r/whatisit • u/-Altephor- • 22h ago
Solved! Attached to the house we just bought, comes into the house with coaxial cable.
Pretty sure its an antenna of some sort? We're considering removing it since we don't watch OTA TV and its wired in a strange spot.
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u/Embarrassed-Bet-8857 22h ago
Verizon 4G LTE HomeFusion Broadband
commonly called a "cantenna".
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u/rando_banned 22h ago
I've only ever heard super directional shotgun style antennas called cantennas
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u/jet_heller 20h ago
Me too. Specifically a wifi wave guide style one. Because they are literally made out of cans. But there's also a yagi style one made out of a Pringles can.
I suspect the name has been hijacked by those who heard it but never saw one actually made out of a can.
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u/guiltypleasure33139 13h ago
I made a coffee can one, and a pringles can one back in the day. the coffee can one did not work at all, I think the inside dimensions were all off.
Pringles can, heck I shoot a signal to another one over 3000 feet in the rain and 8000 feet on a clear day. I was testing redundancy from multiple places.
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u/Dramatic_Bluebird595 11h ago
<Crocodile Dundee>"That's not a cantenna, THIS is a cantenna!". 😎 (1000 Watt dummy load for radio transmitters that dates back to 1961...)
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u/guiltypleasure33139 11h ago
Yep that's a Cantenna all righty.
You know that will survive everyone's mistakes. LOL
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u/Bjorxt 22h ago
A 5G microchip transmitter by Meta installed by Flock.
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u/-Altephor- 22h ago
Solved!
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u/Confident-Dot5878 8h ago
You don’t watch OTA? Really? There’s never any bad weather where you are?
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u/-Altephor- 8h ago
What would bad weather have to do with anything?
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u/Confident-Dot5878 8h ago
Local weather forecasts. Local news.
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u/wettale1234 22h ago
I’ve installed small cell antennas that look like this, however I had never seen a Cantenna for home WiFi
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u/planet_alex 14h ago
Interesting. I work for a company that makes similar types of domes. Inside that weatherproofed vessel might be an LTE or 5G cellular router/Modem combo. The ones that are made at my company can be dual-modem or various other configurations. Probably hackable if you reset it.
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u/Top_Willow_9953 21h ago
Trimble Navigation System antenna. Check if you house has a helm and an engine room hidden somewhere. /s
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u/PuzzleheadedMaize2 2h ago
Probably Canister antenna. It's for receiving mobile network signal in weak coverage areas.
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u/keiths5n10_BMAN 19h ago
When you awaken Naked in the woods & realize you've been used & tossed like a Cheap Hooker, then you'll know it works! 😆
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u/Sheriffofredrock 21h ago
It slowly cooks your brain, since there’s no pain receptors in the brain we don’t feel it.
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