[subego]

I'm wondering if it has enough power to penetrate my foil hat.

[subego]

P.S. It's got six "spokes" in that array at the bottom. One pair is head-on in this picture.

[Thorzdad]

Could be a low-power FM broadcast antenna. Similar to this Comet model...

[subego]

That looks right, but leads to the question what one would be transmitting at a densely populated major intersection.

[Thorzdad]

Pretty much whatever you would want.
What is that building? It looks like an old school building. Low-power FM is primarily intended for small community broadcasting.

[subego]

It's a:

Chipotle
Movie theatre cum comedy club
Dry cleaners
Nail salon
Truly horrid "art" gallery
Shoe repair
Great Clips
Neighborhood bar
Apartments building

[Thorzdad]

Next time you're close to it, tune around in the 88 to 108 MHz range and see if you pick-up something. I think low-power FM stations are limited to an effective range of 200 feet.

[subego]

So, like, burrito radio?

[BadKosh]

Looks like low power antenna like larger construction use for 2 way radio.

Maybe a full wave CeeBee ground station.

[subego]

You've nailed it. They just finished tearing up the street at that intersection.

Good work!

[iMOTOR]

Originally Posted by subego 

Movie theatre cum

Eww

[ghporter]

Low power FM broadcast is my guess. It doesn't look like standard commercial 2-way equipment, nor anything for Ham or CB, but it is quite like "campus-wide" broadcast antennas I've seen.

[subego]

It does have an FM antenna "shape".

What could it be for though?

If I had seen this at a school, I wouldn't have even started the thread, this is in the middle of a dense, urban, commercial intersection.

[subego]

Originally Posted by iMOTOR 

Eww

It's actually worse. I edited because this is a family forum.

But since you brought it up.

 

It's a movie theatre cum (really ratty) theatre cum comedy club cum different comedy club.

That's a 30 year glop of history right there. I saw War Games at that theatre.

[Thorzdad]

Originally Posted by subego 

It does have an FM antenna "shape".
What could it be for though?
If I had seen this at a school, I wouldn't have even started the thread, this is in the middle of a dense, urban, commercial intersection.

The location is perfect for anyone wanting to do some community broadcasting.
In your list of what's in there, you mention apartments. It's very possible someone is doing some amateur broadcasting from their home.

[subego]

Like Christian Slater?

Pump up the burrito!

[Leonard]

I'm at work so I can't see the original photo, but I can see the second photo.

My guess is if it's at an intersection, is that it's likely there to track traffic and transmit to something that keeps track of the stats. Likely to see if changes are required in city planning or traffic planning. Do the traffic lights need adjusting? How much traffic goes by? Do people have enough time to turn right?

I've seen something similar (a tall skinny antenae) setup at a major intersection where a new building is coming in a block further and will add thousands of new office workers, so of course they would want to see how the current traffic is. The setup was only at that intersection for 2-3 weeks.

[subego]

Seems unnecessary when you can just cellular that puppy.

That spot is line-of-sight to a cell tower only 200 feet away.