Just curious what this is? Spotted in suburban northeast US. Didn’t see anything wlse like it around but maybe I just missed them.

  • Agent641@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    4 days ago

    I have a smart meter that allows grid controllers to remotely charge and discharge my battery to smooth out high demand peaks (I earn money from it) but I haven’t been able to record a coherent bitstream from it with my SDR yet. I assume it’s encrypted and/or proprietary data.

    • Oka@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      4 days ago

      From what im told, the transmitters lie dormant most of the time (at least for gas). Only when they receive a signal do they send a signal, except when they are activated by a technician. When activated, they broadcast a signal to reach either another device on the network, or a reciever like the one in op’s pic.