees of severity. Most common is hearing damage due to loud noise level (work with noisy tools, rock concerts, nightclubs, etc) but there can be other medical causes.

The fact I think the whole EMF thing is BS does not mean I don't trust you have genuine symptoms, only the cause of that is in doubt to me.

For low-levels of tinnitus it is usually noticeable if you are in a very quiet place as a bit of background noise masks it. Is your home very quiet?

As already mentioned, you should see a doctor or hearing specialist as your first priority.

My first assumption was tinnitus, however as I may have omitted in my original post, I only experience this in my home, which is not as quiet as I would like thanks to too many modern day appliances, traffic sounds, etc. If I want to escape the buzzing/whistling, I find it is best to go out to the state park or nature preserve, or even the forest behind my house. I've even driven out to quiet parking lots just to read in peace in my car with the engine off.

While I am no medical professional, my understanding of tinnitus is that it is neither shy nor intimidated by silence or open air. It's pretty much constant and less noticeable in noisy environments. That does not describe my particular experience.

While I also appreciate the calls to make a physician my first stop, I am not able to justify the expense of a visit to a generalist followed by 30 tests and 15 referrals to specialists all to conclude that we still don't fully understand the body, that everyone's body is different, and that they have no idea what is going on - but here are 12 medications that might make me so doped up that I will no longer care about the buzzing anymore!

Anyway, I figured if anyone could help me figure this device out it was probably an electrician forum as you guys work with and know about all things electrical! You didn't disappoint. Thanks again for the serious responses!
 
I recognise that box. It's a unit that monitors brain waves and sends out signals to control crowds and take over their minds. I've seen them on facebook so it must be true.
 
I recognise that box. It's a unit that monitors brain waves and sends out signals to control crowds and take over their minds. I've seen them on facebook so it must be true.
........widely available and popular in the good old US of A, then! ?
 

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